On last Tuesday, May 20, we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of approximately 14 visitors from the United States – including a few staff members and a number of STEM students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), such as Morehouse College (GA), Xavier University of Louisiana (LA), and Alabama A&M University (AL), among others.
Their day at TU Berlin began with several presentations at the main building, where representatives of various doctoral programs – including BMS, ScioI, and BIFOLD – gave insights into graduate education and research opportunities at our university. Afterwards, we had the opportunity to host them at our UniSysCat/BASF joint lab "BasCat". There, the group was divided in two: while one half received a guided tour through the BasCat facilities by Dr. Raoul Naumann d’Alnoncourt, one of the lab’s department leaders, the other half attended a short introduction to our doctoral program EC2/BIG-NSE – and then we switched.
The exchange with the students and their accompanying staff was enriching and stimulating. We spoke not only about science and graduate education, but also about broader socio-political and economic topics in both the US and Europe.
This visit was largely coordinated by Anika Preuss (BMS) in cooperation with Patricia Pahlke (Cultural Vistas). While groups from HBCUs have visited BMS in the past, this was the first time that other TU doctoral programs were also actively involved.
We wish the group a continued inspiring journey through Germany, with further visits to Berlin-based institutions such as Max Planck Institutes and Federal Institutes .
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Above: Photo of JP with participants of the visit on their way to BasCat - Photo by Patricia Pahlke
The EC² program and, by extension, this event, receive funding from the Einstein Stiftung Berlin.