News from the Executive Board 2024/7
The elections to the Research Commission and a new category in the ETH guest regulations: these two topics, among others, were on the agenda at the last meetings of the ETH Executive Board.
Re-elections and new appointments to the Research Commission
The Executive Board has appointed the following professors to the Research Commission:
- Kirsten Bomblies, Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics (D-BIOL)
- Christofer Hierold, Professor of Micro- and Nanosystems (D-MAVT)
- Sonia Seneviratne, Professor of Land-Climate Dynamics (D-USYS)
- Melanie Zeilinger, Professor of Intelligent Control Systems (D-MAVT)
In addition, Alexander Barnes, Professor of Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy (D-CHAB), was re-elected for a second term.
The resignations of Ulrik Brandes, Professor of Social Networks (D-GESS), with effect from 31 August 2024, and Samuel Zeeman, Professor of Plant Biochemistry (D-BIOL), as well as Dennis Kochmann, Professor of Mechanics and Materials (D-MAVT), with effect from 28 February 2025, were accepted and their work for the Research Committee was thanked.
New category in ETH guest regulations
On 1 July 2023, the new guest regulations of ETH Zurich were introduced. The main changes that were sought, such as a uniform registration process and improved control over the allocation of authorisations, were successfully implemented.
However, the standardised registration process in clearly defined categories showed last year that a certain group of people was not sufficiently taken into account: students and pupils from other institutions who visit ETH Zurich for short visits for personal continuing education and training, for example to complete their bachelor's thesis.
Since 1 September 2024, professors have been able to process these visits via the ‘individual cooperation’ category in guest management. Guests in this category receive an ETH user account, but no ETH e-mail address, no personal ETH card, no full access to the library and no support with migration matters. Detailed information for guests on migration matters can now be found on the ETH website ‘Work permit’.
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