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From March 16 to 21, 2025, the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Bremen will host the 10th International Conference on Arctic Margins (ICAM-X), a major Arctic conference with about 130 researchers. On March 18 at 7 p.m., a public lecture on Arctic governance will take place.

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of the food web, this will likely have cascading ecological and economic consequences.

At the invitation of the Senator for Science, a multi-university symposium on antisemitism was held at Forum at Domshof. The goal was to raise awareness for the issue from multiple perspectives and develop strategies to combat antisemitism at the participating HEIs.

An important step in the direction of Open Science: Since the beginning of the year, the Quarterly Journal of Labour and Economic Research has been freely accessible for authors and readers.

At joint online events, the universities in Bremen State will introduce themselves and provide information about their degree programs and application procedures. The events will take place digitally via zoom on Tuesday, March 11, and Thursday, May 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. Registration is required.

The 2025 Gründungsradar of Stifterverband confirms the University of Bremen's excellent performance in promoting start-ups: It is once again ranked 15th among the 48 largest German universities.

The Cognitive Systems Lab invites you to participate in the tenth Bremen Big Data Challenge. University members and employees of partner companies can solve data analysis tasks until March 31. Winners can look forward to cash prizes, totaling 1,500 euros, and non-cash prizes.

International students and researchers at the University of Bremen can obtain free household goods at a FreeShop at the beginning of the semester. Donations are still welcome for this purpose. They can be dropped off at campus until March 20, 2025.

With WeSIS, the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” at the University of Bremen has published an interactive web-based information system. It offers comprehensive data to describe and explain social policy worldwide.

Dr. Julia Stern, a senior researcher in the field of psychometrics and research on individual differences, has received the Open Science Award from the European university network YERUN. The award, which comes with a 2,000-euro prize, aims to support projects that promote an open scientific culture.

He was Namibia's first democratically elected president: Dr. Sam Shafishuna Nujoma died on February 8 at the age of 95. He had been an honorary senator of the University of Bremen since 1996.

Space for creative exchange and innovation: The research and transfer initiative “#MOIN – Model Region Industrial Mathematics” of the University of Bremen officially opened its new co-working space in the Digital Hub Industry facilities on Tuesday, February 11.

What prospects does Bremen offer after studying nursing? This is the focus of the Career Day for University-Qualified Nurses. APOLLON University for Healthcare Management, Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, and the University of Bremen will provide information about career paths.

How do urban development measures affect health, social justice, and ecological sustainability? Researchers are now investigating this in the SalusTransform collaborative project, which is being coordinated by the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research at the University of Bremen.

The University of Bremen is inviting you to the 20th Kids' University from April 1 to 10, 2025. Children between the ages of 8 and 12 can take part and together with scientists, they can discover exciting research areas.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is supporting the "Lehramtsstudium International" project for a further five years from 2025. The project aims to make internationality, in conjunction with inclusion and diversity, a quality feature of teacher training.

The time has come: The State and University Library's law branch, the Juridicum, has moved to its new location. After extensive renovation work, the SuUB has opened its new premises in the Forum at Domshof building.

A new research project at the University of Bremen is investigating how EU measures to promote democracy and the rule of law in EU member states are debated along party lines and how these debates affect the respective political opinions of citizens.

Konrad H. Stopsack has been a professor of epidemiological methods and etiological research within the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Bremen since the 2024/2025 winter semester.

Martin Mundt has been a professor of lifelong machine learning within the Faculty of Mathematics / Computer Science at the University of Bremen since January 2025.