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Nature 444, 130-131 (9 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/444130b; Published online 8 November 2006

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Faculty forces president to quit Swiss role

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Leading European university in turmoil.

One of Europe's star universities nose-dived into crisis last week when its faculty members forced the president to resign.Molecular biologist Ernst Hafen, who took over the reins at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich last December, submitted his resignation letter on 1 November, a day before a planned faculty vote of confidence he was certain to lose.