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Welcome to the summer semester
22 Apr 2025
From the new diversity initiative to new library services: The start of the semester is a time of beginnings. The LMU community tells us what they are looking forward to in the summer semester.
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It’s our firm intention that all members of the LMU community – irrespective of their origin, lifestyle, or family obligations – experience support and can realize their full potential.Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity
Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini
Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity | © LMU
“I look forward to this year’s “FamilyCare@LMU” diversity initiative with eager anticipation. In the 2025 summer semester, we want to continue our engagement and strengthen the culture of respectful collegiality at LMU, where family needs are recognized and specifically considered.
We want to take current social challenges into account, take different perspectives on board, and further advance the understanding of work-life balance at our university. To do this, we’re also looking at recent research as a deliberate strategy for finding innovative solutions and new paths.
It’s our firm intention that all members of the LMU community – irrespective of their origin, lifestyle, or family obligations – experience support and can realize their full potential.
To this end, we’re building on the successful “WeCare@LMU” and “Belonging@LMU” programs, which are already helping promote the health and wellbeing of our members and strengthen the sense of togetherness within the LMU community.“
Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini is Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity.
LMU's Diversity Management: Living diversity
I am looking forward to a full lecture hall.Annabelle Bohrdt, Professor of Theoretical Physics – Collective Quantum Phenomena at LMU’s Faculty of Physics
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Professor Annabelle Bohrdt
will give her first lecture at LMU during the summer semester. She has been a professor at the Faculty of Physics since March 2025. | © Katharina Herkommer
“My first day at LMU was 1 March. And so the 2025 summer semester will be special for me because there will be new students in my group, starting their theses and semester projects. In addition, I’ll be giving my first lecture here in Munich – on machine learning for quantum systems – an exciting, topical subject. I’ve already received some emails from interested students and am looking forward to a full lecture hall.
Together with my group, I’ll also be offering a ‘theory lab’ at quantum machine learning in the ‘AI in Physics’ master's program this summer. I’m excited to see how the students will respond. Otherwise, I’m just looking forward to the summer in Munich — my inflatable water hammock is ready to go."
Annabelle Bohrdt is Professor of Theoretical Physics – Collective Quantum Phenomena at LMU’s Faculty of Physics.
There’s always activity going on hereLena Berg, Head of Decentral Libraries Department at University Library
New services at University Library
Looking forward to the start of the new semester, although the University Library is always busy: Lena Berg, Head of Decentral Libraries Department at University Library.
“The University Library is an essential facility for studying and working. This makes it all the more gratifying that all our locations, including the new Leo 13 and UniLounge learning centers, are so popular among students.
Whether during semesters or between them, there’s always activity going on here. To further improve access to the library, we’re simplifying the borrowing conditions for the start of the new semester. In addition, some subject libraries will be facilitating autonomous borrowing and returning in future – entirely without the intervention of library staff.”
Lena Berg, Head of Decentral Libraries Department at University Library
Having learned so many exciting things about inclusion during my training, I’m keen to help other students better adapt their studies to their individual needs.Melina Wenczowski, Student and inclusion tutor
New ideas for campus wellbeing
: Supports other students in their everyday life on campus: Melina Wenczowski | © privat
“In the new semester, I’m looking forward to supporting students to the best of my capabilities in my role as inclusion tutor. Having learned so many exciting things about inclusion during my training, I’m keen to help other students better adapt their studies to their individual needs.
I’m excited about the tutors that will be trained this year and the great new ideas they will bring with them. I hope our efforts will make the university, and my campus in particular, a more pleasant learning environment where everybody feels comfortable and well looked after.”
Melina Wenczowski, doctoral student of chemistry and inclusion tutor
Upcoming premieres
Markus Kubesch has directed the Studiobühne theater since 2025. | © LMU
“In the new semester, I’m especially looking forward to the premiere of Partici|bait, a participatory project we’re currently working on. And the same goes for all student projects that will be celebrating the premieres of their own productions here during the summer semester.”
Markus Kubesch is Director of the Studiobühne theater at LMU’s Institute of Theater Studies.
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