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162 students of Hochschule Geisenheim University graduated with Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the graduation ceremony on February 14, 2020, which was held in the Laiendormitorium at Eberbach Monastery. Professor Annette Reineke, Vice-President of Research, also presented Holger Linck with his doctoral degree.

As part of a marketing project in the International Wine Business (B.Sc.) degree program, the students interviewed consumers, retailers and restaurant owners and applied the results to derive recommendations for target group-specific communication, which they subsequently presented to representatives of the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) in January.

Wolfgang Pfeifer, who worked for 37 years as a scientist and lecturer at the University and its predecessor institutions, died on February 4, 2020 at the age of only 67 years.

Information event on the cultural heritage of the Rhine and Taunus regions with the participation of KULT

Fascinating insights into the previous and future research and teaching focal points of three new professors

The Professor of Microbiology and Biochemistry at Hochschule Geisenheim University was appointed as an expert for the Federal Republic of Germany in the MICRO - Microbiology - Group of the OIV, the International Organization of Vine and Wine, in December 2019. In this capacity, he is responsible for representing the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of the work undertaken by the German delegation to the OIV.

As part of the GoodBerry consortium, Dr. Erika Krüger-Steden (Hochschule Geisenheim University), Peter Melis (Proefcentrum Hoogstraten) and Arne Stensvand (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research) attended the International Soft Fruit Conference 2020 in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Geisenheim doctoral student Jennifer Badura attended the Dechema Young Scientists Food Biotechnology Conference in Hohenheim in September 2019, where she won the Poster Award for her poster on "Transcriptional regulation of the synthesis of aroma compounds in non-conventional wine yeasts".

An international audience of scientists and industry professionals will gather at Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany from March 9 to 12, 2020. Speakers from 15 nations will be giving presentations on the various aspects of connecting tourist activities with culinary events.

As part of the "Green Geisenheim" project, the University and University Town of Geisenheim sought ideas to redesign the Rüdesheimer Strasse roundabout. The public had the opportunity to vote for their favorite bid in December. The winning design, which has now been publicly announced, will be put in place before the end of this year.