Starting at 4 pm on Thursday, 25 April 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be celebrating its student volunteers. All interested university members are invited to this opportunity to talk to each other in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere. Together we want to celebrate the voluntary engagement of students, something that is often not recognised.

On 17 and 18 April, student from the Medienmanagement (Media Management) Master’s degree programme took part in the »Medientage Mitteldeutschland« (central Germany media days) in Leipzig as part of the »MTM-Pioneers« young talent programme. Together with Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes (Professorship of Marketing and Media), Jr. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rösch and Maxi Rauch (scientific employee in the Junior Professorship of Digital Economies), and Dr. Gianna Ehrlich (Deputy Director of the Junior Professorship for Organisation and Networked Media) attended the exciting panel discussions on topics such as AI, fake news and public broadcasting on both days of the event.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be focussing on the achievements of female leaders in engineering during the 2024 summer semester with an outdoor exhibition and accompanying guest lectures. 18 portraits of successful female engineers will be on display with the intention of inspiring women in particular to pursue a career in engineering. Engineer Agnes Weilandt will be giving a guest lecture at the vernissage on 25 April and examining the exciting question: »How do we want to plan and build in the future?«

At nearly 30 percent, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has a higher than average proportion of international students. Some of these students stay in Thuringia and join the workforce, but this is by no mean the majority. Just one third are successful in starting a career in Germany, specifically in Thuringia. In order to increase these numbers and integrate more international graduates into the local and national job market, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be receiving over one million euros in funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) »FIT - Promoting Academic Success and Labour Market Integration of International Talents« programme.

The Bauhaus-Universität is, and will continue to be, an open-minded place.

More than 30 university members attended the event hosted by Vice President for Social Transformation Dr. Ulrike Kuch: At the »Demokratie stärken« kick-off networking meeting, attendees discussed project plans, developed ideas and established new contacts.

Vom 18. bis 19. April 2024 veranstaltet das bauhaus.institut für experimentelle Architektur (bauhaus.ifex) das XXIV. Modellprojekteforum »Reflective Urban Practice«. 17 Studierende und acht Praxispartner des internationalen Masterstudiengangs »Integrated Urban Development and Design« (IUDD) stellen an zwei Tagen aktuelle Projekte der Stadtentwicklung aus Praxis und Forschung im Oberlichtsaal der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar vor.

Vom 26. April bis 14. Juni 2024 widmet sich die Ausstellung »Gildenhall 1921 – 2024: Siedlungskultur am Ruppiner See. Arbeiten Wohnen Leben« den lebensreformerischen Ansätzen des Arbeitsrats für Kunst, des Deutschen Werkbundes und des frühen Bauhauses. Zur Ausstellungseröffnung am 26. April, 15 Uhr, im Foyer der Universitätsbibliothek sprechen Dr. Frank Simon-Ritz, Direktor der Universitätsbibliothek, sowie Bauhaus-Experte Michael Siebenbrodt. Die Autor*innen und Kurator*innen Brigitte Kochta und Matthias Frinken führen in die Ausstellung ein.

Am 10. April läutete die »Fakultät Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften« (kurz: Bau und Umwelt) das Sommersemester 2024 im Audimax der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ein. Gemeinsam mit hunderten Gästen zelebrierten Forschende, Lehrende und Studierende das 70. Jubiläum sowie die Neuausrichtung der Fakultät in einem bunten, geselligen Rahmen.