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The ETH alumnus and company founder Cédric Waldburger owns only a few things, but he has plenty of ideas. One of them is offering internships for ETH students.

A construction robot has created a pavilion using nothing more than loose stones and string. Resear­chers of ETH Zurich are showing their work as part of an exhibition at the Gewerbemuseum in Winterthur.

To secure ETH’s leading position in the long term, the university launched the ETH+ initiative at the end of last year. The focus is on creating new professorships in future-oriented disciplines. Today, the Executive Board announced which projects will receive funding first and what is next for the initiative.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have fabricated an 80 m2 lightweight concrete slab at the DFAB House, making it the world’s first full-scale architectural project to use 3D sand printing for its formwork.

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition (Biennale) in Venice gets underway on Saturday. A number of architects associated with ETH submitted contributions to the Biennale, including the four next-generation academics who designed the Swiss pavilion. Alessandro Bosshard and Matthew van der Ploeg offer insights into their project ‘Svizzera 240: House Tour’.

Founded 25 years ago as a small ad hoc jazz group, the ETH Big Band has now become a successful orchestra that delights international audiences from Rio to Shanghai. We take a look back with founder Christoph Eck.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new type of health-monitoring electrode that exhibits optimum adhesion to skin and can record high quality signals. Two young spin-off founders want to turn it into a marketable product as early as this year.

Physicist Laura Corman is fascinated by the behaviour of electrons in solids. But this up and coming researcher’s other interests give her plenty of opportunities to get out of the lab.

ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the canton of Zurich today held an official opening ceremony at Agrovet-Strickhof, their joint collaboration in the livestock sector. The modern facilities will allow the participating ETH professorships to conduct interdisciplinary research with direct links to agricultural practice. Open days are to be held on the weekend of 2–3 September.

What began as a student initiative has today become one of Switzerland's most distinguished archives. Time for a quick retrospective and a glimpse into the digital future.