News on Sustainability

From 28 September to 15 October, the university is hosting an anniversary exhibition by performance artist HA Schult, entitled “Trash People – 30 Years Around the World”, in the east wing of the Schloss. An accompanying program, featuring the artist himself, rounds off the exhibition.

The University of Mannheim will continue to offer free menstrual products for students on campus. This decision follows the positive results of a one-year pilot project.

This year, 50 volunteers helped clear the campus of months' worth of litter during the annual cleanup campaign. The event on 16 September was fully booked weeks in advance.

With no fewer than five new exhibitions, the University of Mannheim is expanding its cultural program at the Schloss. The exhibitions explore socially relevant topics as well as regional art history and student creativity and achievement.

In a recent review article, health psychologist Prof. Dr. Jutta Mata challenges existing research that predominantly views eating behavior as an individual activity. She argues that, in future, meals should be studied within their social context and that measures to promote healthier eating should ...

The University of Mannheim officially opened its new fitness center in the city center on 31 August with a ceremony. Around 70 guests celebrated the launch, and through 20 September, training at T1 FitnessGym is free of charge.

Three exciting lectures for 8- to 12-year-olds.

The program for the Studium Generale in the fall semester is online. Registration starts on 31 August at noon.

A new study by University of Mannheim researchers Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler, and Stefan Reichelstein examines how the assessment of carbon emissions affects the incentives for the production of electrolytic hydrogen. Its key finding: even stringent accounting rules generally provide sufficient ...

As part of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (MRN) Volunteer Days, a cleanup event around the Mannheim Schloss is planned again this year. The community cleanup will take place on 16 September.