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On 11th March 2011 the mega Tohoku Quake triggered a disastrous tsunami. In Germany, this event dominated the headlines for weeks, mainly because of the subsequent catastrophe in the Fukushima nuclear power station. A group of German and Japanese scientists on board the SONNE research vessel…

Producing radio for fellow students. The “Campus Radio” project at the University of Bremen has existed for several years. Once a month, students broadcast live programs from inside the University and produce critical reports on current topics surrounding student and university life, university…

Nowadays, the transition from child to young adult is often completed faster than was the case even a decade ago: the puberty stage comes earlier, and childhood ends correspondingly earlier, too. Today’s external influences result in young people passing through stages of life much more quickly than…

Recently, the sounding rocket Maser-12 from the Esrange Space Center near the town of Kiruna in North West Sweden was launched for a six-minute flight to carry out experiments under conditions of zero gravity. One of the on-board experiments was organized by the Center for Applied Space Technology…

Gerd-Rüdiger Kück, the University’s Director of Finance and Administration,

The Bremen Senate has called upon the people of Bremen to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of right-wing extremist violence. The University of Bremen is to follow this appeal. The minute of silence will start at 12.00 p.m. on 23rd February 2012. Bremen is following a joint…

Our 40th anniversary, entry into the final round of the Excellence Initiative, numerous awards for our scholars and scientists, success in the “Quality Pact for Teaching”, to mention just a few highlights: the year 2011 was a very special one for the University of Bremen. Written in German and…

This year, for the 21st time, the “unifreunde” awarded the Berninghausen Prize. The prize is awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement and exceptional commitment to academic teaching at the University of Bremen. University members still have time until 19th February 2012 to submit their…

Legal scholar and political scientist, Professor Ulrich K. Preuß, is one of the most prominent builders of bridges between the two disciplines. The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bremen has now awarded him an honorary doctorate in recognition of his outstanding academic career and…

Combining science with music is a daring undertaking. The American composer Richard Einhorn has nevertheless taken up the challenge, featuring the life and work of Charles Darwin in his cantata “The Origin”. Under the direction of musical director, Dr. Susanne Gläß, last semester the University of…