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Photo (Philipp Steinhoff): from left: Prof. Dr Kirsten Thommes, Lisa Bohle, Thomas Koch, Madhi Rahali, Prof. Dr Matthias Trier, Luisa Rehrmann, Melanie Cramer, Dr Talea Hellweg, Prof. Dr Lena Steinhoff

UGO Prize: Award for out­stand­ing theses

Making excellent academic work by students visible - that is the aim of the UGO awards, which were presented on 22 May at Gräflicher Park in Bad Driburg. The Unternehmergruppe Ostwestfalen e. V., together with Paderborn University, honours particularly successful Bachelor's and Master's theses from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. In the Bachelor's thesis category, Luisa Rehrmann impressed the jury with her research on…

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Photo (Thorsten Hennig): Dr Andreas Leimbach from the SolarKapital Foundation presented the Horst Gräfer Prize for the first time last year on Economics Day 2024.

Ap­ply now: The Horst Gräfer Prize 2025 - For cour­age, per­sever­ance and un­con­ven­tion­al ways of life

With the Horst Gräfer Prize, the Paderborner Hochschulkreis e. V., the Heidloff Family Foundation and the SolarKapital Foundation are once again honouring exceptional personalities who pursue their dreams despite all adversity.

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"Teach­ing for Fu­ture": Pader­born Uni­ver­sity dis­cusses sus­tain­able teach­ing

New impulses in the field of sustainability - at Paderborn University's 13th "Teaching Day" on Tuesday, 3 June, participants discussed "Teaching for Future - Sustainable Teaching and Teaching about Sustainability" in various formats. The "Teaching Day" has been held annually since 2012 and is organised by the Office of Educational Innovation and University Didactics. Prof Dr Beate Flath, Vice President for Teaching, Studies and Quality…

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In­spir­a­tion, dia­logue and new per­spect­ives: "Wun­der­tüte Nach­haltigkeit" brings com­pan­ies in OWL to­geth­er

How can companies shape sustainable transformation in concrete terms? This question was the focus of the event "Wundertüte Nachhaltigkeit", which took place on 13 May 2025 at the Paderborn Research Center for Sustainable Economy (PARSEC) at Paderborn University. Around 46 participants from business, science and society took the opportunity to learn about new approaches, network and take away ideas for a sustainable future for their companies.

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Sus­tain­ab­il­ity meets fest­iv­al: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity launches pi­lot meas­ures for sus­tain­able open-air events

When the Paderborn University campus is transformed into a vibrant open-air stage on Thursday, 5 June, it's time again: the AStA Summer Festival is back for the next round. As one of the largest campus festivals in Germany, it attracts thousands of visitors every year - and this time it is also a pilot project in terms of sustainability. Accompanied by the "NachhaltigkeitsKulturOWL" research project, the festival marks the starting point for the…

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Pader­born Uni­ver­sity re­search­er ad­mit­ted to the North Rhine-West­phali­an Academy of Sci­ences, Hu­man­it­ies and the Arts

Prof Dr Lena Steinhoff, an economist at Paderborn University, is a new member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. The ceremonial admission to the traditional institution took place on Wednesday, 14 May, in the presence of Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Prof Steinhoff, whose focus is on business administration (BWL), in particular marketing and digital…

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