Coronavirus
Turning the challenges of remote teaching into opportunities
Teaching
EPFL
Since spring 2020, EPFL teachers have had to make remote teaching a part of their daily job. This has given rise to major challenges – but also led to new, effective teaching practices and enhanced collaboration. We took a look at how teachers are adapting to the novel approach.
ETH podcast series on the topic of uncertainty
Teaching
ETH Zurich
The new episode of the ETH Podcast marks the beginning of a series on the topic of uncertainty. The presidents of the students' umbrella organization and the rector report on how they are dealing with the pandemic.
Countries benefit when they learn from each other
Politics
ETH Zurich
Roman Stocker, member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, explains why it is so important in this pandemic that experts exchange information across national borders.
PSI equips the Swiss Light Source SLS for the future
Politics
PSI
Green light for SLS 2.0: The planned upgrade of the Swiss Light Source SLS can proceed; the funding is provided for within the framework of the ERI Dispatch for 2021-2024, which has been approved.
Digipredict digital twin will predict the evolution of Covid-19
Research
EPFL
Under a cross-disciplinary program spearheaded by EPFL, scientists will develop an AI-based system that can predict whether Covid-19 patients will develop severe cardiovascular complications and, in the longer term, detect the likely onset of inflammatory disease.
"Hardly anyone had anticipated this scenario"
Politics
ETH Zurich
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting Swiss crisis management to the test. ETH Professor Andreas Wenger and his team from the Center for Security Studies have investigated in detail how well Switzerland coped with the first phase of the crisis.
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