Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Annette Scheersoi contributes her expertise in sustainable museum culture to the new permanent exhibition at the LVR-LandesMuseum.

Once again, a great many members of the University were out in force in September, taking part in a wide range of hands-on activities to promote sustainability.

The Diversity Days were held for the second time at the University of Bonn to mark German Diversity Day, promoting a sense of togetherness that champions respect, inclusivity and equal opportunity.

The first-ever Science Festival at the University of Bonn was held on the Hofgartenwiese on July 9. Guests big and small had been invited to learn more about the University’s activities and research areas at numerous stalls.

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.