Campus after hours

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.

 

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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.

 

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The most important links from the episode:

https://www.zhs-muenchen.de/en/home/

https://jodel.com/

https://www.tum.app/