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Urbanism master student Kseniya Otmakhova was granted a Schwarzman Scholarship last week. With an advisory board consisting of people like former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former American Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, this scholarship aims to educate future world leaders. How did Otmakhova get selected?

During a doctorate award ceremony, some people wear a headscarf, a yarmulke or another symbol of their faith. Why should someone not be awarded a doctoral degree in a pirate suit, TU PhD student Michael Afanasyev wants to know.

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