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Two years after the outbreak of the pandemic, the new semester will start with in-person classes again. Finally, students and instructors can once again meet face to face in seminar rooms and workrooms, workshops, labs and studios.

In the Wednesday, 6 April 2022 session, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University Council elected three new members; Prof. Dr. Karola Wille, Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir and Albert Berger will serve on the Council for a four year term following their appointment by the Ministerium für Wirstschaft, Wissenschaft und Digitale Gesellschaft (TMWWDG). Prof. Dr. Horst-Michael Ludwig was also newly appointed to the Council as an internal member earlier in March this year.

Today, Wednesday, 6 April 2022, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar University Assembly elected Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes as Interim President of the university. Prof. Emes has been carrying out the responsibilities of University President for the last six weeks in her role as the Presidium’s interim President. Interim President is an independent position provided for in the Thuringian Higher Education Act (ThürHG) and is elected to take over duties during the period between when a President leaves office and a new President is elected. The election requires a professorial majority vote from professors belonging to the University Assembly.

Starting in 2022, eight new tenure track professors (two in each of the four faculties) will be teaching and carrying out research at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. This will give the university the chance to recruit outstanding young researchers and artists and to offer them long-term career prospects in Weimar. The positions are funded by the »Bund-Länder-Programm zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses«, through which the university was able to successfully recruit the eight junior professors.

In the process of the energy revolution, the state of Thuringia consistently relies on the expertise of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar; in addition to pilot projects in Apolda and Sonneberg, the local production of green hydrogen is now being tested for use in public transport in Weimar. Professor Mark Jensch, head of the Energy Systems Group in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, will be acting as accompanying academic and providing scientific support for the joint project between Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG), the Stadtwerke Weimar Stadtversorgungs GmbH and the Stadtwirtschaft Weimar GmbH.

Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2022, 17 Uhr, findet die Vernissage zur Ausstellung »Quo vadis, Ackerbürgerscheunen?« statt. Präsentiert werden studentische Arbeiten, die sich mit den geschichtsträchtigen, aber stark sanierungsbedürftigen Ackerbürgerscheunen in der Weimarer Coudraystraße auseinandersetzen und wie man diese aufwerten, umnutzen und sanieren kann.

Was weiß die Kunst? Auf welche Weise findet sie ihr Wissen? Und wie gibt sie es weiter? An gleich zwei Ausstellungsorten, in der ACC Galerie Weimar und der Kunsthalle Erfurt, präsentieren Studierende des Ph.D.-Programms »Kunst und Design« der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung ihre künstlerische Forschung. Ein umfangreiches Begleitprogramm lädt dazu ein, auf das noch sehr junge Forschungsgebiet zu blicken.

An vier Abenden von März bis Juli 2022 präsentiert die Professur »Experimentelles Radio« aktuelle Produktionen von Studierenden und Alumni im Theater Erfurt: das Spektrum reicht von Hörspiel, Feature über immersive Klanginstallationen zu Live-Performances.

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.