To all students: The PLUS International Relations Department is once again looking for the most beautiful photos of stays abroad! Photos can be submitted until 28 February, the voting period runs from 1 to 20 March.

On 6 February, devastating earthquakes and aftershocks hit south-eastern Turkey – with the epicentre in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras – and north-western Syria. The death toll is currently estimated at over 40,000, with around 80,000 injured. In both countries, countless homes have been destroyed and there is hardly any infrastructure left – a disaster of inconceivable proportions.

Sebastian Forster is serving on the program committees of ICALP and FOCS this year.