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Book Presentation by Frédéric Mérand
12th May 2022: Prof. Fédéric Mérand from the Université de Montréal will present his new book “The Political Commissioner: A European Ethnography”, which offers a fascinating analysis of the European Commission’s political dynamics in the aftermath of the Eurozone crisis.
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Two doctoral students from the Department of Mathematics attract the attention of the media with their project
How to motivate girls to enter technical professions? By encouraging them to start training their spatial thinking in the early school years. There is now a new learning platform with this goal in mind. Read more in the press article of the Austrian daily newspaper “Salzburger Nachrichten” (in German).
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COVID-19: Masks no longer mandatory
From Monday, 9 May 2022, FFP2 masks will no longer be mandatory in university buildings. The mask is still the most effective way to protect yourself and others, so the recommendation to wear a mask indoors (and especially when there are large gatherings of people) remains in place.