{"id":2955,"date":"2026-02-12T09:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:50:56","slug":"strong-together-in-the-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/strong-together-in-the-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Together in the Northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Top-level Northwest Alliance meeting in the Forum at Domshof: Bremen&#8217;s Science Senator Henrike M\u00fcller and her Lower Saxony counterpart Falko Mohrs met with the leaders of the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg to discuss the status of the Excellence proposal. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The President of the University of Bremen, Jutta G\u00fcnther, warmly welcomed the guests from Bremen and Lower Saxony on February 7, 2026, in the Forum at Domshof building in Bremen&#8217;s city center. She and the President of the University of Oldenburg, Ralph Bruder, gave Senator M\u00fcller and Minister Mohrs an update on the status of the proposal and preparations for the on-site visit, which is scheduled for the spring. <\/p>\n<p>Subsequent in-depth discussions also focused on joint projects of the Northwest Alliance, which was founded one year ago. All participants were impressed by the developments that have taken place since then. President Jutta G\u00fcnther and President Ralph Bruder are optimistic about the joint Excellence proposal submitted in November, a key milestone in the two universities\u2019 successful, long-term collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_middle wrap stack_on_mobiles align_none\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:40px\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Back to the homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_navigation layout_simple inv_false\"><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_first to_prev\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/interdisciplinary-and-transnational-research\/\" title=\"Interdisciplinary and Transnational Research\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Vorheriger Artikel<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>Interdisciplinary and Transnational Research<\/span><\/div><\/a><a class=\"post_navigation-item order_second to_next\" href=\"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/16th-conrad-naber-lecture-exploring-the-martian-mindset\/\" title=\"16th Conrad Naber Lecture: Exploring \u201cThe Martian Mindset\u201d\"><div class=\"post_navigation-item-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-meta\">Next article<\/div><div class=\"post_navigation-item-title\"><span>16th Conrad Naber Lecture: Exploring \u201cThe Martian Mindset\u201d<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top-level Northwest Alliance meeting in the Forum at Domshof: Bremen&#8217;s Science Senator Henrike M\u00fcller and her Lower Saxony counterpart Falko Mohrs met with the leaders of the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg to discuss the status of the Excellence proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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