News — University of Bonn

Leibniz Prize awarded to Prof. Dr. Angkana Rüland¹

Last December, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that Prof. Dr. Angkana Rüland from the Cluster of Excellence Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) would receive a Leibniz Prize endowed with 2.5 million euros. She has now been officially presented with the award at Cafe Moskau in Berlin.

Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields²

Germany’s members of the Euclid Consortium have played a significant role in producing the mission’s first large set of survey data which the European Space Agency has just released. Researchers from the Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AIfA) of the University of Bonn have been involved in these activities. The data includes stunning images of deep fields with a breathtaking number of 26 million galaxies, many showing their detailed structures. More than 380,000 galaxies have been characterized according to their shapes and distances. Nevertheless, this impressive milestone is only a foretaste of what we can expect in the coming years.

Domestic Robots from Bonn Win the German Open³

The University of Bonn’s NimbRo team masterfully defended its title at the German Open household robot competition, held March 13-16 in Nuremberg. University of Bonn’s robots for assistance with day-to-day tasks were developed by the Autonomous Intelligent Systems working group at the Institute of Computer Science. Capable of grasping and dropping objects and navigating everyday environments, they interact with human beings via voice dialogue system.

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University of Bonn Strengthens Scientific Collaboration with Ghana⁴

A delegation from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi has taken part in a German Physical Society symposium, also extending a memorandum of understanding with the University of Bonn during the visit.

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Seven Subjects among the Top 100 Worldwide⁵

Higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published its international subject rankings for the year, in which 1,747 universities from around the world, including the University of Bonn, are compared based on various indicator criteria.

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Secure your places now!⁶

The University of Bonn is cordially inviting all graduates to the Universitätsfest 2025! Taking place on the Hofgarten lawn on Saturday, July 5, the open-air event promises a truly festive atmosphere and program. Prior registration for this year’s event is obligatory and open from March 15 to June 1.

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Moral Theologian Jochen Sautermeister Appointed to German Ethics Council⁷

President of the German Bundestag Bärbel Bas has appointed Jochen Sautermeister, a moral theologian at the University of Bonn, to the German Ethics Council. With retrospective effect from March 1, 2025, the 49-year-old succeeded Armin Grunwald, whose term of office ended on February 13, 2025.

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The Future of Peace: Focusing on Post-War Societies⁸

Following two successful intensive programs over the past few winters, which looked at current challenges in Eastern Europe and research in exile, the Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile (CBA) is now considering the question of how societies can be shaped after a war is over with its first-ever spring school. The event will give researchers in the fields of law, politics, history, cultural studies, philology and linguistics the opportunity in lectures and rounds of discussions to grapple with the issue of peace and post-war societies on March 24 and 25, 2025.

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