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Intercultural Skills Award

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This intercultural award enables BOKU students the opportunity to improve their CV and be at an advantage for future job applications.

New bio-recycling process awarded three times

Research in the area of bio-recycling at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology (Georg Gübitz) has recently won three awards (Austrian National Award for Environment, Energy Globe Sustainable Plastics, Skarabäus).

BOKU Scientist coordinates global investigation of mast-seeding cycles – the heartbeat of the forest

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Mario Pesendorfer, a researcher at the Institute of Forest Ecology, is lead guest editor of a special issue entitled „The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants“ in the renowned journal „Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B“.

SAVE THE DATE – ANNUAL EPICUR FORUM

The EPICUR alliance is very pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Forum, hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 24 to 26 November. The theme of this year's forum is "Innovation & Inclusion". The event will be held online.

Four piglets lying relaxed and looking up. One piglet bites a green water bowl. Straw and yellow wooden wall in the background.

Best Student Presentation Award for Kristina Kull

NUWI PhD student Kristina Kull won the Best Student Presentation Award at the regional meeting of the International Society of Applied Ethology.

Her study looks into pigs' memory and indicates that pigs can remember cognitive tasks for six weeks. The study will be continued to investigate boredom in farmed pigs.

Go Tandem!

Learn a Language with a Native for Free!

Form a "Tandem" and teach each other your mother tongue - decide together, when, where and how you want to learn! Register in BOKUlearn by October 13!

Fronitiers in Social Ecology & Sustainability Transformations

Online lecture series. Starting 05th of October

The series touches on several of the most pressing sustainability problems, from the transformation of global ecosystem degradation, bioeconomy strategies, agrarian extractivism, electronic waste, and will introduce students to various socio-ecological accounting and modelling approaches.