Communication

  • EPFL Excellence in Engineering summer internship program: applications open!

    The application portal for the 2022 edition of the E3 EPFL Excellence in Engineering summer internship program is now open. The program is organized by the School of Engineering of EPFL and offers an intensive research training opportunity to Bachelor and Master students from all around the world, with various scientific backgrounds.

  • Coding club for girls all around Switzerland

    MARVEL supports the Coding club for girls, a project initiated by the EPFL Science Outreach Department (SPS) with the support of the Federal Office for Gender Equality. It offers free coding workshops for girls 11 to 16 years old organized in French, German and Italian throughout Switzerland.

  • #NCCRWomen in school — a researcher in my classroom

    Meet the #NCCRWomen and invite a researcher in your classroom to exchange with her about who she is, what she does and why she is doing it. Open to the teachers of the high school level.

  • Meet again the #NCCRWomen of MARVEL

    The #NCCRWomen campaign shows how women in Swiss research are changing the world! Meet Giuliana Materzanini, Miriam Pougin, Emiliana Fabbri, Jigyasa Nigam and Chiara Ricca, all researchers of the NCCR MARVEL.

  • American NSF invests in designing materials for the future

    The US National Science Foundation has announced a $65.3M investment in 37 new awards in the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future program.

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet Chiara Ricca, postdoc in computational chemistry

    "For me, doing research means never stopping learning and improving myself, all while contributing to a better future."

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet Jigaysa Nigam, PhD student in physics

    "Be curious, don't be afraid to ask questions and challenge what you are told. Curiosity doesn't kill as opposed to the common saying, rather it empowers you to perceive beyond what is tangible."

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet Emiliana Fabbri, senior researcher in materials science

    "My advice to young girls who want to pursue a scientific career: do it, because you can!"

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet Miriam Pougin, PhD student in computational chemistry

    "Without research, no progress is possible. To change things, you have to understand them."

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet Giuliana Materzanini, postdoc in computational materials science

    "If you want to become what you truly are, I don't just think it's important to believe in it, I think it's the only thing to do!" 

  • The #NCCRWomen are back!

    After a summer break the #NCCRWomen campaign continues with new portraits showing how women in Swiss research are changing the world!

  • #NCCRWomen — Meet three PhD students from NCCR MUST

    To celebrate the 50th anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote in Switzerland, the 22 active NCCRs have joined forces in a campaign showing how in these 50 years women have come to occupy a central place in research in almost all scientific fields. During this campaign, these female researchers will be showing you who they are, what they do and why they are doing it.