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Retiring Vice Rectors Andreas Vaterlaus and Lorenz Hurni explain in an interview the trends they are observing and where in their view changes are needed.

Annette Hofmann has been Head of the Safety, Security, Health and Environment department (SSHE) at ETH Zurich since 1 April 2023. We talked to her about pragmatism, the difficult balancing act between regulations and the needs of science and spontaneous parachute jumps.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.

The new barrier-free forecourt of the Main Building will be fully available as of early 2024. Completion has been delayed due to an objection and the resulting late start of production in the quarry.

Large language models like ChatGPT can do all sorts of things – including writing correct computer code. But how good are they at mathematics? This is one of the questions that will be explained by mathematician Kevin Buzzard from Imperial College, London at the Paul Bernays Lectures on 28, 29 and 30 August 2023.

This morning, part of the courtyard around the Semper Observatory was closed off and a crane was set up to lift a telescope out of the dome. In late August, the original telescope from the founding year 1864 will be reassembled inside the observatory.

The Real Estate Management department is now offering workplace consulting for ETH Zurich. Three specialists in the field of New Work are available to advise on the future-oriented design of workplaces at ETH – including desk sharing.

The event will take place on 11 October 2023 in collaboration with the CHESS. Prof. Emanuel Kulczycki will explore how ontological understanding of science influences what we count and how we interpret it.

The 2023 Latsis Symposium will take place at ETH Zurich from 6 to 8 September. This year’s theme is how to counter online phenomena such as hate speech and fake news and how public discourse can be strengthened.  

For the next issue of life magazine, we are looking for ETH members who would like to talk about their life crises. If you think other people can learn from your experiences and take heart from them, please let us know by 28 August.