This year's university-wide Research Day took place at UW/H on September 26 - for the third time in a row and once again a complete success. The numerous abstracts submitted in advance reflected the great interest in the event, which was well attended with around 100 participants and was very popular as an interdisciplinary platform.

The program was based on the leitmotif of promoting scientific exchange between faculties, departments and the WittenLab - with a particular focus on the topic of diversity.

Various workshops offered participants the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary discussions and discuss different perspectives on the topic of diversity.

For example, there was a workshop on the sense and nonsense of diversity management in companies and universities, led by Dr Dirk Jakobs, Vice President for Organizational Development and Diversity, which enabled a critical examination of the opportunities and challenges of this topic. The WittenLab presented artistic research as an independent form of knowledge that opens up new perspectives on science and cooperation. Other workshops dealt with the medial communication of complex research results and sustainable research with social responsibility.

While the workshops provided space for in-depth exchange and new perspectives, the science slams inspired with creativity and scientific diversity. All the contributions were impressive not only for their depth of content, but also for their impressive range of topics - from the cyber threat situation in German hospitals and the question of gender-equitable language at universities to the trustworthiness of artificial intelligence in the financial sector. The poster viewing - and of course their evaluation - once again offered researchers plenty of space for interdisciplinary exchange and networking between young researchers and professors.

A special highlight were the award ceremonies, which brought the intensive day to a worthy close. The poster prizes were awarded first:

• The first poster prize of €300 went to Christopher Kurtek for his contribution "When cells clean up: How autophagy keeps us healthy".
• Vivienne Ogasa was awarded second prize (€ 200) for her poster "The puzzle of cell-cell fusion in human (cancer) cell lines".
• Mia Jiming Yang was awarded third prize (€100) for her work "Mapping the Landscape of Social Media Mining for Applications in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Review".

The coveted Science Slam prize was shared by two young female scientists this year. In the audience vote, only one vote was decisive in the end, which is why the organizing team decided to award two prizes as an exception.

• The first prize (€300) went to Johanna Koch, a human medicine student, for her presentation: "Reversing Tumor-Induced Brain Hypertrophy: Structural Plasticity in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients Following Non-Invasive Radiosurgery".
• The second prize (€200) was awarded to Manuela Malek, research assistant at the Junior Professorship for Digital Health (Department of Human Medicine), for her contribution: "Invisible Data - True Crime Podcast".

The Research Day once again impressively demonstrated how diverse and lively the research landscape at the university is - and how important interdisciplinary dialog remains for the development of new ideas and collaborations. Science and art as bridge builders for a respectful and constructive exchange were tangibly present on this day and created an inspiring atmosphere for all participants.