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An update to the ETH app was made available at the start of this week. Users can select their preferred news sources and comment on articles.

The programme for Open Access Days 2015 has been published and the conference is open for registration: sign up before 15 July!

The ETH Zurich campus is no ordinary campus – it's a laboratory investigating sustainability too, and you can read all about it in the latest edition of life, ETH's community magazine. Inside, you'll also find a glimpse into the challenges that Lino Guzzella faces as ETH president.

The team of athletes taking part in the Summer Universiade sporting event in Gwangju, which will take place in early July, has been finalised. Participants from ETH Zurich will be involved in the golf, handball, shooting and volleyball contests.

Rector Sarah Springman recently met with the Staff Commission (PeKo). She discussed the challenges of being responsible for teaching at ETH Zurich.

Change at the top for the Department of Physics (D-PHYS): Simon Lilly succeeds Tilman Esslinger as the new Head of Department.

The Federal Council is proposing a global credit of 173.4 million francs to Parliament for the ETH Domain’s 2016 construction programme. There will be no new large-scale projects next year.

On 17 June, the Institute for Building Materials at ETH Zurich will be launching its two concrete canoes on the water for the first time, with its sights set on winning a regatta in Germany.

Books from the well-known series Detail on the topics of construction, building services, building studies and design are now also available as e-books.  

The legendary series Bauwelt Fundamente on the history and theory of architecture and urban design can now also be accessed online.