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This morning, part of the courtyard around the Semper Observatory was closed off and a crane was set up to lift a telescope out of the dome. In late August, the original telescope from the founding year 1864 will be reassembled inside the observatory.

From 12 to 24 May 2023, the ¡°Holdings of ETH Zurich Architectural Culture¡± exhibition will be on display in the main hall of the Main Building. In the free exhibition, visitors will be able to see some of the building components and furniture of ETH Zurich that are particularly worth protecting but that had to be removed from the university buildings due to construction work in the past.

ETH Zurich has launched a first round of measures to reduce its gas and energy consumption and avoid an energy shortage. These measures concern the room temperature in the buildings, the hot water and the lighting.

For this year¡¯s International Archives Week (7 to 11 June 2022), the archives of ETH Zurich are opening their doors to the public. It is an opportunity to learn about their work and their offers and get involved.

Anyone at ETH who wants to get from one place to another quickly can hire an e-bike from one of four convenient ETH Zurich locations.

More and more people are enjoying more and more sport with the ASVZ. As a result, the association has had to keep adapting and expanding its facilities and programmes. It will continue to do so, but this costs money. The ASVZ will therefore be increasing its fees for all members from autumn/new year.

It takes courage to step up to the plate and help when someone is acting inappropriately towards another person. The current Respect campaign at ETH Zurich demonstrates how to put an end to a difficult situation when others won¡¯t and how to switch from being a passive bystander to an active upstander

Sweat, strain and high fives are on the agenda for sports enthusiasts from 25 September to 3 October during ASVZ Sports Week. Athletes will be kicking off the week by collecting donations for social scholarships.

On May 21st, the Association of Scientific Staff at ETH (AVETH) and Equal! presented the first AVETH Diversity Award. The joint first prize went to the African Student Association Zurich (ASAZ) and the physicist and doctoral student Chiara Decaroli.

Sports and physical activity are important for your well-being during this challenging period. ETH Zurich is launching #moveETH to encourage students and staff to be active and to motivate each other on social media.

For the fourth time, the ¡°Oberstrass M??rt¡± was an ideal forum for interacting with the local community. ETH engaged in a particularly lively exchange with visitors to the university stand.

In the first series of meetings chaired by the new President, Jo?l Mesot, ETH Zurich¡¯s Executive Board made provisions for ten new professorships. It also concluded the project to optimise occupancy of the ETH Main Building and created a more permanent structure for the Critical Thinking Initiative.

Day-to-day work at the university is physically and mentally demanding. What does this mean for our health? What can we do to improve our health and how can ETH help?

What a revelation the first photographs of a place taken from the air must have been for the people who lived there! Until then ¨C in the 18th and 19th centuries ¨C only a handful of (wealthier) men and even fewer women had the time, courage and means to climb high mountains and see what the world looked like from above.

The winners of the photo competition for ETH members "Favourite places on the H?nggerberg campus" have been selected: Nicolas Ochsner won with a photo of the archive room of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta). ?

Linda Sch?dler has been head of?of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Z¨¹rich since May 2016. What she likes about it and whether she collects works of art privately, she betrays the "life".

Sektor1 by Karl¡¯s k¨¹hne Gassenschau is a raucous open-air production about a paradise that eventually reveals itself to be quite the opposite. An ETH technician is assisting in operating the machinery, so ETH members can benefit from discounted tickets.

While most employees and students are heading home, the late shift is just beginning for some. We take a look at a night at ETH Zurich.

One idea, three minutes: that¡¯s the challenge at the Falling Walls Lab ideas competition. The third Swiss qualifier will take place in September at ETH Zurich, with the winner earning a trip to the international final in Berlin.

The Collegium Helveticum's Board of Trustees has elected seven professors as fellows.

The Archives of Contemporary History (AfZ) are turning 50! In their anniversary year, the AfZ will be exhibiting 50 documents to show visitors their history since 1966.

On 17 June, the Institute for Building Materials at ETH Zurich will be launching its two concrete canoes on the water for the first time, with its sights set on winning a regatta in Germany.

The ASVZ will be offering an additional channel to register for courses and camps in its online counter as of May 2015. Registrations are possible as of 30 March 2015.

On Tuesday, 31 March from 18.15 to 19.15 there will be a public evening tour.

The Association for Retired Members of ETH Zurich can look back on a good year in 2014, with 15 walks and four other events organised. The AGM was held in Zurich on 5 March 2015.