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Münster University Newspaper wissen|leben

Our German-language University newspaper wissen|leben covers a wide range of topics highlighting higher education policies, people, research activities and degree programmes. The newspaper is published eight times a year with a circulation of 6,000 copies. You can subscribe to receive email notifications for the online edition or to receive it by post.

If you wish to propose a topic, announce an upcoming event, send a letter to the editor, or make a suggestion for improving the newspaper, please notify our editorial staff well in advance, at best several weeks before publication.

Publication dates 2025:

29 January, 2 April, 7 May, 12 June, 16 July, 1 October, 5 November, 10 December

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Current issue: Mai 2025 [de]

Online surveys are rarely accessible to people with disabilities. The University medical department is celebrating its 100th anniversary. “BIOSTORE” is a joint project between multiple departments which are collaborating to develop the battery of the future. In the new issue of the University newspaper wissen|leben, you will learn how the Botanical Garden evokes the ‘Rocky Mountain Feeling’. Public interest in Thomas Mann remains as strong as ever – even 150 years since his birth. The students taking part in the “Theological Academic Year in Jerusalem” are discovering the birthplace of the Bible. In three profiles, we introduce you to the educational studies scholar Prof Dr Sebastian Wachs, the outstanding biology student Viktoria Rokhinson and alumna Prof Dr Miriam Meckel. And finally, English studies scholar Prof Dr Silvia Schultermandl explains the significance of the word “great” 100 years after the publication of The Great Gatsby in the USA.

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