On Saturday, July 5, the University of Bonn will celebrate this year's Universitätsfest – and at the same time a special anniversary: For 20 years, it has been holding a ceremony as part of this festival to bid farewell to its graduates from the current year. Around 2,000 of them have registered for this year's event. For the first time, the celebration will take place in an expanded public format in the Hofgarten park. After the internal graduation ceremony, the event will be open to the public at around 3:30 p.m. The celebrations will include a performance by the Kölsch rock group Cat Ballou. The media are cordially invited to report on the event.

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better understand the development of this common disease, researchers from Bochum and Bonn have taken a close look at defective valves. They were able to show that endothelial cells that line the tissue play a major role, as is the case with other vascular diseases. In addition, they were able to see that what happens varies greatly depending on whether someone’s aortic valve has three leaflets – as is usually the case – or just two. The team reports its findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking 2025 has recognized the University of Bonn’s strong commitment to sustainability. The study highlights the impact that universities are having on each of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

At the #Hack4Surgery hackathon, 12 teams developed solutions for real-life challenges in the emergency room. The event took place on 6 June 2025 at the Bonn Surgical Technology Center (BOSTER) of the University Hospital Bonn (UKB). With the help of machine learning methods and based on real, anonymised patient data, around 35 students and doctoral students from the University of Bonn developed predictive models to support doctors in making key decisions in everyday clinical practice. The first #Hack4Surgery was organised by BOSTER together with the Transfer Center enaCom and the Bonn-Aachen Institute for Information Technology (b-it).

Professor Valentin Stein serves as the “Digi” for the Faculty of Medicine. In the podcast, he talks about the challenges associated with running a medical clinic’s IT infrastructure, concerns about making patient data available for research, core considerations in digitalization…

The new issue of the University of Bonn’s research magazine forsch is now available. In forsch 2025/01, the focus lies on the interplay between science, ethics, and global collaboration. The magazine showcases how researchers are addressing pressing societal challenges – and how science can actively contribute to public discourse.

Each spring, Poppelsdorf Campus is transformed into a hot spot for sustainability. The public was invited to find out more about what the University of Bonn is doing in the areas of research, teaching and operations on Sustainability Day, held May 21, 2025. Numerous staff and students were involved in making the day a success, manning the 25 or so stands.

October 2nd, 2025@DZNE Lecture Hall, Venusberg