UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel

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  Alumni

  An economist against inequality.

  Pia Schneider has worked at the World Bank since 2004, where she has held a position as lead economist for health issues for the last three years. At the University of Basel she studied economics and she obtained a PhD in health economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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  Alumni

  New alumni association created.

  Text: Jolanda Bucher / Actuarial science has been taught at the University of Basel for 80 years now. This makes the program one of the oldest German-language courses in the field. This year’s anniversary event included the launch of the actuarial science alumni association.

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  Alumni

  Supporting “Offener Hörsaal”.

  Text: Annalena Durrer und Timo Posselt / Money collected through this year’s Annual Giving will be donated to the “Offener Hörsaal” association at the University of Basel.

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  Alumni

  A theologian in recruitment.

  Interview: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Gabriela Brahier Stark studied Reformed theology in Basel while she was still a Catholic. After training as a curate in a parish in Graubünden, she converted, serving as a Reformed pastor in Reinach, Basel-Landschaft. At the same time, she obtained her doctorate, with a thesis on ethics, and was awarded a post-doctoral grant. She then moved into the private sector, where she joined a recruitment company.

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  Alumni

  Ethnology establishes alumni group.

  Text: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Ethnology has existed as a discipline in Basel for over 100 years. An alumni organization for the subject has now been established.

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  Alumni

  Life as a nanoscience researcher in southern Sweden.

  Heidi Potts studied nanoscience in Basel and Toronto. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Lund in Sweden.

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  Alumni

  From India via Basel to NASA.

  Text: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Arkaprabha Sarangi is a research associate at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. While growing up in India, he developed a keen interest in all physical sciences. His passion for astrophysics eventually led him to move to Basel to pursue a PhD. From here, it was only a short hop to NASA.

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  Alumni

  New alumni association created.

  Text: Bettina Volz-Tobler / The University of Basel’s degree program in computer science was launched in 2003. Fifteen years on, the alumni association AlumniComputerScience has been formed.

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  Alumni

  Eventful times at the Nile.

  Astrid Frefel started her career in journalism after having studied economics in Basel. As a foreign correspondent, she reported for various German-language media from Cairo.