24. May 2023

Editorial: New working environments and sustainability research Editorial: New working environments and sustainability research

The renovation of the baroque University Main Building is getting ever closer. Now that the humanities faculties have moved out of the Electoral Palace, most of the teams that were housed there have now left the landmark for their new home on Rabinstraße. The two buildings could not be more different in style: crumbling baroque with a 20th-century interior meets the transparent look of modern glass-and-steel architecture. Originally constructed for an insurance company, the building will now open up entirely new perspectives for its new users from a communication point of view as well.

The association Krake collects and researches garbage in the Rhine. Just one topic from the research
The association Krake collects and researches garbage in the Rhine. Just one topic from the research © Volker Lannert
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The latest forsch shines a light on some hot topics in research and teaching. And, even though these might sometimes also involve buildings, the focus is ultimately always on the people inside them. We visit the workshops of our precision mechanics and join researchers and the “K.R.A.K.E.” team collecting trash on the Rhine. We introduce some of the new appointments reinforcing the University of Bonn and find out how actors are helping medical students to learn how to deal with patients.

Once again, therefore, the University’s magazine is reflecting its vibrant diversity—and not just on paper, because forsch is becoming more and more digital. You can obtain this issue complete with bonus digital content from uni-bonn.de/forsch, where staff can also subscribe to the printed version if they would like it delivered to their office. In addition, you will continue to find hard copies at the many stands in and around the University.

We hope you very much enjoy reading this issue and wish you an enjoyable and productive summer semester 2023.

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