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Heightening the Visibility of Equality and Gender Research

The winners of the 2024 Gender Studies Prize and Maria von Linden Gender Equality Prize were honored at a ceremony last Friday. With these accolades, the University of Bonn Gender Equality Office recognizes superlative final and doctoral theses on gender studies and outstanding commitment to gender equality.

Cornelia Richter Becomes the First Female Bishop in the History of the Protestant Church of Austria

As of January 1, 2026 Professor Cornelia Richter, Chair of the Senate and Professor at the University of Bonn Faculty of Protestant Theology, will be the first female bishop to serve as head of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (A.B.) in Austria. An afternoon synod held Friday, May 23, the Theology professor from Bad Goisern was elected to the office of Bishop by an overwhelming majority of convened delegates from all over Austria. University of Bonn Rector Michael Hoch congratulated the Senate Chair on her election.

Most successful University in the competition, having received eight Clusters of Excellence

A huge success for the University of Bonn: today, all six of the University of Bonn's existing Clusters of Excellence were selected for further funding in the nationwide Excellence Competition. In addition, both newly applied Bonn cluster initiatives will receive funding from the federal and state governments. This means that Bonn will be represented by a total of eight clusters in the coming funding period - more than at any other university in Germany.

Better cataract surgery thanks to AI video analysis

Although manual small incision cataract surgery (SICS) is widely practiced in countries of the global South, there is no publicly available surgical video dataset for this operation, leaving a critical gap in cataract surgery research. Therefore, an international research team at Sankara Eye Foundation India led by the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn has developed the first automated phase detection using AI in SICS. The results of the study have now been published in the renowned journal "Scientific Reports". In parallel, the international research team is now launching a global AI competition at the MICCAI 2025 conference in Daejeon (South Korea), in which AI algorithms for surgical phase detection will compete against each other. The submission deadline is 15th of August 2025.

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Saturday Jun 07, 2025

Das Leben auf, in und unter unseren Wiesen

Treffpunkt im Bereich ...

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Familienexkursion der Alexander-Koenig-Gesellschaft für Kinder ab 6 Jahren mit Begleitpersonen. Kostenlos für Kinder & AKG-Mitglieder, Nichtmitglieder: 10 ...

Sunday Jun 08, 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 ...

Tuesday Jun 10, 2025

Malewitschs Ohrfeige dem modernen Geschmack

Universitätsclub Bonn ...

07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Vortrag Frau Dr. Naomi Smolik - Stimmt die in Westeuropa entstandene Erzählung von der russischen Kunst als einer von Westeuropa ausgehenden auch Russland ...

Wednesday Jun 11, 2025

Concept neurons in the human medial temporal lobe

Universitätsklinikum ...

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Florian Mormann, Klinik und Poliklinik für Epileptologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn im Rahmen des Bonner Epilepsie ...