25
Jan 2025
MWP New Year's Reception 2025
About 350 guests attended the traditional New Year's reception in Munich at the LMU’s Great Hall in the anniversary year of the Max Weber Program. The festive event kicked off the new annual theme "Drive".
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21
Jan 2025
Schnee, ferner
The International Doctorate Program “Um(Welt)Denken” met for inspiring soft skills seminars at the Schneefernerhaus. This location provided a unique platform for observations of the impressive mountain landscape. Anne-Sophie Balzer captured the special atmosphere in a poem written during her stay there.
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13
Dec 2024
Festive graduation ceremony of the Elite Network of Bavaria
“You’re simply the best” – Enjoyable ceremony for the graduates of the Elite Network of Bavaria in Regensburg, including the presentation of certificates and congratulations by Minister of State Blume.
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09
Nov 2024
Get Together of our new members 2024
On 9 November 2024, around 400 new members had the opportunity to get to know the wide range of offerings of the Elite Network of Bavaria and to establish first contacts at the Get Together in the Audimax of the TU Munich.
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07
Nov 2024
Guest lecture by Prof. Andreas Kipf
Prof. Andreas Kipf, graduate of the Elite Graduate Program "Software Engineering", gave a lecture in the lecture series of the Elite Graduate Program. In his lecture, Prof. Kipf presented research on using machine learning for databases.
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23
Oct 2024
Students from Munich participate in iGEM
A student group from Munich developed a molecular recording tool at the RNA level with a fluorescent readout, earning a Gold Medal at the iGEM synthetic biology competition, competing against over 400 teams worldwide.
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07
Oct 2024
Start for the new students
The new journey of the seventh cohort of the Elite Graduate Program “Human Biology – Principles of Health and Disease” (MHB) began in October 2024 after a highly competitive admissions procedure.
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16
Jul 2024
The Summer Reception of the Bavarian State Parliament 2024
This year's festive reception at Schleißheim Palace once again focussed on voluntary work. The Elite Network of Bavaria was able to send 10 committed members who enjoyed a wonderful summer evening.
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30
Jun 2024
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024
Once again this year, Lindau became a Mecca for young researchers, who had the unique opportunity to exchange ideas with the big names in their field - this time in physics. Max Weber scholarship holder Maximilian Lutz was one of the 16 participants invited to Lindau by the Elite Network and reports on his experiences.
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22
Jun 2024
MWP summer party in Regensburg
In the morning, the programme included a keynote speech on the MWP's annual theme of ‘Renunciation’, while in the afternoon, the Regensburg scholarship holders invited everyone to take part in many different activities: from mindfulness workshops and hikes to a Walhalla ascent and historical city and museum tours.
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