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A lecture series titled “Saxony-Anhalt Has a Choice: State Elections in Uncertain Times” is held every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 6. A highlight will be a panel discussion on June 3 featuring Andreas Brohm, mayor of Tangerhütte; Andreas Dittmann, mayor of Zerbst (Anhalt); and Mandy Schumacher, mayor of Gardelegen. The discussion will focus on local governments’ expectations of state politics as well as the consequences of growing financial burdens in rural areas. It will be livestreamed 

The traveling exhibition “Die Rosenburg – The Federal Ministry of Justice in the Shadow of the Nazi Past” will be on display at the University Library through June 18, 2026. On the ground floor, in the reading area, visitors can explore a multimedia exhibition during the University Library’s opening hours that examines how the early Federal Republic dealt with its Nazi past, repression, and democratic responsibility.

AI is rapidly making its way into the field of medicine. At the 11th Ethics Day organised by the Clinical Ethics Committee on 18 June 2026, various aspects of this topic will be examined in detail. In addition, a poster exhibition and a panel discussion featuring representatives from our University Hospital will focus on specific areas of application in Magdeburg. View the programme

Zum 77. Geburtstag des Grundgesetzes beteiligt sich die OVGU mit verschiedenen Aktionen am bundesweiten Ehrentag. Vom 18. bis 30. Mai 2026 zeigt im Campus Welcome Center die Ausstellung „Gesichter des Ehrenamts“ Menschen aus der Universität, die sich neben Studium und Beruf für die Gesellschaft einsetzen. Ergänzend widmet sich im Foyer des Hörsaals 6 die Ausstellung „Mütter des Grundgesetzes“ ebenfalls vom 18. bis 30. Mai 2026 den Frauen, die maßgeblich an der Entstehung des Grundgesetzes beteiligt waren. 

The heat supply must be temporarily interrupted for the final time from May 4, 2026, through October 4, 2026. This is due to remaining work on the new local heating network on the main campus. Technical facilities that require heat year-round will be temporarily supplied by mobile heating units.

PORT . TIME . JOURNEY is the title of an exhibition that will open on April 28, 2026, at 2 p.m. with a vernissage at the Wissenschaftshafen. Running through September 27, 2026, the exhibition showcases the photographic explorations of participants in the “Digital Photography Practice” course within our university’s “Studying at 50” program, focusing on the Wissenschaftshafen site —the site’s metamorphosis from a commercial port serving as a transshipment, storage, and anchorage point into a center for innovation, knowledge transfer, urban life, leisure, and culture.

A new administrative circular provides information on the notification and documentation requirements in the event of incapacity for work or service (excluding occupational disease).

Starting January 29, 2026, the parking area behind Building 10 will be completely closed for approximately 8 weeks due to civil engineering work.

Due to technical problems at the heat supplier GETEC, there may be temporary fluctuations in the heat supply in buildings 5, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, and SH3, as well as in buildings 18 and 22. GETEC is confident that a constant heat supply can be restored by the end of this week.

Due to construction work being carried out by Städtische Werke Magdeburg (SWM), access to the university campus via Gareisstraße/Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße is expected to remain closed until the end of March 2026.