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Photovoltaics, Food Sharing and Fair Soccer

Each spring, Poppelsdorf Campus is transformed into a hot spot for sustainability. The public was invited to find out more about what the University of Bonn is doing in the areas of research, teaching and operations on Sustainability Day, held May 21, 2025. Numerous staff and students were involved in making the day a success, manning the 25 or so stands.

The Fascinating World of Beetles

Over 400,000 beetle species have been described to date, making them the largest order of any liv-ing thing. Each individual one triggers spontaneous emotions in us: some people will let out a loud, shrill scream if they see a black beetle, while most will find ladybirds especially charming. When you have someone taking as close a look as photographer Carolin Bleese has done and a researcher as besotted with beetles as is Professor Dr. Nicholas Gompel from the Institute of Organismic Biology at the University of Bonn, then you get some completely new angles on the humble beetle. Running until August 31, 2025, the new special exhibition in P26 entitled “Fascinating Beetles” will display the images that have resulted from the collaboration between the two.

Focus on Family and Research

The theme of the Diversity Days, held May 26–27, 2025 at the University of Bonn, was “Family Matters: Balance and Belonging.” Numerous items on the event program concerned achieving balance between caregiving responsibilities and one’s research work. The event focused on broadening society’s view of the traditional nuclear family to include alternative and queer family models and communities of care.

Decoding Complex Structures Through Mathematics

The German Research Foundation approved a new Collaborative Research Center (CRCs) at the University of Bonn. 19 principal investigators and their working groups will study the mathematical structures underlying complex phenomena in areas of criticality. The spokesperson of the CRC is Leibniz Prize winner Professor Angkana Rüland of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics—Cluster of Excellence. The Collaborative Research Center will receive nearly four years of DFG funding of approximately seven million euros.

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Events

Sunday Jun 15, 2025

Tag der offenen Tür am Campus Klein-Altendorf

Campus Klein-Altendorf, ...

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Das Außenlabor der Universität, Campus Klein-Altendorf, gewährt allen Interessierten einen Einblick in die Forschung.

Sunday Jun 15, 2025

Der trojanische Sagenkreis in der antiken Kunst

Akademisches Kunstmuseum ...

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Die engagierten Studierenden der Fächer der Archäologien bieten in Zusammenar-beit mit der Abteilung Klassische Archäo-logie jeden Sonntag um 11:15 Uhr ...

Sunday Jun 15, 2025

Öffentliche Sonntagsführung im Universitätsmuseum

Universitätsmuseum, ...

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Das Universitätsmuseum versteht sich als „Schaufenster der Wissenschaft“. Es will Aufgabe, Leistungen und Geschichte der Universität Bonn einer breiteren ...

Monday Jun 16, 2025

Expat Partners’ Monday Meeting

Café des P26, Poststraße ...

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Are you joining your partner on their research stay at the University of Bonn? Stop by our Monday Meeting for Expat Partners for a chat, to discuss a specific ...