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Nature Publication: Female researchers discuss how they overcame social and financial obstacles in science and engineering
Women from disadvantaged backgrounds or those who are the first person in their family to attend university (first-generation students) can face multiple struggles when pursuing a career in science or engineering. Nature spoke to six researchers about challenges that they have faced, and overcome, to secure opportunities.
Gnanli Landrou named to the Forbes 30 under 30 / Europe list!
Congratulations Gnanli Landrou named to the Forbes 30 under 30 / Europe list! This ETH Zürich Pioneer Fellow grew up in a clay house in West Africa, now through his ETH spin-off Oxara, he develops cement-free concrete. His goal? To help Africa and the rest of the world build affordable, sustainable houses.
ACM COMPASS Conference, 3-5 July 2019, Accra, Ghana
The second annual ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2019) invites submissions for the conference to be hosted at Accra, Ghana, July 3 – 5, 2019.
ETH4D to be launched
ETH4D is an ETH-wide initiative to foster innovative technologies that effectively address challenges and needs of low-income communities. It will be launched in February 2019