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The IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy was founded this year during the »IEEE VR 2022« conference with the goal of bringing international scientists from the virtual and augmented reality industry and research field together under one roof. Members of the Academy are recognised for their outstanding achievements and contributions in these fields. Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich, Professor of Virtual Reality Systems in the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, was introduced as an inaugural member on 14 March 2022.

In diesem Frühjahr startet an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ein vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) gefördertes Forschungsprojekt zu Innovationen im digitalen Journalismus. Im Rahmen wissenschaftlicher Begleitforschung wird Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christopher Buschow mit seinem Team der Juniorprofessur »Organisation und vernetzte Medien« Erfolgsbedingungen sowie Barrieren wissenschaftsjournalistischer Innovationsprojekte untersuchen.

Ukrainian and Russian students at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have fallen into various emergency situations as a result of the Russia Federation’s hostile attack on Ukraine. Immediately after the war broke out, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar contacted its students from both countries in order to determine how to best help and support them as efficiently as possible. The initial step was to identify the various needs through individual meetings. It was made clear that the most urgent need at the moment is financial aid.

Since February 2022, Prof. Dr. Björn Rüffer has held the Professorship of Applied Mathematics at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. After having worked in Germany, Great Britain and Australia, the doctor in mathematics succeeds senior professor Klaus Gürlebeck. The professorship is based in the Faculties of Civil Engineering and Media and is instrumental in the basic education of Weimar’s engineering and computer science programmes.

From 10 to 19 March 2022, 12 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar students and 93 students from European partner universities will take part in the first Bauhaus Spring School. In five courses on architecture and urbanism, art and design, and media and culture, participants will have the chance to exchange ideas and work together on joint projects. This new European short-term programme began in the 2021/22 winter semester with online courses and will now continue with a ten-day in-person phase in Weimar.

Am 7. März 2022 startet das erste einwöchige Science Camp der Allianz Thüringer Ingenieurwissenschaften an der Technischen Universität Ilmenau in enger Kooperation mit der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Ziel ist es, Studierende mit spannenden Fragen aus Industrie und Forschung für die Ingenieurwissenschaften zu begeistern. 35 Bachelor-Studierende der sieben Hochschulen der Allianz THÜR ING werden eine Woche lang gemeinsam rund um das Thema »Digitaler Zwilling« in Teams arbeiten und ein digitales Abbild eines Objekts erschaffen.

Bauhausstraße 11 has been home to teaching, research and administration for the Faculty of Media since 1997. Starting in March 2022, an extensive renovation and modernisation project will begin under the management of the property owner, Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Thüringen (KVT). During the approximately three-year renovation phase, much of the Faculty of Media will be relocated to Schwanseestraße 143.

Das Jahr 2021 war für die Bibliothek der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar von einem Umbau geprägt. Von Ende Februar bis Ende April wurde der Bereich der früheren Ausleihtheke vollständig umgestaltet. Im Hinblick auf die Verbuchung und Sicherung wurde der Medienbestand auf RFID-Technik umgestellt, was die Voraussetzung für die Einführung der Selbstverbuchung war. Von Mitte Januar bis Mitte März wurden von einem externen Dienstleister insgesamt knapp 160.000 Medien im Freihand-Bestand der Bibliothek mit RFID-Etiketten ausgestattet.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will open its campus digitally for this year’s Open Campus Day (HIT) on Saturday, 5 March 2022 from 10 am to 3 pm. Prospective students are invited to discover what studying in Weimar is all about.

The Society for Artistic Research (SAR) conference at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, originally planned for spring 2022, has to be postponed due to the pandemic situation. Participants from all over the world who are dedicated to the field of artistic research in theory and practice will now meet from 30 June to 3 July 2022. This is the first time the format will be hosted in Germany.

The online exhibition platform for »go4spring« begins on Thursday 10 February at 5 pm. Due to the pandemic, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism is once again showing student work from the winter semester 2021/2022 in digital format.

Approximately 480 tonnes of waste end up of the streets of Khulna, the largest city in the densely populated Ganges Delta, every day. This waste includes huge quantities of plastic, which then makes it way into the ocean via the adjacent waterways. If nothing is done to stop this, ocean contamination will continue to increase. The goal of this joint project is to establish a sustainable waste management system in Khulna to reduce plastic pollution and to protect marine ecosystems. The project, which is being funded with nearly four million euros, will be implemented under the leadership of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar until 2024.

On 3–5 March 2022, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and ETH Zurich will host a joint conference to explore the legacy of postmodern architecture and urbanism dating from the 1970s to the 1990s. The conference aims to engage in a scholarly examination of architectural and historical research on this topic and to discuss the monument-preserving approach to the testimonies of postmodernism as well as their further development.

From 4 to 6 February 2022, the »Winterwerkschau« will take place for the fifth time as a student semester show of the Faculty of Art and Design. For the first time, students from the three other faculties of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the University of Music FRANZ LISZT will also participate in the format. Digital projects, films, music works, products, architecture, art and much more will be shown on 64 project websites, in a total of ten hours of live streaming and on 3,400 square meters of exhibition space.

Studierende vernetzen, Lehre unterstützen, Arbeitsmarkt stärken – Studierende der Ingenieurwissenschaften in Thüringen erhalten fortan Unterstützung durch das Projekt »ProTELC«.

Der neue Rundfunkrat des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks (MDR) ist am Montag, 31. Januar 2022, erstmals zusammengetreten. Dr. Christopher Buschow, Juniorprofessor für Organisation und vernetzte Medien an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, ist neues Mitglied des Gremiums, das den gesetzlichen Programmauftrag des MDR überwacht und kontrolliert.

In the session on Tuesday, 25 January 2022, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University Council elected a new chair: Dr. Thomas Rabe, chair and CEO of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Gütersloh, is, effective immediately, chair of the Council.

Im interdisziplinären Projekt »Das Wesen der Stadt« begeben sich Studierende der Architektur, Urbanistik und Kunst auf eine Spurensuche, um ihre Stadt empirisch zu erforschen. Hierfür werden bis 15. März 2022 zahlreiche Interviewpartner und -partnerinnen in Weimar gesucht, die ihre Wahrnehmungen in das Projekt einbringen möchten.

Aufgrund der umfangreichen Sanierungsarbeiten am denkmalgeschützten Lehr- und Forschungsgebäude der Fakultät Medien wird der Rundgang zur bewegten Geschichte der Bauhausstraße 11 vorerst zum letzten Mal stattfinden. Am 27. Januar 2022, dem Internationalen Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Holocaust, führt die Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Lilli Hallmann zu zwei Orten auf dem Campus der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, um an die Unrechtsgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus zu erinnern.

On two following weekends in February, students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will give an insight into their work from this winter semester: From 4 to 6 February 2022, the student-organised »Winterwerkschau« will present projects from various disciplines. From 10 February 2022, the semester results from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism will be on display as part of the »go4spring«. Due to the pandemic, the students are largely using online formats to present their work.