Gerd Faltings receives Abel Prize
Mathematician from Bonn is the first German to be honored with the award
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Gerd Faltings receives Abel Prize
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Latest News
How Pirate Gold Turns Out to Be Cultural Heritage
During the colonial era, vast quantities of gold from the Akan people of present-day Ghana ended up in European smelting furnaces. Historical sources suggest that African traders may have systematically diluted the gold. State-of-the-art technology and a sunken pirate ship have now made it possible to verify this claim. 
New Focus Center for AI Start-Ups at Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia
TU Dortmund University and the University of Bonn are forming the AI Center for Entrepreneurship NRW (AICE.NRW). The new center will benefit universities throughout North Rhine-Westphalia, providing targeted, needs-based support for start-ups with business models around artificial intelligence (AI). Launched in January 2026, AICE.NRW has been granted 1.5 million euro for a three-year term by the state of NRW and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Start-up Fokuszentren.NRW program.
“A Fine Blade and a Coarse Axe”
Unconventional, without a rigid agenda, and pleasantly informal: the “Hemdsärmelkolloquium” (Häko) follows this tradition to a T—this time at the University of Bonn. Around 300 researchers from solid-state chemistry, physics, and materials science filled the Grand Lecture Hall on the Poppelsdorf campus for three days. Conference fees? None, so that students and doctoral candidates could also participate. Prof. Dr. Robert Glaum from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry organized the meeting with his team. About 40 years ago, he himself was still sitting in the audience as a student. 
Start-up “Datapods” secures six-figure funding
The start-up “Datapods” has secured €500,000 in funding in a pre-seed financing round. “Datapods” was founded in 2024 by University of Bonn alumnus Lukas Stein, along with Jakob Endler, Finn Rübo, and David Goldschmidt.

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Together we are the "we": The roots of the success of the University of Excellence Bonn lie in its people. In the #WeAreUniBonn campaign, we present employees, students, and alumni who, with their remarkable achievements, contribute to the success of our university. 

Events
Predictive Practices – AI in Research
Lennéstraße 6, Raum 4.001
Whole Day
Die Forschungsgruppe HiAICS veranstaltet vom 25. bis 27. März 2026 die Abschlusskonferenz „Predictive Practices – AI in Research“. Ausgerichtet wird die ...
Switching Subject and University (online presentation with Q&A)
Online (Zoom)
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Online presentation with Q&A: this talk by the Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service provides an overview of the key steps in the process for switching ...
Prüfen und Bewerten - Grundlagen (Basismodul)
Zoom
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Der Grundlagen-Workshop zum Thema Prüfen und Bewerten unterstützt Lehrpersonen darin, die Rolle von Prüfungen bei der Lehrplanung einzuschätzen, verschiedene ...
Welcome Days: Studying as a Degree-Seeking International Student
Zoom
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
As a new international student, you will learn many important things about your studies from the Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service (ZSB) in this ...

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