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What’s going on? Our dossiers provide insight and information about current activities at the University of Zurich.

Innovative Teaching

8 Apr 2025

“Let’s be generous!”

UZH boasts a wide and interdisciplinary range of study programs. The curriculum is now set to become even more attractive and offer even more ...

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25 Mar 2025

Conceptualizing the Virgin Mary

Maria 1.0 is an initiative run by Catholic women who promote traditional female roles in the Church – roles shaped by faith. Alexandra Probst ...

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25 Feb 2025

Journeying through History

How seabird excrement made history in the Caribbean – the term paper about this topic by history student Vivianne Rhyner received a semester award ...

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University Research Priority Programs

13 Mar 2025

Artificial Intelligence: Between Demons and God

An avatar priest, praying via app and artificial intelligence as a deity: UZH anthropologist Beth Singler researches the interplay between AI and ...

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9 Jul 2024

Values and Sustainability

The way people behave in complex social relationships over time can now be analyzed in great detail thanks to methods developed by the URPP Social ...

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3 Jul 2024

“Biodiversity is our life insurance”

Ecosystems are more stable and productive when they contain more species. This has been demonstrated impressively by researchers from the URPP ...

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Global Engagement

1 Apr 2025

University of Zurich Appointed as Leading House Asia Pacific

Under a mandate from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), UZH will promote and foster cooperation in research, ...

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28 Feb 2025

“A powerful voice in Europe”

UZH President Michael Schaepman has been elected as a new member of the board of directors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). ...

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24 Jun 2024

“Una Europa acts as a catalyst for interdisciplinarity”

UZH hosted the General Assembly of the Una Europa European university alliance for the first time last week. Vice President Elisabeth Stark looks ...

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Campus Structures

26 Mar 2024

Irchel Campus to Host High Schools

This summer, Kantonsschule Zürich Nord will relocate to two renovated buildings on Irchel Campus, creating a coexistence of university and high ...

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28 Nov 2023

Winning Project for “PORTAL UZH” Selected

The planned new building called PORTAL UZH is a key part of the mid- to long-term development of Irchel Campus. The conclusion of the ...

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29 Mar 2023

The Meeting Place

The FORUM UZH will create urgently needed space for the teaching and research of the future. It brings a fresh energy not just to academic ...

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Open Science

6 Jun 2024

Scientific Community Reflects on Fundamental Research Standards

Reproducible research results is a key standard in the sciences. At the inaugural Swiss Reproducibility Conference, researchers will discuss the ...

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10 Oct 2023

Strengthening Open Science Practices Together

During Open Access Week from 23 to 29 October 2023, a variety of events across Switzerland aimed at researchers and students will shine a light on ...

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18 Jan 2023

Flourishing Journals

There are now 186 journals in Switzerland providing Diamond Open Access, meaning scientific articles can be published and read free of charge. A ...

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Strategic Projects

29 Jan 2025

Accessibility to Become Essential Part of University Culture

A workshop under the UZH Accessible project explored how to better embed accessibility in UZH culture.

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28 Jan 2025

Cafeteria Food and Carbon Footprints

Decarb UZH is a strategic project that gives new momentum to achieving climate neutrality at UZH. The university is reviewing its current ...

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5 Dec 2024

“And then I’m trapped”

How do blind users find their way around a website? How can they fill in information without using a mouse? People with disabilities face these ...

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