On May 23, a committee of external business representatives, Jacobs faculty members, admission staff and current students will decide on who receives this year’s Jacobs Scholarships for Global Understanding. This particular scholarship is available to German highschool leavers who have been accepted to Jacobs University.

The WISE Demography Network, launched by Jacobs University, recently met at Bremen's Weser Stadion to discuss the topic of Personnel and Executive Development. The meeting was hosted by the latest addition to the network – Werder Bremen.

Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Vice President of Jacobs University Bremen and Founding Dean of the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (JCLL) joins Columbia University (New York) as of July 1, 2013.

In early April, nine students from Jacobs University started a new project with the Gerhard-Rohlfs-Oberschule in Bremen-Nord on behalf of the Yachay Initiative, an international non-profit organization run by Jacobs alumni and students. Once a week the Jacobs students teach a class of 8th graders on how to work in teams and develop ideas to initiate positive change in their community. The project will run until the beginning of June.

Dr. Tim Nesemann, Chairman of the Board of Sparkasse Bremen, met the current recipients of the ‘Sparkasse Scholarship for Mathematics’ to find out more about their studies and life at Jacobs University. Accompanied by math students Mengyuan Zhang and Alexandru Mihai and Jacobs University President Prof. Dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Dr. Nesemann, who also holds a PhD in Mathematics, toured the university campus.