How are researchers at the University of Bonn exploring the idea of sustainable agriculture? What exactly goes on at the University’s Klein-Altendorf research site? And who even are the researchers? Around 1,400 guests found all this and more out for themselves on their visit to the open house.
For the first time, students and staff were given the opportunity to take part in a scythe course organized by the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the University’s very own Wiesengut research farm on the Siegaue, where they successfully mastered use of the implement.
Stop by, fix your bike, set off again: to promote the use of bikes among University members and the general public, the University of Bonn is installing a bike repair station on each of its campuses in the city, Poppelsdorf and Endenich. They are being financed from the University’s “funding pot” for sustainability.
The new multifunctional laboratory building, the next step in the development of the Poppelsdorf Campus, will be both sustainable and energy-efficient.
Vice Rector Dr. Annette Scheersoi speaks out in the latest edition of Titanum-Blatt about the various sustainability measures underway at the University of Bonn.
The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2023 sees the University of Bonn among the Top 50 universities worldwide in two of five ranked categories. The study highlights the impact of universities on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It is the first time that the University participated in this relatively new ranking.
This year saw the second Mighty May campaign month, which offered a wealth of exciting sustainability-related activities to anyone from the University of Bonn who was interested. The real highlight of the month was Sustainability Day on the Poppelsdorf Campus.
The purpose of the newly formed network is to promote multilateral cooperation between partners institutions in higher education.