Ten years later: the paths of scholarship recipients
08.12.2020 – In 2010, 28 Excellence Scholarships were awarded. What paths have those talented scholarship recipients taken since, and what are they achieving today?
Outstanding talents, bright ideas
Zurich Insurance Group supports public governance programme
04.12.2020 – From 2021, Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) will support ETH Zurich’s CAS in Public Governance and Administration (CAS PGA).
Donor portrait of Germaine J. F. Seewer: Citizen in uniform
16.09.2020 – Germaine J. F. Seewer is the first woman to hold the rank of Major General in the Swiss Armed Forces. Her new role as Commander of the Armed Forces College has forged even closer ties to her alma mater.
Meet the Talent@home
25.05.2020 – Laptops and distance learning instead of labs and lecture halls: the exceptional situation caused by the coronavirus crisis is presenting new challenges for ETH students in the spring semester 2020.
Donor portrait of Guido Doppler: A born architect
17.03.2020 – The first thing Guido Doppler does each morning is head to the stables to muck out and feed the horses. Outdoor yoga is also part of his daily routine – and probably one reason he looks younger than his 86 years.
Foundations support ETH Week 2019
13.09.2019 – From 8 to 13 September 2019, 200 bachelor’s and master’s students from ETH Zurich addressed the topic of “Rethinking Mobility” as part of ETH Week. The Avina and Dätwyler Foundations supported ETH Week 2019 as sponsors.
Former Excellence Scholar receives ERC Starting Grant
09.09.2019 – Fifteen talented young researchers from ETH Zurich are each to receive an ERC Starting Grant, which is more than for any year previously.
Video Portrait: Excellence scholar Paula Wulkop
12.08.2019 – Excellence Scholar Paula Wulkop studies Robotics. In the video she explains what motivates her most about her master projects and the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP).
Her algorithm is helping children with cerebral palsy
22.07.2019 – ETH doctoral student Rosa Visscher is working with clinicians to research better treatment for young patients with cerebral motor impairment. Her trump card: data science.
Video portrait: Excellence scholar Simon Hertlein
07.06.2019 – Excellence Scholar Simon Eric Hertlein studies physics and explains what the recognition through the Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) means to him and what fascinates him the most about his project.