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MAKEathon 2026: AI Prototypes for Real-World Business Challenges
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MAKEathon 2026: AI Prototypes for Real-World Business Challenges

Around 80 students, industry experts, technology partners and mentors gathered at FHNW Campus Olten for MAKEathon 2026, where teams developed 13 working AI prototypes to address eight real-world business challenges in just one and a half days.
Date
3.11.2026
School
FHNW School of Business
Perspectives: Lecture Series by the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) at HGK Basel
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Perspectives: Lecture Series by the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) at HGK Basel

In its lecture series, which runs from September 30, 2026, to January 13, 2027, the Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE) presents fascinating presentations by renowned designers and artists on the topic of “Perspectives.”
Date
21.9.2026
School
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel
Competition call song cycle Hermann Hesse
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Competition call song cycle Hermann Hesse

A Hermann Hesse song cycle
Date
21.9.2026
School
Hochschule für Musik Basel
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Learning between technology and critical thinking
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Learning between technology and critical thinking

Safak Korkut teaches topics such as digital business, digital innovation and digital transformation at the FHNW School of Business. In this interview, he explains why critical thinking remains indispensable in the age of AI and how project-based learning helps students develop their own perspectives.
Date
12.11.2026
School
Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW
“I could apply almost every module directly in my company”
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“I could apply almost every module directly in my company”

David Henzmann trained as a forester, founded an advertising agency at 20 and now runs a holding company with more than 40 employees. In the MBA at FHNW, he wanted to back up what he had taught himself with sound theory. It was there that he also found the people for his board of directors.
Date
10.11.2026
School
Hochschule für Wirtschaft FHNW
What our immune system reveals about us
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What our immune system reveals about us

Our immune system acts as a kind of biological memory. But how can we decipher the information hidden within it and use it for diagnoses or new treatment methods?
Date
30.10.2026
School
FHNW School of Life Sciences
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Grant opportunities in life sciences
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Grant opportunities in life sciences

Lunch event about Swiss and European grant opportunities
Date
18.11.2026, 12:00–14:00
Place
Walter Klybeck
Research Seminar: Lecture by Dr. Markus Kohlstädt
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Research Seminar: Lecture by Dr. Markus Kohlstädt

Sustainable Fabrication of Perovskite Modules: Strategies for scalable devices with low material criticality - Dr. Markus Kohlstädt; Universität Freiburg und Fraunhofer ISE
Date
18.11.2026, 12:30–13:15
Place
Lecture Theatre 02.S.21, Campus Muttenz
PFAS Summit 2026
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PFAS Summit 2026

Connecting science, analysis and solutions
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19.11.2026, 09:00–18:00
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Campus Muttenz
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