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News
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Dr. David Cocovi-Solberg honored for his contributions to flow injection analysis and presented groundbreaking research on new valves for miniaturized…
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BOKU grants diversity prizes for research at Tulln's inaugural Diversity Day. Discover the strategy behind the awards and meet the winners.
Events
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28. BOKU CAS Semester-Touchdown
On 05 June 2025 the 28th BOKU CAS Semestertouchdown will take place in the BOKU Festsaal. At the Touchdown 6 outstanding theses from the agricultural…
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Public Lecture Cathérine Szántó and Student Exhibition
Join us for a lecture by guest professor Cathérine Szántó, landscape architect and Maître de conférences at ENSA Paris La Villette, accompanied by an…
Research
The majority of Alpine river discharge is older than one month
A recently published joint study by the BOKU University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich shows the age distribution of Alpine rivers in Switzerland and Austria and shows that the majority of the annual runoff is significantly older than one month. This means that even in the event of floods, only a small proportion of the runoff consists of recent precipitation.