Author: Anastasiia Kovalenko

Movie Screening: 20 Days in Mariupol

November 3, Friday 18:30 (please come approximately 15 minutes before the event start) Main building of ETH Zurich, auditorium HG F1 (Rämistrasse 101, 8006 Zürich) Entrance free of charge (voluntary cash contributions are possible during the event) Language: UA/RU; Subtitles: English Website: https://uasaz.org/blog/announcement-movie-night-20-days-in-mariupol Movie summary: On the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a…
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Humanitarian Aid Collection for Ukraine

This autumn semester, UASAZ has joined forces with a registered humanitarian aid association Ukraine Hilfe Graubünden, to launch a humanitarian aid collection for Ukraine. With the winter season fast approaching and the challenges posed by expected power shortages and damaged infrastructure, there’s a critical need for warm, waterproof clothing and outdoor equipment. We’ve set up…
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Mental Health Month – Free to attend awareness events

MeWell Community and other mental health organisations are holding awareness events across Zurich this October. From important topics like stress management and positive relationships to the underrepresented ones like grief over loss of loved ones and mental health journeys of minority groups, we’ve got you covered! Check out our website or follow us on social…
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The Language Instinct

How the Mind Creates Language For the June’s bookclub we will discuss about “https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5755.The_Language_Instinct”. It lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker…
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FEMINIST STRIKE 2023 MANIFESTO

We call for a new feminist strike on June 14th, 2023! Since 2019, when half a million people took over the Swiss streets to demand gender equality, we have had some successes but also drawbacks. In higher education specifically we still notice persistent sexist, LGBTQ+phobic, racist, classist, ableist, and ageist discriminatory structures and practices, which…
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Public lecture “Ukraine Beyond the War – Civil Reconstruction and Military Security”

We, UASAZ (Ukrainian Association of Students and Academics in Zurich), are happy to announce that on Thursday, 8 June 2023 at 18:30 we are hosting a lecture given by PD Dr. Marcus Matthias Keupp, Military Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich “Ukraine beyond the war – civil reconstruction and military security”. The…
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