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Fewer and fewer people in Switzerland are consuming journalistic news media. They know less about current events, have less trust in politics and feel less connected to democratic society.

Phytobiologist Jana Ordon researches plant immune responses. She has just received a L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award for her work.

If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to be able to collaborate and develop solutions across disciplinary boundaries. This is a skill that can be learned. More than 150 students have already participated in a UZH Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.

The Nobel Prize-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will establish a new center for development economics, education and public policy using external funds provided by the Lemann Foundation.

Researchers from UZH and Kispi have developed a new approach to treat children with malignant tumors of the nervous system. Combined with a special diet, an approved drug slows tumor growth much more effectively.