Federal Council appoints Joël Mesot president of the ETH Zurich

On 24 October the Federal Council appointed Professor Joël Mesot as the new president of the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. This choice was proposed by the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) and received the unanimous support of the ETH Board. Joël Mesot has been director of the Paul Scherrer …