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On 28 May 2026, the astrophysicist Luciano Rezzolla, professor at Goethe University, was appointed “Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia” (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) by the President of Italy.

A globally representative study shows people’s willingness to cooperate with strangers and the individual determinants of this behavior.

The non-profit AStA Bike Workshop and the City of Frankfurt have jointly set up three new repair stations at Goethe University – thereby supporting bicycle mobility for years to come.

The student-led science festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on June 12 with over 90 presentations, guided tours, interactive activities, and numerous booths.

The art project “Campus Realities” brings student experiences at Goethe University into focus, making them both visible and tangible. At its core is the search for belonging.

During a formal evening event held at the B’nai B’rith Frankfurt Schönstädt Lodge in Frankfurt’s Westend district at the end of May, 41 books were returned that had been confiscated during the Nazi era and later identified as Nazi-looted property through provenance research conducted at Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library. 

The Wellcome Trust is funding the FUTURE-D research consortium with nearly €6 million. The consortium is coordinated by Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt. The goal is to predict severe and chronic courses of depression earlier and tailor treatments more precisely to individual patients, so that people affected no longer have to spend years trying different therapies before finding one that works. To achieve this, the international consortium – spanning six countries – combines cutting-edge data analysis with clinical expertise and large longitudinal cohorts. The project will begin in autumn 2026.

The MakeLab at Goethe University, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and was awarded the Hessian University Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the “student initiative” category in 2024, is planning a three-day, interactive gathering in August centered on open workshops, makerspaces, and collaborative work.

Official program launch for DFG Research Training Group “Aesthetics of Democracy”.

The 2026 Rolf Sammet Foundation Guest Professorship will be awarded to structural biologist Elena Conti, Director of the Department of Cellular Structural Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry – lectures for students and researchers.

The program Focus aims at high qualified early career researchers of Goethe University up to 6 years after finishing their PhD, who have an innovative research idea and are currently preparing their own independent grant proposal. 

At the end of May, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from the Rhine-Main Universities came together for a boat tour on Frankfurt’s Main River as part of the RMU Social Welcoming Events. Despite their different academic backgrounds, many participants found themselves discussing remarkably similar questions and challenges.