No. 115/2023

27 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 115/2023 Representatives of the political arena, science and diversity management as well as research funding organisations got together on 2 March at the Berlin-Branden­ burg Academy of Sciences and Humanities to discuss the interaction between excel­ lence and diversity. Reviewing current measures and activities being undertaken in the international science system, the aim was to gain strategic ideas for the work of research and funding organisations. MORE INFORMATION www.humboldt- foundation.de/k115-04 DIVERSITY Investigating strategies In the Foundation’s anniversary year, we are asking “What’s next?” – visually, too. In mid-March, the Humboldt Foundation launched a new corporate design which evokes a spirit of new departures and hope. The modernised image mark reflects the diversity of our international network and, at the same time, demonstrates qualities that characterised our namegiver, Alexander von Humboldt: flexibility of thought and action. MORE INFORMATION www.humboldt-foundation.de/k115-06 The Humboldtians Alain Aspect (l.) and Anton Zeilinger (r.) were jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics together with John F. Clauser. The three scientists were honoured for their pioneering experiments in quantum research. This now takes the total number of sponsorship recipients in the Humboldt Foundation’s worldwide network who have received a Nobel Prize to 59. MORE INFORMATION www.humboldt-foundation.de/k115-05 CORPORATE DESIGN The Humboldt Foundation’s new look NOBEL PRIZES Physics Nobel Prize for Humboldtians Photos: Getty Images, Niklas Elmehed/Nobel Prize Outreach