Campus after hours

Listen to August and Alvaro having a conversation with 2 of the top guys from the Akaflieg. They take a deep look at what actually happens at Akaflieg, why one of their planes is indisputably seen as the greatest of its class in the world and the latest developments in plane technology. A little preview: They are literally developing airliner-grade tech! To get more info about them and about what they do have a look at their website.

Should Professors rethink their lecturing, how should STEM be seen in society and what's really the best Jazz Bar in Munich? Listen to August & Alvaro sit down with one of the most interesting and possibly controversial Professors at TUM, Professor Klaus Diepold, and discuss these questions and so much more.

With our first in-person episode actually on the TUM Campus the TUM Junge Akademie sends us their managing director and a the founder of Exfluenced to have a chat with August and Alvaro about Arts & Technology.  In the end the discussion completely changed course and turned into a deep dive into detoxing on social media and how the TUM tries to foster its future science talents. For an actual discussion on Arts & Technology you just have wait for a few more episodes.

MdL Bernd Sibler, bayrischer Staatsminister für Wissenschaft und Kunst und Mitglied des Bayerischen Landtags, diskutiert mit uns seine Vision für die bayrische Bildungspolitik der Zukunft, wie er für Akzeptanz von KI im Alltag sorgen will und was Kunst eigentlich mit Wissenschaft zu tun hat.

Wie ihr vielleicht wisst, steht die Hochschulwahl bald an! Und zwar am 06.07.2021! Das ist eure Chance eure studentischen Vertreter in die wichtigen Gremien wie dem Senat, dem Fakultätsrat und die Fachschaftsvertretung zu wählen und eure Interessen zu vertreten! In dieser Episode von Campus after Hours unterhalten sich August und Alvaro mit dem Referenten für Hochschulpolitik am AStA und fragen mal nach, warum die Hochschulwahlen überhaupt so wichtig sind. Am Wahltag selbst könnt ihr natürlich in die Uni kommen und eure Stimmen abgeben. Falls ihr das nicht schafft (oder keine Lust habt), könnt ihr bis zum 22.06 eure Briefwahlunterlagen auch auf TUMonline beantragen und ganz gemütlich von zu hause aus abstimmen. Falls ihr noch mehr über die Hochschulwahlen 2021 wissen wollt, schaut einfach auf der offiziellen Website mal vorbei.

Climate change and sustainability have become huge topics over the past decade, especially in the political and corporate environment. Our guests, Jil and Clemens, don´t think that´s enough, so they joined a student initiative focussing on sustainability awareness at University, the so-called "Umweltreferat". Listen to our hosts talk to them and discuss their awareness vision and their view on climate change and political and corporate action. They also discuss their student initiative, which creates a platform for students to turn their personal sustainability projects into a reality. This platform is combined with a lecture series about environmental awareness and multiple other projects to make the Umweltreferat have its own massive share in giving TUMs future engineers the hard facts about climate change. Really check out their website, if you want to know more about them!

How do German Angst towards Technology and wrong policies hold back Germany on its road to carbon neutrality until 2045? How realistic is nuclear fusion and what would realising it mean? What research is going on at TUM specifically in this area of how to slow down the climate crisis?   These and many more questions August and Alvaro discuss with Prof. Dr. Thomas Hamacher in this weeks episode of Campus after Hours. Professor Hamacher gives an insightful, fact-based look at renewable energies and the climate crisis in Germany and worldwide, taking into account philosophical, societal and economical standpoints.   If you are into Podcasts and want to know more about climate change, our Podcast recommendation for this week is Climaware. Really check them out on their website or on your favourite Podcast App!

For the very first episode of the summer semester 2021 August and Alvaro sit down with nobody less than TUM's President Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann and take an insightful look at life at TUM, federal and corporate support, how TUM plans to take on the future struggles of a University and it's plans to make Technology more societally impactful. Check out our website for more information about Campus after hours. Also click here to get to President Hofmann‘s Interview abour his first year at TUM, the „year of Corona“.

The IKOM is one of the oldest student initiatives at TUM connecting students with the top guys from different industries for future jobs, internships and more. You want to do anything after Uni? Listen to Alvaro and August chat with the directors at IKOM and get to know why you should definitely visit one of their events to get in contact with Munich´s cutting edge technology companies. Want to know more? Click here!

With this January the new year has started with a big Bang and some top stories already. So Happy New Year and welcome to the very first episode of 2021, with August and Alvaro discussing the latest stories in Tech and Politics.    

The Covid pandemic changed pretty much everybody´s life in 2020. Can you actually remember how it feels going to a club or sitting in a restaurant without those stupid shields? Neither do we. Listen to August and Alvaro chat with the director of the chair for Immunology at TUM about how the pandemic might actually be over in 2021 and what important role a Turkish immigrant, by founding a German startup on his quest for curing cancer, plays in solving the Covid pandemic.   Want to know more about our guest? Click here

Listen to August chat with 2 of the top guys at TUfast, one of the oldest and most famous student initiatives at TUM. What does building a race car actually mean for students and how is the whole competition organised?   For further info and explanations check out the TUfast racing team website and their Youtube channel

Covid vaccines, Snapchat copies Tiktok, Bidens recycled Administration and Amazon wins pandemic First Montheversary of Campus after hours with August and Alvaro reviewing what happened in November and their views on Covid-19 vaccines, how social media platforms innovate by copying Tiktok and much more.

SpaceX´s Hyperloop competition created one of the most popular student initiatives at TUM. Now there is a new one, competing in another one of Elon Musks famous competitions - TUM Boring. Listen to August and Alvaro give an introduction to student initiatives at TUM, as well as Benedikt Hartmann, co-founder of TUM Boring and Sub-Teamlead of the Cutterhead Department, and Katharina Prantl, a decisive actor at the Operations Leadteam for Sponsoring and Legal, describe challenges and motivation of the impressive team and how they handle the extra work additional to their studies.   Get additional information about TUM Boring or Student Initiatives at TUM

Studying abroad is a huge opportunity offered by a lot of universities. So listen to the Program Manager of TUMExchange Asia talk about the different offers at TUM to study abroad and how to apply. We also talked to 2 Students from TUM and LMU to describe their experiences with TUMExchange and Erasmus.    If you are interested in Erasmus, tune in to the TUM Zoom Webinar on the upcoming Wednesday (18/11/2020) You will find all the necessary info here  

Check out our second episode, where we will be closely analysing the US elections and especially its consequences for Europe. Professor Berthold Rittberger from LMU Munich gave some amazing insights including how the political landscape has changed over the past 4 years in the US and how he believes that, now president-elect, Joe Biden will approach the presidency. We will also have look at international relations and Europes role in world politics and compare President Donald Trump and president-elect Joe Biden.

Listen to the very first episode of "Campus after hours" and see how the two hosts explain the basic concept, shine some light on student life in Munich and give some first-year advice to make your start at TUM or LMU easier.   Check out our latest Instagram post.   The most important links from the episode: https://www.zhs-muenchen.de/en/home/ https://jodel.com/ https://www.tum.app/