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ETH Zurich today announced a major step towards advancing research transparency, promoting open and trustworthy digital research output. At the New Year¡¯s town hall meeting, the Vice President for Research introduced a new Charter and a new funding programme, both established to foster a shared commitment to the FAIR principles ¨C making research data and all digital research assets Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.?

Get yourself and your research project in shape with our research data management workshop programms. You can now register for the Spring Semester 2026 workshops.??

The event calendar on the information screens at ETH locations now has a new design. The aim of the update was to improve user-friendliness and bring the appearance in line with ETH Zurich's current corporate design.

Andrew Jackson is Professor of Earth and Planetary Magnetism at D-EAPS. His instrumental work in the field of geomagnetism led to the creation of a model which has been used by "virtually every study of the historical magnetic field of the last 20 years". In receiving the Society's highest honour - which dates back 200 years - he joins the likes of Stephen Hawking, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Albert Einstein and Edwin Hubble.

Christophe Cop¨¦ret, Professor of Surface and Interfacial Chemistry at?D-CHAB, has been elected to the French Academy of Sciences. The Academy plays a?key role in promoting scientific dialogue.?

Regulations or guidelines? Speed or Security? Trying things out or reading instructions? We asked the new Vice President for Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations a series of rapid questions.

Since the start of the year, the Executive Board domain of Finance and Controlling has been divided into five administrative departments. The new structure partially realigns knowledge and specialist skills from the previous units and is intended to create a solid foundation for tackling challenges in the areas of compliance, controlling and the digitalisation of administrative processes in the best possible way.

Join the launch events to explore the new Data Management 365ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_365ÌåÓý±¸Óá¾ÊÖ»úÔÚÏß¡¿ ¨C get direct insights and live answers to make your research data FAIR and impactful.

Guy Parmelin, president of the Swiss Confederation, has announced a nationwide minute's silence at 2 p.m. on Friday, 9 January 2026, in memory of the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana. The Executive Board asks ETH members to discuss in advance how they would like to observe this moment within their team or unit.

When tap water stands for a long time during the holidays, germs and deposits can form. Therefore, let the water run for a few minutes before drinking it.