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The new course (which is being held in German) is entitled “Creating accessible websites with AEM components”. It provides a 30-minute overview of how to increase the accessibility of websites in AEM. We focus on existing components and how to use them correctly in everyday web design.

Both the Vice Presidency for Finance and Controlling and other departments of VPPL and VPIN are moving to the Octavo Building in Zurich-Oerlikon at the start of 2024. One of the aims of bundling the three Executive Board domains at the same location is to intensify collaboration.

In the Sustainable Gastronomy Project, the restaurants are working on making the food on campus environmentally friendly, healthy and socially just. Now the interim review shows: the measures taken by the caterers are quantifiably effective.

As well as objective stress and excessive demands, there are also internal stressors that can create or intensify stress. Learn in the recording of the most recent “Health” lunch event how to overcome or at least mitigate such stressors.

In winter 2022/23, ETH Zurich reduced its energy consumption by around 7 percent compared to the previous winter and met the federal government’s gas savings target. As there is still some uncertainty surrounding energy supplies, it plans on reintroducing its energy-saving measures next winter. Specific measures for research are currently being worked on.

ETH Zurich is taking part in the Academic Bicycle Challenge for the first time this year. Until 31 May at the latest, bike rides can be tracked via the Naviki app. The collected data will help to better plan future bicycle routes.

In the heart of the city of Zurich, world-class science will meet world-class photography from 8 September 2023. Together, they are creating a new format for communication. The focus is on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations: A multinational compass for the development of a more peaceful and just world. ETH Zurich is the scientific partner of Open Your Eyes 2023.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) calls for an inclusive education system – including at higher education level. At a panel discussion on 20 April, affected students, teaching staff and persons with expertise in the field of teaching talked about the possibilities and limitations of accessibility in education.

A newspaper article about a study conducted by the University of Zurich is currently raising a lot of questions. The article claims that women students are less ambitious than their male counterparts and consequently not interested in pursuing a career. This conclusion has alienated many in the ETH community – including Julia Dannath, who as Vice President for Personnel Development and Leadership is responsible for diversity at ETH Zurich. In this interview, she explains why.

The federal government is threatening to make a two percent cut in its 2024 contribution to the ETH Domain. In this interview, ETH President Joël Mesot explains what this means for ETH Zurich and what countermeasures the ETH Executive Board is taking.