Archive Events 2020

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• 30.09.2020 35th Anniversary of the Senior Citizens University

  Birthday Year Rings in the Changes

  The Senior Citizens University of Zurich has had a busy anniversary year. Despite coronavirus, it is continuing to offer high-quality education for older people. From this semester, members can take part in live online lectures and connect with each other using a newly developed portal.

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• 16.07.2020 International Summer Schools

  Studierende überwinden geschlossene Grenzen

  The UZH International Summer Schools for Bachelor’s and Master’s students from around the world are currently taking place for the third time. The difference this year is that they are taking place entirely online. Students from a total of 54 different universities will learn about Switzerland, blockchain and more.

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• 07.05.2020 Universitas 21

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  The University of Zurich was supposed to host this year’s meeting of Universitas 21 members on the topic of sustainable universities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event has now gone digital.

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• 20.02.2020 Biodiversity

  The Underestimated Threat

  While the threat posed by climate change is well recognized, the loss of species diversity is less so. The neglected issue takes center stage, however, at the World Biodiversity Forum, organized by UZH, in Davos next week.

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• 11.02.2020 Academic Careers

  Academic Careers

  Quantifiable metrics like the journal impact factor should not be the only way of assessing scientific outputs, said Stephen Curry of Imperial College London at an event held at UZH.

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• 20.01.2020 Joseph Stiglitz at UZH

  Doing Nothing Is Not an Option

  The new Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance (CCSF) was inaugurated at UZH last week. At the opening, Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel prize for economics and chair of the center’s academic advisory board, spoke about the risks and opportunities of climate change. His message was clear: Decisive action must be taken – now.

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