More about Reducing Herbivore Damage Using Biodiversity Instead of Insecticide 7 Oct 2024 Reducing Herbivore Damage Using Biodiversity Instead of Insecticide Pesticides aren’t always necessary: researchers at the University of Zurich have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from ... More about Reducing Herbivore Damage Using Biodiversity Instead of Insecticide
More about Tech-Savvy Farming 3 Oct 2024 Tech-Savvy Farming Intelligent sensors can help farmers cultivate their fields without the need for huge amounts of data and complex calculations. UZH ... More about Tech-Savvy Farming
More about Less Inequality with AI 2 Oct 2024 Less Inequality with AI Over the years, digitalization has led to the axing of many lower-skilled jobs, thereby polarizing the employment market. But AI could enhance ... More about Less Inequality with AI
More about UZH Students Embracing AI Tools 9 Oct 2024 UZH Students Embracing AI Tools The use of AI tools as study aids has become widespread at university. The DSI conducted a survey among students to find out how they use AI ... More about UZH Students Embracing AI Tools
More about “Listen to your inner voice” 3 Oct 2024 “Listen to your inner voice” Find out how 2024 Teaching Award winner Marc Thommen fosters interaction in his courses and why curiosity and enthusiasm are the best guiding ... More about “Listen to your inner voice”
More about “Teaching is Set to Become More Interactive and Intensive” 15 Aug 2024 “Teaching is Set to Become More Interactive and Intensive” In the age of artificial intelligence, the emphasis in teaching is likely to shift from knowledge transfer towards interaction and reflection. ... More about “Teaching is Set to Become More Interactive and Intensive”
More about Space for New Ideas, Courage and Ambitious Goals 25 Sep 2024 Space for New Ideas, Courage and Ambitious Goals The UZH Space Hub has relocated to Innovation Park Zurich. We sat down with Oliver Ullrich, the director of the Space Hub, to find out why space ... More about Space for New Ideas, Courage and Ambitious Goals
More about Number of New UZH Students Increases Slightly 12 Sep 2024 Number of New UZH Students Increases Slightly The 2024 Fall Semester will see a moderate year-on-year increase in the number of students starting at the University of Zurich. Total student ... More about Number of New UZH Students Increases Slightly
More about Looking Behind the Scenes 21 Aug 2024 Looking Behind the Scenes Preparing a new semester is a lot of work. We asked seven members of UZH’s administrative and technical staff to take us through their ... More about Looking Behind the Scenes
More about “Listen to your inner voice” 3 Oct 2024 “Listen to your inner voice” Find out how 2024 Teaching Award winner Marc Thommen fosters interaction in his courses and why curiosity and enthusiasm are the best guiding ... More about “Listen to your inner voice”
More about Brains and Bots 25 Sep 2024 Brains and Bots AI avatars, co-creation, job crafting, emotionally intelligent companies – the new UZH Magazin explores how digital technologies are changing our ... More about Brains and Bots
More about Equality, Diversity, Inclusion under One Roof 17 Sep 2024 Equality, Diversity, Inclusion under One Roof The Office for Gender Equality and Diversity’s mandate has been expanded to include people with disabilities. As a result, the office has been ... More about Equality, Diversity, Inclusion under One Roof
More about Childcare and Careers 17 Sep 2024 Childcare and Careers The University of Zurich can reflect on 35 years of work to promote gender equality: four women who champion this issue at UZH recount how they ... More about Childcare and Careers
More about Bridge Building, Good Governance and Grumpy Professors 29 Apr 2024 Bridge Building, Good Governance and Grumpy Professors UZH celebrated the 191st anniversary of its founding last Saturday. Daniel Jositsch, a member of the Council of States, held an opening address ... More about Bridge Building, Good Governance and Grumpy Professors
More about Tax History 22 Feb 2024 Tax History Historian Madeline Woker is conducting research into tax (in)justice as a fellow at the Collegium Helveticum. Last Friday, she organised a panel ... More about Tax History
More about Three UZH Researchers Awarded SNSF Consolidator Grants 11 Sep 2024 Three UZH Researchers Awarded SNSF Consolidator Grants The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has approved Consolidator Grants for three projects at the University of Zurich. Additionally, 14 ... More about Three UZH Researchers Awarded SNSF Consolidator Grants
More about UZH Researchers Win Swiss 3R Awards 5 Jul 2024 UZH Researchers Win Swiss 3R Awards This year’s awards from the Swiss 3R Competence Centre all go to UZH scientists whose research contributes to replacing, reducing and refining ... More about UZH Researchers Win Swiss 3R Awards
More about “You have to be a champion of failure” 21 Jun 2024 “You have to be a champion of failure” Katalin Karikó visited the University of Zurich to accept the Paul Karrer Medal. The Hungarian-born biochemist has faced numerous setbacks in her ... More about “You have to be a champion of failure”
More about Exhibiting Looted Artifacts from Benin: A Space for Nigerian Voices 22 Aug 2024 Exhibiting Looted Artifacts from Benin: A Space for Nigerian Voices Why are objects from the Kingdom of Benin held in the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich? What do they mean to different stakeholder ... More about Exhibiting Looted Artifacts from Benin: A Space for Nigerian Voices
More about “Una Europa acts as a catalyst for interdisciplinarity” 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 ... More about “Una Europa acts as a catalyst for interdisciplinarity”
More about Europe Visits UZH 12 Jun 2024 Europe Visits UZH From 19 to 21 June, the University of Zurich (UZH) will become the heart of the Una Europa European university alliance. More than 250 ... More about Europe Visits UZH
