Differences of opinion in ETH communication

 After just one and a half years, Verena Schmid Bagdasarjanz, Head of Communications at ETH Zurich, is leaving her job. The reason is differences of opinion with the ETH management about the role and direction of communication at the university. However, Schmid Bagdasarjanz is leaving by mutual agreement, as ETH President Ralph Eichler announced on Monday. The 47-year-old PR consultant took up her post in mid-2006 (see
). The former Schaffhausen cantonal councillor succeeded former SF Tagesschau head Rolf Probala, who had headed ETH Communications for a good five years.