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The University Library will have extended opening hours during the examination period. From January 26 to February 16, 2025, the University Library will be open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 9 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 6 pm as well as Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm in addition to the regular opening hours. Please let your students know about this. 

Another tip for your students: Three regional companies support university students with at least 300 euros per month. The aim is to bring young talent into contact with suitable employers at an early stage. The application phase for the company scholarship runs until February 9, 2025. 

Almost three weeks after the attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market, our thoughts are still with the many injured and our sincere condolences go out to the victims and their families. Among them are numerous students and employees of the university. We assure them of our full support. We strongly condemn the political instrumentalization of the attack as well as the verbal and physical attacks and discrimination against our international students and employees.

There will be another Long Night of Science in 2025. “Knowledge from here” is the motto again on June 14. Your ideas are needed. What exciting offers would you like to present from your field of research on the Long Night? There will be an official survey in January. You then have until the end of February to register your ideas.

Calendars for 2025 with views of the Magdeburg University campus from yesterday and today can now be ordered online (in German). The transformation of the university becomes visible in 12 photomontages of current and historical views from 50 years of university history. The price is 20 euros. The proceeds will go towards a German scholarship.

In the winter semester, there will be a lecture series on “Hydrogen as an energy source” with 13 lectures. To kick things off on October 15, 2024, Prof. Michael Scheffler will give the lecture “One gas fits all: Only H2 (?) in the future”. The lectures are free of charge. Registration is not required. (in German)

Our corporate design (CD) is a guideline for uniform design, both for the visual appearance and for texts. In addition to the writing rules for German-language texts, translation standards for English-language fonts have now also been published to ensure a uniform appearance. Texts must always be translated into American English. The dictionary for American English by Merriam-Webster is recommended as a reference work. To the "General rules for written English publications".

There are new operating rules for the vehicle fleet of the university. They regulate, among other things, the driving of company vehicles, their use, the transportation of persons in them, what to do in the event of accidents, the performance of technical inspections, the application for and return of vehicles. You can find the complete vehicle fleet operating regulations in the university's public announcements in German.

Our university has been accepted into the Microtec Academy. This makes it an official location of this federally funded, supra-regional and inter-company vocational training academy for micro- and nanotechnologies in Saxony-Anhalt. In future, OVGU will participate in the development of new, contemporary personnel development modules in micro- and nanotechnologies within this framework.

Eight researchers from our university were elected to the review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the end of last year. For the next four years, the eight researchers will review and evaluate funding proposals in their respective subject areas and formulate recommendations for the DFG's committees. At the same time, the review board members advise the DFG on the further development and design of its funding instruments. (more in Geman)