Calling brain to action!

European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics or EGOI. If you've never heard of it, that's because it's new: This informatics competition for young women will take place for the very first time in 2021, in Switzerland. We talked to Stefanie, André and Ivana, three of the volunteers who are organizing the event.

In 2010, Cora Olpe participated in the Biology Olympiad. She got the chance to travel to South Korea, where she won a bronze medal. Ten years later, Cora works in stem cell research. In this article, she writes about the influence the Biology Olympiad had on her life and the advice she would give to aspiring scientists.

When Aiyana Signer decided to participate in the Geography Olympiad, she didn’t yet know where this path would lead her. Now, she’s in her fourth semester of studying geography and has friends across the globe. A short portrait of a former Olympiad participant.

The Global Quarantine Mathematical Olympiad promises two weekends in May full of mathematical challenges. The online competition was launched by volunteers of the Swiss Mathematical Olympiad and has already gathered close to 2000 international participants. Now, GQMO is looking for volunteers!

We, the Science Olympiad, want to take our responsibility and help to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in order to protect people at high risk. This has implications for our events.

Das Leben fordert uns heraus: Was studieren? Wie mit Rückschlägen umgehen? Wie auf Sexismus reagieren? ETH-Rektorin Sarah Springman rät: Seid mutig, setzt auf Humor und übernehmt Verantwortung.