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News from UA Ruhr

Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr – Cybersecurity Bootcamp 2023

Entrepreneurship Explorer Ruhr, a one-week start-up bootcamp taking place in Bochum at the end of September 2023 will this time focus on the topic of cybersecurity. Apply until 17 July, the event is free of charge. Travel and hotel costs will be covered.

News from the University of Cologne

Professor Joybrato Mukherjee Becomes the New Rector of the University of Cologne

Professor Joybrato Mukherjee, President of Justus Liebig University Giessen, was elected by the members of the University Election Assembly to be the future Rector of the University of Cologne on 10 May 2023. Mukherjee will thus succeed Professor Axel Freimuth, who has held the office since 2005 and is no longer available for another term due to his age. The handover of office is planned in October 2023.

News from Freie Universität Berlin

Citizens of the World – Celebrating the 60th anniversary of JFK’s programmatic speech at FU Berlin

In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin. To commemorate this event, the university hosted the event “Citizens of the World. The Historical Roots and Future of Academic Freedom”.

News from the University of Freiburg

Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert mega structures

An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg identifies engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history.

News from Campus OWL

ERC Consolidator Grant for Benjamin Gess at Bielefeld University for research on the impact of randomness on chaos

How can we use mathematics to capture and describe complex systems that seem to be driven by randomness? And how can we describe the fact that even the slightest fluctuations can lead to major changes in climate dynamics? Benjamin Gess at Bielefeld University focuses on mathematical structures that capture the interaction of random events and complex behavior. For his work he will receive two million Euros over a five-year period from the European Research Council Consolidator Grant.

Apply by July 31, 2023

German 2024 International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS)

The German federal parliament’s International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) program, offering young college graduates from over 50 countries the chance to experience Germany’s democratic system of governance up-close in Berlin, is set to continue for its 38th year in 2024. The application deadline is July 31, 2023.

News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)

Health economist Ariel Dora Stern joins HPI with Humboldt Professorship

International gain for the joint Digital Engineering Faculty of HPI and University of Potsdam: The renowned scientist Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, joins the Digital Health Cluster at the Hasso Plattner Institute with a Humboldt Professorship.