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17-874: The WGMS is based at a centre at the University of Zurich in Switzerland , and the Director of the Service is Michael Zemp . It is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme . WGMS "collects standardised observations on changes in mass, volume, area and length of glaciers with time (glacier fluctuations), as well as statistical information on the distribution of perennial surface ice in space (glacier inventories). Such glacier fluctuation and inventory data are high priority key variables in climate system monitoring; they form

34-525: A basis for hydrological modelling with respect to possible effects of atmospheric warming, and provide fundamental information in glaciology, glacial geomorphology and quaternary geology. Such glacier fluctuation and inventory data are high priority key variables in climate system monitoring; they form a basis for hydrological modelling with respect to possible effects of atmospheric warming, and provide fundamental information in glaciology, glacial geomorphology and quaternary geology. The highest information density

51-525: A wide range of sports facilities to students of the university. The student body is represented through the Verband der Studierenden der Universität Zürich VSUZH which organizes events and is involved in the university administration. Associated with the university are 12 Nobel Prize recipients, primarily in Physics and Chemistry . Karl Moser Karl Moser (10 August 1860 – 28 February 1936)

68-431: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about climate change . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . This article about an environmental organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . University of Zurich The University of Zurich ( UZH , German : Universität Zürich ) is a public research university located in

85-924: Is found for the Alps and Scandinavia, where long and uninterrupted records are available" "In close collaboration with the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) initiative, the WGMS is in charge of the Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers (GTN-G) within GTOS/GCOS. GTN-G aims at combining (a) in-situ observations with remotely sensed data, (b) process understanding with global coverage and (c) traditional measurements with new technologies by using an integrated and multi-level strategy" This article about climate change

102-710: Is increasing in many faculties. The only bachelors program taught entirely in English is the " English Language and Literature " program. All Master courses at the Faculty of Science are held in English. Master courses in Economics and Finance are mainly held in English, while the Master of Science in Quantitative Finance is held completely in English. The university's Academic Sports Association (ASVZ) offers

119-542: Is reminiscent of the roman name for the precursor settlement of the city of Zurich, Turicum . In the university's early years, the 1839 appointment of the German theologian David Friedrich Strauss to its Chair of Theology caused a major controversy, since Strauss argued that the miracles in the Christian New Testament were mythical retellings of normal events as supernatural happenings. Eventually,

136-1016: The Museum of Veterinary History, the Zurich Herbaria, the Museum of Anthropology , the Botanical Garden , the Ethnographic Museum, the Paleontological Museum, the Veterinary Anatomy Collection and the Zoological Museum. In the fields of bioscience and finance, there is a close-knit collaboration between the University of Zurich and the ETH (Federal Institute for Technology). Examples for common initiatives between

153-490: The authorities offered Strauss a pension before he had a chance to start his duties. The university allowed women to attend philosophy lectures from 1847. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was added in 1901, the second-oldest such faculty in the world. In 1914, the university moved to new premises designed by the architect Karl Moser on Rämistrasse 71. The university admitted a Russian woman student, Maria Kniazhnina, to audit medicine classes in 1864, but she did not complete

170-629: The city centre, Irchelpark and Oerlikon. Members of the university can use several libraries, including the ETH -library, and the Zurich Central Library , with over 5 million volumes. In 1962, the faculty of science proposed to establish the Irchelpark campus on the Strickhofareal . The first stage the construction of the university buildings was begun in 1973, and the campus was inaugurated in 1979. The construction of

187-531: The city of Zurich , Switzerland . It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology , law , medicine which go back to 1525, and a new faculty of philosophy . Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy , Human Medicine , Economic Sciences , Law , Mathematics and Natural Sciences , Theology and Veterinary Medicine . The university offers

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204-473: The course. Another Russian student, Nadezhda Suslova , audited medicine classes from 1865 and was allowed to become a registered student and graduate as a doctor of medicine in 1867. The first seven women who were awarded medical degrees at the university were known as the Zurich Seven. Including Suslova, they were: The university is scattered all over the city of Zurich. The main campuses are located in

221-765: The second stage lasted from 1978 to 1983. The campus also houses the anthropological museum Anthropologisches Museum , and the cantonal Staatsarchiv Zürich . The Institute and Museum for the History of Medicine is part of the university. The university includes 13 museums: the Anatomical Collection, the Archaeological Collection, the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Wax Moulages, the Science Exploratorium,

238-739: The two institutions include University Medicine Zurich, the Wyss Translational Center Zurich and Life Science Zurich. The university's Department of Economics is especially strong and was ranked first in the German-speaking area by the Handelsblatt in 2017. In 2009, the faculty of Business Administration was ranked third in the German-speaking area. Bachelor courses are taught in Swiss Standard German ("Hochdeutsch"), but use of English

255-499: The type of revivalist architecture typified by Moser's own work. Indeed, it was at this time that Moser's own work changed radically towards modernism, exemplified in the St. Anthony's (Antoniuskirche) in Basel (1925–27), built in reinforced concrete rather than brick and stone typical for his earlier works. His son Werner M. Moser also became a notable architect. This article about

272-525: The widest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution. The University of Zurich was founded on April 29, 1833, when the existing colleges of theology, the Carolinum founded by Huldrych Zwingli in 1525, law and medicine were merged with a new faculty of Philosophy. It was the first university in Europe to be founded by the state rather than a monarch or church. Its latin name

289-596: Was an architect from Switzerland . Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe , setting up the architecture firm Curjel and Moser . Some of their works are: From 1915 to 1928 he was professor at ETH Zurich . In 1928 he was president of the newly founded Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne , an organisation, steered prominently by the pioneers of modernism, architects Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius , which championed rational and functionalist architecture, while critiquing

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