The University of Basel has a strategic commitment to a family-friendly policy. It has once again received the “audit family-friendly university” certificate. This confirms the university’s family-friendly focus following the first certification in 2021. So it’s a good time to pause and consider: what have we achieved and what do we have planned for the next few years?
How can we ensure that as many Swiss households as possible adopt not only solar panels, but also their own battery to store solar energy, a heat pump, and an electric car? Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Geneva have looked into just this question.
In the TV program “Kassensturz”, two former students reported experiencing sexual harassment from professors and being let down by the university. The Vice President for People & Culture comments on the topic and, together with the Personal Integrity Coordinator, outlines how the university intends to improve its handling of such cases.
Start-up Cimeio Therapeutics intends to pave the way for gentler and more efficient treatments for diseases such as blood cancer. The company, a spin-off of the University of Basel, has just concluded an important collaboration agreement: Cimeio is joining forces with the pharmaceutical firm Kyowa Kirin. Kyowa Kirin will be financing the collaboration with Cimeio with up to CHF 263 million.
Art historian Dr. Charlotte Matter is to become the new assistant professor of contemporary art at the University of Basel. The President’s Office appointed her to the professorship, which is funded by the Laurenz Foundation, within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The University of Basel awarded honorary doctorates to seven individuals for services to science and society at the Dies academicus. The Alumni Prize was awarded to Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC.
Opinions differ on the issue of the coin: some find small change annoying, others collect coins. Rahel C. Ackermann deals with coins in her research. In this interview, the archaeologist and numismatist explains why they are worth a closer look, and how closely coins and customs are intertwined.
When universities award the title of honorary doctor, there is always an element of self-promotion involved. The introduction of the honor some two hundred years ago helped to turn dusty institutions of higher education into modern universities.
The University Council appointed four adjunct professors, and six people were awarded the Venia docendi by the Senate.
