UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel
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AlumniNew 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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AlumniEventful 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.
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AlumniInnovative lawyer in the investment business.
Text: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Salome Preiswerk studied law in Basel and worked as a strategic consultant for banks after graduation. In 2014, she founded her own company, Whitebox, with the aim of revolutionizing private asset management using the latest IT technology tailored to meet customer needs. Within just a short time, Whitebox became one of Europe’s leading companies in this sector.
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AlumniSuccessful Germanists.
Basel students founded a literary magazine in 2011 - with success: “Das Narr” has now established itself as one of the most important literary magazines in Switzerland and was recently awarded the Canton of Solothurn's Literature Prize.
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AlumniOn the trail of apartheid.
Letter from Johannesburg: Franziska Rüedi / Franziska Rüedi is a historian and writes from Johannesburg. She left the University of Basel a decade ago but has fond memories of her time in Basel.
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Alumni“My degree was training for life.”
Interview: Bettina Huber / Theo Stich, alumnus of the University of Basel, is a freelance writer/producer, and owner of the company Lumenfilm. He takes an individual approach to filmmaking: he looks for new subjects or explores an existing topic from an original perspective.
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AlumniNew program funds visits within Switzerland and abroad.
Text: Roman Baumann Lorant / PRO IURE, the alumni association for Basel law students, has created a program that regularly pays for current students to visit legal institutions in Switzerland and abroad. One such group recently travelled to Great Britain on a visit to Oxford and London.
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AlumniChristian Theology in South Korea.
Letter from Seoul: Meehyun Chung /
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AlumniDerya Tokay-Sahin, criminal court judge
Text: Bettina Huber / This summer, aged just 27, the Basel University alumna Derya Tokay-Sahin overcame fierce competition to be re-elected as a judge on Basel’s criminal court. Doggedness, discipline and determination have been her hallmarks ever since she was a child.
