Europe Archives - ETH Ambassadors

Africa, Engineering, ETH4Development, Europe, Exchange Programme

Discovering a new version of myself and a ladder to a better future

Words cannot express how it feels to grow up in a tiny rural area and to have the chance to study at a world-class university! ...

1 month ago

Europe, Exchange Programme

A memorable time in Zurich

Sophia Taylor was in Switzerland in 2020 to carry out research work for her master’s thesis on greywater treatment. ...

3 months ago

Europe, How we respond creatively, togETHer

Founding a Face Mask Start-up during a Pandemic

How two ETH students set up a mask manufacturing company in a couple of months. ...

3 months ago

ETH Meets Davos 2020 - Ice skating field

Europe, Events, Sustainable Development Goals

Best of ETH Meets You in Davos

For the past 4 years, the Office of the President has brought a little bit of ETH Zurich to Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Annual Meeting. ...

4 months ago

Engineering, Europe

This researcher wants your help to understand walking: all you need to do is walk

My journey to Zurich was a nightmare. I lost my mobile phone, missed my connecting flight, and waited in vain for my luggage. But after this chaos, things only got better...

5 months ago

Climate change, Europe, How we learn and work, togETHer

Broken glaciers and overfilled lakes

Join two young glaciologists on their field trip to two glaciers in Switzerland. ...

6 months ago

Climate change, Europe, How we learn and work, togETHer

Glacier monitoring in the time of COVID-19

Even during lockdown, WSL glaciologist Matthias Huss had to measure glaciers – without using cable cars. ...

6 months ago

Engineering, Europe, Robotics

Landscape Art meets Robotics Science

A couple of ETH Zurich robotics researchers fused their research with the landscape of the Swiss Alps as part of the ETH Science Weekend at the biennal Art Safiental. ...

8 months ago

Diversity & Inclusion, Europe

You’re a Unicorn

Renana recently participated as a panelist in the opening lecture event of “Portrait of a (Working) Mother”, an exhibition that was shown at ETH Zurich. ...

1 year ago

Diversity & Inclusion, Europe, Events, Future of Work, Global, Sustainable Development Goals

Portrait of a (Working) Mother

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, ETH Zurich presented a public photo exhibit entitled “Portrait of a (Working) Mother”. ...

1 year ago

Europe, Events

Science film making marathon and festival

In 2019 the Science Film Academy organised a filmmaking marathon and subsequent film festival. What it’s like going from science researcher to moviemaker – in four da...

1 year ago

Europe, Food, Summer School

The Misty Mornings of Gut Rheinau

The Summer School at Gut Rheinau proved to be an exceptional experience for MSc student Hassan Zia. ...

2 years ago

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