Summer Issue 2022

Semester Highlights

Honorary doctorate for Margot Friedländer – U.S. Ambassador Amy Gutmann visits Freie Universität – Research with drones at the Mokhotlong River – Literature prize for Steffen Mensching

Fieldwork in the Arctic

Biology students Amelia Keilbach and Marlena Wegner are conducting research in the wilderness of Spitsbergen for their bachelor’s theses.

“Journalism can help right wrongs”

In January 2022, more than 100 employees of the Roman Catholic Church came out as lesbian, gay, queer, transgender, bisexual, or intersex in a powerful campaign accompanied by the film “As God Created Us” by alumnus Hans-Joachim “Hajo” Seppelt

Microcosm of Diversity

Freie Universität is a place where almost 40,000 people from all walks of life come together – an island of diversity in the middle of the metropolis. Here, we introduce eight of them

In a bear costume, if necessary

In her capacity as a sports scientist and an official, Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper fights on the global stage for school sports, disabled sports, and more inclusivity in the world of sports. We present her journey across two careers and four decades

Portrait of an EU policy-maker

When Dr. Klaus-Dieter Borchardt was awarded the Ernst Reuter Prize for his dissertation at Freie Universität in 1988, the lawyer was on his way to Brussels. There, he helped to define Europe’s agricultural and industrial policy for decades to come