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• 17.09.2015 Academic Honor

  Michael Hengartner Made Honorary Professor at Tianjin University

  On Saturday, UZH President Michael Hengartner accepted an honorary professorship from Tianjin University in China. He also signed an agreement on student exchanges and a memorandum of understanding.

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• 27.07.2015 Alumni

  A New Chapter for the Nation’s Capital

  The University of Zurich has a new alumni group in Washington, D.C. The chapter was inaugurated last week in a ceremony attended by ambassador and UZH alumnus Martin Dahinden and UZH president Michael Hengartner.

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• 23.04.2015 University Children’s Hospital Zurich

  The Burning Issue of Poverty

  The University Children’s Hospital Zurich is helping a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul improve care for children with burn injuries. The premises have been renovated, and now it’s time to train the staff.

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• 05.03.2015 Robotics

  Flying with Drones

  Davide Scaramuzza is Assistant Professor of Robotics at UZH. He develops software enabling spaces and objects to be captured in three dimensions. The idea is to be able to teach drones to fly autonomously. His research will soon also be used by the game industry.

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