TUMstudinews: The Newsletter for Students

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World University Beach Volleyball Championship:
Top-class sports in Munich’s Olympiapark
Summer, sun, and top-class sports! World-class athletes will soon be visiting Munich in the scope of the TUM’s 150th anniversary. The FISU World University Beach Volleyball Championship (WUBC) will take place at the Olympiapark from July 9 to 13, 2018 – and thirty-two men’s and women’s teams will be fighting for the title at the university’s new beach volleyball facilities.
World Cup special: Measuring professional soccer
The transparent soccer player
How can success in soccer be measured? With the amount of positional data available in modern soccer, this question seems particularly interesting in the run-up to a World Cup. Sports data scientist Dr. Daniel Link from the TUM has developed a model that can be used to measure how likely a team is to score a goal during a match.
Selfies for the anniversary:
Photo box on tour in Garching and Weihenstephan
A photo box offers the opportunity to congratulate the TUM with a personal greeting to its 150th anniversary. The "FoTUMat" will be located at the Research Campus in Garching and at the WZW.
The "TUM Jubilee Bridge":
Building bridges on the Life Science Campus Freising-Weihenstephan
On the occasion of its 150th anniversary, the TUM has a new building on the Life Science Campus Freising-Weihenstephan: the "TUM Jubilee Bridge".
A TUM-wide campaign:
The cooking pot – his or hers?
“His or hers?” – a question that jumps at us from blue and white posters this summer semester… So what’s behind this campaign? Dr. Eva Sandmann, the TUM’s gender equality officer, explains the campaign and tells us about her wishes for the future of our university.
Reinforcement wanted:
Speakers for “Mädchen in Wissenschaft und Technik”
As a speaker for the agency “Mädchen in Wissenschaft und Technik” at TUM, you have the opportunity to visit schools – using a mobile laboratory to inspire young people.
The TUM JazzBand:
Wanted: musicians of all sections
Jazz Culture at TUM – represented by the TUM JazzBand, the university’s own student big band: since the performance at the Dies Academicus 2017, the band (with its standard big band line-up with vocals) is known to be “excellent”.
Exhibition opens at Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism:
TUM recounts its history during the Nazi era
To mark its 150th anniversary, the TUM, in conjunction with the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism, is presenting an exhibition documenting its history during the Nazi era. TUM President Wolfgang A. Herrmann emphasizes the social responsibility inherent in science and technology, which is also dictated by the legacy from the past. The exhibition will run until August 26.
Not to be missed:
The CSD, photos of Europe, and Harald Lesch
Munich, 2018, July 14: this year, the TUM’s student representation will once again take part in the Christopher Street Day Parade with an own wagon.