Workshop organised by the WissKomm Academy and Rhine-Main Universities

Around 25 practitioners and researchers from the field of science communication came together for the workshop “Building Bridges. Science Communication between research and practice“, organized by WissKom Academy and the Rhine-Main Universities.

Kick-off in Frankfurt

Beim Kick-off auf dem Campus Westend starteten rund 50 Teilnehmerinnen aus fünf Hochschulen in das bundesgeförderte Gründungsprogramm für Frauen im Rhein-Main-Verbund. Beteiligt sind auch die Technischen Universität Darmstadt, die Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und die Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, die zusammen die Rhein-Main-Universitäten (RMU) bilden.

On-site visit at the Westend Campus – Presentation of RMU-EXCITE

As the Rhine-Main Universities, TU Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, have reached in a milestone in their journey within the German Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. Over the past few days, members of the alliance have brought the vision “RMU-EXCITE – Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative.” to life and engaged in dialogue with an international review panel.

The Collaborative Research Centre ‘GAUS’ researches complex geometric and arithmetic objects

There are places no one will ever visit, simply because they don’t exist in our everyday reality. Mathematicians in the research project CRC/TRR 326 GAUS explore such places daily: they investigate fascinating objects that can neither be touched nor drawn and that no one can truly imagine. To make this possible, they must get creative and approach these inaccessible objects through something they can grasp: they construct models of the objects, study the resulting structures, and, through this indirect method, uncover the properties of the original forms – properties they could never have identified directly.

Interview with Professor Torsten Frosch of TU Darmstadt, coordinator of the LOEWE “MultiDrug-TDM” research cluster

A novel intelligent sensor system that significantly improves cancer treatment for paediatric patients: Researchers from TU Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt have been working on this interdisciplinary innovation since the start of the year as part of the “MultiDrug-TDM” project. Coordinator Professor Torsten Frosch from TU Darmstadt provides an insight into the research project.

TU-Präsidentin ist RMU-Sprecherin

TU-Präsidentin Tanja Brühl ist seit dem 1. April turnusgemäß amtierende RMU-Sprecherin und folgt damit auf Professor Enrico Schleiff, Präsident der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. Die Präsident:innen der Rhein-Main-Universitäten haben die RMU-Sprecherschaft alternierend und für jeweils ein Jahr inne.

Gastbeitrag im Alumni-Magazin „Einblick“

Die Präsidentin und die Präsidenten der drei Rhein-Main-Universitäten, darunter TU-Präsidentin Tanja Brühl, werben in einem Gastbeitrag im Alumni-Magazin „Einblick“ der Goethe-Universität für den gemeinsamen Antrag „EXCITE“ („Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative“) in der Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern.

One month ahead of the on-site evaluation by the international review panel as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments, the strategic Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) alliance is entering the final phase of preparations with confidence and strong momentum. From April 14 to 16, 2026, the alliance – comprising Goethe University Frankfurt, Technical University of Darmstadt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – will present itself and its joint proposal “EXCITE – Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative.” on Frankfurt’s Westend Campus. With this proposal, RMU is applying for designation as a University Consortium of Excellence.

Graduate programme combines AI and life sciences

The Max Planck Society is establishing a new Max Planck School on artificial intelligence (AI) and health – and is relying on Hessian research strength: TU Darmstadt is involved with the renowned researcher Professor Iryna Gurevych.