Climate economist Jenny Mascarucci wrote her master’s thesis while hiking in Portugal – with great success: she achieved the top grade of her year at the Graduate School of Climate Sciences and was awarded the “2025 Oeschger Young Scientist's Prize” for her achievement.

Patricia Helpap is a passionate climate researcher. The alumna of the Graduate School of Climate Sciences has now been awarded the 2025 Oeschger Young Scientist's Prize.

The University of Bern is taking over the direction of a new National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) together with ETH Zurich.

On 1 February 2027, Hendrik Vogel will take over from Martin Grosjean as the Director of the OCCR and the Graduate School of Climate Sciences.