Issue 04/2015

At the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting:
Being enthusiastic for one’s own research – and having fun
To be able to visit the Meeting of the Nobel Laureates in Lindau: At the beginning of June, Lara Kuntz managed to fulfill this wish of hers. She was among the 650 junior researchers who were able to talk to the award-winning researchers at the meeting in Lindau. The discussions were not only about her own field of study, but also about socially relevant topics such as genetic engineering, infectious diseases or the aspect of climate change.
UN youth delegate Rupert Heindl in New York:
“With a little effort by everyone, a lot can be achieved!”
Recently, there was a meeting of the “High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development” in New York. One of the participants: TUM-student Rupert Heindl. Together with his colleague Jasmin Burgermeister of the University of Erfurt, he was part of the German government delegation – and he gathered a lot of new impressions.
“Deutschlandstipendiat” Aashish Pokhrel:
From Nepal to TUM
A moving biography: Aashish Pokhrel is from Nepal. The fact that he is now studying at TUM isn’t something that can be taken for granted. A political revolution changed the course of his life quite early. In an interview with TUMstudinews, he reports on his life’s journey from an SOS Children’s Village to Munich.
TUMonline:
A new design for the exam registration
The exam registration feature of the Campus Management System TUMonline has a fresh design.
The mentoring program “Step Inside”:
Pass on your university-experience to prospective students
Would you like to show some social commitment? If so, join the mentoring program “Step Inside” and give school pupils some insight into your course of studies.
Not to be missed:
Discover the Social Entrepreneur in you
Three awards and a certificate program
Photo competition 2015:
"Go East" – tradition and modernity looking eastward
Help to decide on the twelve pictures for the 2016 Photo Calendar of the TUM’s International Center.