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As in previous years, the CAMPUSiDEEN competition has awarded prizes to the best ideas from Bremen's higher education landscape. A jury awarded prizes to three winners in the categories “Business Ideas” and “Business Concepts.”

The best in the northwest: Transfer initiative #MOIN Model Region Industrial Mathematics wins the Metropolitan Region Northwest’s “NordWest Award.”

Human-made climate change is not confined by national borders. The AGELESS Consortium explores the question of how marine life affected by climate change can be protected beyond areas of national jurisdiction. The Federal Government funds the interdisciplinary project over a three-year period.

City of Bremen and University of Bremen sign Memorandum of Understanding

The University of Bremen has submitted a full application and an application for continuation in the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Government. The university enters the race with its high-profile areas Materials Science and MARUM – together with the University of Oldenburg.

The President of the Bremen State Parliament, Antje Grotheer, visited the University of Bremen and met with President Jutta Günther and Director of Finance and Administration Frauke Meyer.

Willi Lemke, Bremen's former Senator for Education and Science and for the Interior and Sport, has died at the age of 77.

The President of the University of Bremen, Professor Jutta Günther, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg. The academy in Hamburg brings together top researchers from all areas of academia in northern Germany.

Informatica Feminale and the International Summer University for Women in Engineering are offering around 60 classes from August 14 to 29. Female students of all subjects, female researchers, and other women interested in further training are invited to attend.

With Forum at Domshof, the University of Bremen is gaining a new location in Bremen's city center. The former NordLB building (previously Bremer Landesbank) is still being remodeled. Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte took a look at the building progress.

"SciencemanagersForFuture" is the title of a podcast series in which university leaders talk about how they are driving sustainability forward at their institutions. In the latest episode, President Jutta Günther spoke to presenter Ute Symanski.

Improving care through the use of digital solutions while reducing the burden on care staff is the goal of the "Future of Care" research cluster funded by the federal government. In the second funding phase, the focus is on transferring new technologies into practice.

A new project, which is being coordinated by MARUM, is systematically collecting data to monitor temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea. Researchers are relying on citizen scientists, divers who practice their hobby in these waters and always have a mini-computer with them for safety reasons.

The theme of this year's International Day on June 27 was "Herbs and spices from around the world.” University members and guests were offered a variety of activities, including traditional Indian dance and a presentation of urban gardening projects.

On July 3, the universities in the state of Bremen welcomed the members of the German Council of Science and Humanities' Scientific Commission at MARUM. The occasion was the commission's summer meetings in Bremen this year. Around 130 guests attended the reception.

The Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), together with the Hamburg Leibniz Institute for Media Research and other institutes, has successfully applied to the German Research Foundation for a research unit. The topic: "Communicative Artificial Intelligence."

The University of Bremen is the university with the most participation in funding programs in the so-called "Third Mission" sector. The Third Mission comprises activities that involve a two-way exchange between universities and industry, society, and politics.

Anyone interested in studying at the University of Bremen can still apply online for a place until July 15. An event on Friday, July 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the House of Science in Bremen will provide information on how to do this.

From July to September, the Languages Centre of the Universities in the Land of Bremen (SZHB) is once again offering a wide range of opportunities for language learning. The courses are aimed at both beginners and advanced learners. A number of said courses are open to anyone who is interested.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research aims to strengthen transfer activities at universities and promotes social and technical innovations with the “DATIpilot” funding line. Out of nearly 500 applications, 20 were successful, including two with participation of the University of Bremen.