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» Published on 17. Juni 2021

Signing the 2020 Magna Charta Universitatum

At the invitation of the Observatory Magna Charta in Bologna, Italy, Bielefeld University participated in the virtual ceremony for the official signing of the 2020 Magna Charta Universitatum, which took place on June 16th and 17th. Rector Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer served as signatory in the ceremony. In a video message, Rector Sagerer explained how the values of the Magna Charta Universitatum are put into practice at Bielefeld University. This presentation was selected as an exemplary model of “Best Practices” at the ceremony.

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» Published on 1. Juni 2021

Collaborative Research Centre on the analysis of uncertainty, randomness and low regularity extended

German Research Foundation (DFG) supports network with 10 million euros in funding

Bielefeld University’s maths-oriented Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1283 is to be funded for another four years as of July 2021. The CRC bears the title ‘Taming uncertainty and profiting from randomness and low regularity in analysis, stochastics and their applications’. The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that it will be extending the interdisciplinary research network for an additional period. Around 10 million euros has been approved for the second funding period. The DFG also reported today that two applications for Transregional Collaborative Research Centres, in which Bielefeld University is involved, have also been approved: CRC/TRR 318 will be newly established and CRC/TRR 211 will be extended.

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