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This page provides you with all news from Universität Hamburg, which is divided into the following categories: 19neunzehn, Campus, Research, In focus, Internal, Interviews, and Videos.

3 April 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Tanja Sturm strengthens education.

Prof. Dr. Tanja Sturm

Photo: foto-anhalt

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: education...
2 April 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Markus Ilchen strengthens Physics

Prof. Dr. Markus Ilchen

Photo: UHH/Latos

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: experimental...
26 March 2024|Excellence Strategy

Children’s concert in St. Nikolai: How Much Physics Can You Find in Music?

Photo hands organist

Photo: Pixabay CC0

On 6 April 2024, physics professor Wolfgang Hillert from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg and cantor Anne Michael...
19 March 2024|In focus

Not a phenomenon of modernity: Women as Burglars, Fraudsters, and Thugs

Picture of an Egyptian papyrus

Photo: State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky (p.hamb.graec.144)

Each year, as part of the Agathe Lasch Visiting Scientist Program for Women in Academia, Universität Hamburg invites female academics to participate...
14 March 2024|In Focus

Loki Schmidt Garden Establishes Partnership with Angola

Excursion to the Ambuila inselbergs

Photo: UHH/Lautenschläger

Angola’s province Uíge, located in the far north, is home to the last tropical rainforests of the Central African country. Dr. Thea Lautenschläger and...
13 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Johannes Lederer strengthens mathematics.

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Johannes Lederer

Photo: Universität Hamburg/MIN/Fuchs

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: mathematician...
13 March 2024|Campus

What Does It Take to Build a Science City?

Jan de Wolff

Photo: UHH/Feuerböther

In Hamburg’s west a new research district called Science City Hamburg is being developed. Universität Hamburg has formed part of the original research...
11 March 2024|Research

Pope’s Visit Improves Human Rights in Host Country

Pope Francis waves to the cameras.

Photo: pixabay/reynaldodallin

When a country receives a lot of media attention, for example, during a World Cup, its government does more to protect human rights. Visits by the...
8 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Tobias strengthens the humanities.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kurwinkel

Photo: Frank Preuß

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: literary...
7 March 2024|Campus

Unitag 2024: Talks Now Online

High schoolers in front of Audimax

Photo: UHH/Göttling

The Unitag in February 2024 was a huge success. More than 14,900 high schoolers learned about Universität Hamburg’s degree programs. Now many of the...
5 March 2024|Excellence Strategy

How European perceptions still influence the tropics today

Portrait Prof. Funes

Photo: Hias/C. Höhne

Once a year, Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence, along with other Hamburg higher education institutions, invites researchers and artists...
4 March 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller strengthens the Faculty of Humanities.

Prof. Dr. Ralf Möller

Photo: DFKI/Jürgen Mai

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: informatics...
29 February 2024|In focus

“It Is Our Job to Teach and Exchange Knowledge for the Protection of Species Diversity”

Butterfly on a meadow

Photo: pixabay/silviarita

The World Wildlife Day, celebrated annually across the globe on 3 March, was introduced as part of the Washington Convention (CITES) to commemorate...
28 February 2024|Research

Taking a Risk: Teachers and Handling Uncertainty

Girl writing “Do you speak English?” on a white board

Photo: iStock/Vitalii Petrushenko

Lessons characterized by group work, in a foreign language that constantly changes and is often spoken differently in everyday life than it was at...
27 February 2024|Research

Two New Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoc Fellowships at Universität Hamburg

Symbolic illustration with relief of Marie Curie

Photo: Marie Skłodowska Curie actions

New imaging procedures to examine the effect of nanoparticles in living cells and research on the economic and historical significance of ancient...
26 February 2024|Campus

"Just look at yourself!" Student teaching project on shame

Elephant covering its eyes with a leg and looking ashamed

Photo: pixabay/rollstein

The way we talk about shame influences how we think about our bodies and our social roles. How, exactly, is what Miriam Hinterholzer wants to find out...
22 February 2024|Research

Study: Openness to Diversity in US Advertisements Increases Significantly

Two models lying next to each other and looking at the camera

Photo: Iordani / Adobe Stock

Advertisements reach hundreds of millions of people in the United States and is always a reflection of societal developments. In a comprehensive...
21 February 2024|Campus

Tenure Track: A Bit More Certainty

Prof. Dr. Elisa Schaum

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Wohlfahrt

From April, Dr. Elisa Schaum will be a W2 professor of plankton ecology and evolution at Universität Hamburg, having successfully completed the the...
16 February 2024|In Focus

Knowledge Exchange Project Develops Measuring System to Produce Microchips

An EUV ray measures the nanoscopic structures on a semiconductor chip (this is a computer-generated animation).

Photo: Heye Buss, CLASS 5 PHOTONICS GmbH

The University, DESY, and industrial partners are cooperating to achieve 1,000x greater throughput in the production of microchips. The Federal...
13 February 2024|Intern

STiNE malfunction

Studentischer Arbeitsplatz

Photo: UHH/Lutsch

+++ Update below +++ There is currently a malfunction in the STiNE system that is affecting various areas. Affected areas include registration and...