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The Association of Scientific Staff (AVETH) and ETH Diversity granted the Diversity Award for the third time. In a ceremony held in the main building of ETH Zurich, individuals and organizations that are committed to the principles of diversity and inclusion were honoured.

As communicated some while ago, parking charges at ETH Zurich will be brought into line with market prices in a third and final step. In future, parking spaces will only be available for rent in buildings belonging to ETH Zurich. Meanwhile, the number of charging stations for electric vehicles at ETH will be increased.

Good news for doctoral students: the Executive Board is lifting the present linking of their salaries to those of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Doctoral students, postdocs and scientific assistants I and II are therefore to receive the cost-of-living adjustment defined by the ETH Board for 2024. Moreover, the standard rate for doctoral students is rising by a total of 5%.

Between March and October 2023, the many initiatives and measures implemented as part of the "smart moves" awareness campaign shone a light on how we can do even more with regard to sustainability here at ETH Zurich.

Construction work for the new computing centre on the Hönggerberg campus (HRZ) are set to begin in early 2024. Construction site setup and the preparatory work will begin today to ensure that work can start on time.

Taking a break properly has to be learnt, as not all time out from work provides the right amount of relaxation and makes us more productive. A few tips for everyday working life.

Now that all members of the department have moved into the new BSS research building, ETH Zurich's 22nd restaurant opened its doors on Monday, November 13.  

The new IT security strategy, the utilisation of the construction cost database and the relaunch of the Centre for Students & Entrepreneurs: these were topics discussed at the last meeting of the ETH Executive Board.

In the digital information era, Wikipedia plays a central role as global knowledge source. However, taking a closer look its content reveals a significant underrepresentation of women with only 18% of all entries. To increase it, a first Edit-a-thon takes place at ETH Zurich on Tuesday, November 28.

Dr Marco Humbel from the University College London shows the infrastructural challenges faced by memory institutions with their massive digitised collections.