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17 Jul 2026 Summer Quiz

Keeping Your Cool

Take a break from the heat with this quiz and see how well you know the news from the past few months. Have a relaxing summer!
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14 Jul 2026 Benin Bronzes

Back in Nigerian Hands

Objects long kept in European museums have become accessible again to the communities to which they are connected. Alice Hertzog discusses the return of UZH's Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
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13 Jul 2026 Children with Cancer

A Bravery Bead for Each Treatment

Psychologist Anna Graf support children and adolescents who are undergoing cancer treatment at the University Children’s Hospital. Her tools include toys, books and colorful glass beads.
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8 Jul 2026 Biocultural Heritage

Amazon’s Biocultural Heritage Under Greater Threat Than Expected

Indigenous cultures in the Amazon region will lose up to one-third of the native plant species due to climate change while biocultural knowledge is set to decline sharply by 2080.
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8 Jul 2026 Vice President Christian Schwarzenegger

A Clear-Thinking Team Player Steps Down

Christian Schwarzenegger will step down as vice president of UZH on 31 July 2026: A homage to a career encompassing legal precision and university reform projects.
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5 Aug 2026

Human Activity More than Doubles Fire Occurrence in the Arctic

In the Arctic, fires occurred 2.5 times more often in lit areas associated with human activity than in climatically similar unlit areas. Effective …

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17 Jul 2026

Keeping Your Cool

Take a break from the heat with this quiz and see how well you know the news from the past few months. Have a relaxing summer!

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16 Jul 2026

CHF 4 Million for Brain Health Research

Can the brain’s aging process be slowed? An interdisciplinary team led by UZH psychiatry professor Philipp Homan is investigating this question.

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UZH Magazin: Curing Children

Today, many children with cancer can be treated successfully. A new Center of Competence in Research aims to make treatments more targeted and effective. Find out how researchers plan to achieve this in the latest issue of the UZH Magazin.

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5 Aug 2026

Human Activity More than Doubles Fire Occurrence in the Arctic

In the Arctic, fires occurred 2.5 times more often in lit areas associated with human activity than in climatically similar unlit areas. Effective …

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17 Jul 2026

Keeping Your Cool

Take a break from the heat with this quiz and see how well you know the news from the past few months. Have a relaxing summer!

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16 Jul 2026

CHF 4 Million for Brain Health Research

Can the brain’s aging process be slowed? An interdisciplinary team led by UZH psychiatry professor Philipp Homan is investigating this question.

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Excellence for the Benefit of Society

The 2025 Annual Report highlights how UZH is contributing to future-proofing society while strengthening its capacity to meet emerging challenges.

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29 Jun 2026

Sunflowers Make Invisible Disabilities Visible

Lanyards or wristbands decorated with sunflowers help people with invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses to signal that they may need support.

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23 Jun 2026

A Global Spotlight on LGBTIQ+ Health

This week, experts from academia, LGBTIQ+ organizations and healthcare are coming together at the University of Zurich for a global research project.

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15 Jun 2026

Between the Olympics and the Lecture Hall

Triathlete and UZH alumna Nicola Spirig discusses pressure, the value of setbacks and how law school provided a crucial counterbalance.

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In our Friday newsletter UZH Weekly we send you a round-up of the best university stories of the week, as well as a selection of upcoming events and links to media coverage featuring UZH experts.

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9 Jul 2026

Amazon's Medicinal Heritage Faces Climate-Driven Extinction

...Medicinal Plant Knowledge, Critical Blow to Healthcare Rodrigo Cámara-Leret, a professor at the University of Zurich's Department of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany, led a study simulating …

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9 Jul 2026

Kanton will Gymi-Vorbereitungskurse für Schulen obligatorisch machen

...Entscheid stützt der Regierungsrat auf eine Studie des Instituts für Erziehungswissenschaften der Universität Zürich, die im Auftrag der Bildungsdirektion durchgeführt wurde. Diese hat 3000 …

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9 Jul 2026

Positive experiences affect young people more than crises

...this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. University University of Zurich A new study shows that adolescents and young adults describe …

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10 Jul 2026

Hirnforscher: Was Eltern vor der Grundschule tun, entscheidet über den Erfolg der Kinder

...bestimmtes, distinktes motorisches Programm verwenden“, sagt Neurowissenschaftler Lutz Jäncke von der Universität Zürich der Frankfurter Rundschau von Ippen.Media. Ein A, ein B und ein C …

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10 Jul 2026

Forscher alarmiert: Starlink lässt 260 Satelliten in der Atmosphäre verglühen

...Die regenerierte Ozonschicht könnte wieder aufreißen Ein internationales Forschungsteam der Universitäten Zürich und Cambridge beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen der Raketenstarts auf die …

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10 Jul 2026

Biotech Cameras Make Roads Safer

...than current car cameras. This major breakthrough in computer vision, made by researchers at the University of Zurich, could significantly improve the safety of driver assistance systems and …

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10 Jul 2026

Eigenmietwert: Gutachten bestätigt Position der Regierung - keine rückwirkende Gesetzesänderung

...Prof. Dr. Felix Uhlmann, Lehrstuhl für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Rechtsetzungslehre an der Universität Zürich, ein externes Rechtsgutachten eingeholt. Der Gutachter kommt zum klaren …

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10 Jul 2026

What Swiss Banks Can Learn From China

...foundation for business innovation. These observations are consistent with the experiences of a recent University of Zurich study trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou. Participating executives agreed …

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10 Jul 2026

Amazzonia, il clima minaccia biodiversità e lingue. A rischio il sapere dei nativi

...culturale di questa regione del mondo, un team di ricercatori guidato da RodrigoCamara-Leret dell’Università di Zurigo ha analizzato un database mastodontico di oltre 90mila segnalazioni sull’uso …

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10 Jul 2026

Two drained lakes set off 25 glacier collapses in just two hours, researchers find

...Phys.org To reconstruct what happened after the lakes drained, researchers led by Adrien Wehrlé of the University of Zürich combined satellite imagery with terrestrial radar. The study was …

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Human Activity More than Doubles Fire Occurrence in the Arctic

Keeping Your Cool

CHF 4 Million for Brain Health Research

UZH Magazin: Curing Children

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Human Activity More than Doubles Fire Occurrence in the Arctic

Keeping Your Cool

CHF 4 Million for Brain Health Research

Excellence for the Benefit of Society

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Sunflowers Make Invisible Disabilities Visible

A Global Spotlight on LGBTIQ+ Health

Between the Olympics and the Lecture Hall

UZH Weekly

In the News

Amazon's Medicinal Heritage Faces Climate-Driven Extinction

Kanton will Gymi-Vorbereitungskurse für Schulen obligatorisch machen

Positive experiences affect young people more than crises

Hirnforscher: Was Eltern vor der Grundschule tun, entscheidet über den Erfolg der Kinder

Forscher alarmiert: Starlink lässt 260 Satelliten in der Atmosphäre verglühen

Biotech Cameras Make Roads Safer

Eigenmietwert: Gutachten bestätigt Position der Regierung - keine rückwirkende Gesetzesänderung

What Swiss Banks Can Learn From China

Amazzonia, il clima minaccia biodiversità e lingue. A rischio il sapere dei nativi

Two drained lakes set off 25 glacier collapses in just two hours, researchers find

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