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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.

12 December 2024|Internal

Cultural Shift at the University: Small projects, great impact—Part I

Staff working together using a smartboard

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

How can we work together better and more positively and effectively communicate? From new formats to momentary adjustments—there are a host of ideas...
11 December 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Emanuel Viebahn strengthens the Humanities

Prof. Dr. Emanuel Viebahn

Photo: University of Hamburg/Göttling

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time...
10 December 2024|In Focus

New Culture of Cooperation at the University of Hamburg

New Work final event

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

More than 150 people gathered in Mozart Hall for the final event of the New Work@UHH project on 9 December 2024. The event was a milestone, marking...
5 December 2024|Internal

New Work@UHH Final Event on 9 December

Cards on the table explain what New Work means.

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

Over the past years, many members of the University of Hamburg and in the New Work @UHH project worked on creating an innovative work culture at the...
4 December 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: Can People Born Blind Learn to See?

Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder

Photo: Sebastian Engels

Our brain can adapt to changing conditions throughout life, but some processes are only possible in the developing brain. Within a German-Indian...
4 December 2024|Research

STEM Success in Elementary Schools Despite Corona

Attendees at the press conference for the publication of the TIMSS 2023 study

Photo: UHH/Constanze Koschwitz

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for 2023 given to fourth graders in Germany shows consistent performance in...
3 December 2024|Excellence Strategy

Student Expedition to Stromboli

Photo of the student research group

Photo: Private

The Stromboli is among Europe’s most active volcanoes. Northeast of Sicily, on the island of the same name, it spews ash and rocks almost constantly...
2 December 2024|Excellence Strategy

Not Just in Gym Class: Knowledge Exchange Project for More Physical Activity in School Knowledge exchange project for more physical activity in school

Symbolic illustration of movement on the school playground

Photo: BeSS

According to the 2024 children’s health report, 15 percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. To better integrate movement in the...
25 November 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Luisa Lucie-Smith strengthens the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences

Portrait Prof. Dr. Lucie-Smith

Photo: privat

Every year, University of Hamburg welcomes many new researchers. Here, we present part of a series to introduce them and their areas of research. This...
25 November 2024|Research

New Collaborative Research Center for Liver Research

Prof. Dr. Maura Dandri and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schramm

Photo: UKE

The German Research Foundation has approved a new collaborative research center for liver research. The new CRC 1700 will focus on the regulation of...
22 November 2024|Excellence Strategy

“We still don’t see climate protection efforts in our numbers”

Just in time for the World Climate Conference, the Global Carbon Budget has once again been calculated this year. It reveals how much carbon dioxide...
20 November 2024|Research

Third Grant for Internationalization of Teacher Training

Students working together in a hybrid meeting

Photo: University of Hamburg / von Wieding

Another University of Hamburg project succeeded in the third round of the German Academic Exchange Service’s (DAAD) Lehramt.International program...
19 November 2024|Campus

First Steps Towards Nicer Campus

Students hang out in hammocks or on ENZI furniture on the Bahrenfeld campus.

Photo: Universität Hamburg / von Wieding

In Summer 2023, students had the opportunity to take part in a survey of their daily experiences at the various University locations. How do they...
18 November 2024|Research

More than €11 Million: 2 University of Hamburg Research Training Groups Extended

The Main Building of the University in the fall

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

Decision-making and negotiation processes in societies and the carbon cycle in large estuary rivers—the University of Hamburg was granted funding for...
15 November 2024|Campus

Joint reception: Elite sport at the University of Hamburg

Group portrait with athletes (from left): Ingrid Unkelbach (head of the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg/S.-H.), vice president Jetta Frost, Moritz Grauert (rowing), Hanna Zimmel (track consultant), Max Rosenfeld (rowing), Laura Saenger (hockey), Torben Johannesen (rowing)

Photo: University of Hamburg

From track and field to rowing and hockey, the University of Hamburg has 30 exceptional athletes all studying while training to compete at the Olympic...
12 November 2024|Research

COLDSPOT: € 2.14 million to research greenhouse gas reduction in the Arctic

A tundra landscape in the Canadian Arctic near Inuvik

Photo: UHH/Voigt

Rising temperatures, vanishing ice mass, warmer water and air temperatures—the effects of the world’s climate changes are especially notable in the...
12 November 2024|Research

New EU collaborative project: Networks and the Rule of Law

Part of the mission statement on the University’s Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg/Esfandiari

The rule of law has to be defended again and again. The role that human networks such as clubs or associations play to strengthen or weaken the rule...
8 November 2024|In Focus

After You Get Your Degree— University of Hamburg Alumni on Their Path Towards a Career

Portrait collage showing Seline Günther, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kolev, and Magdalena Neubig

Photo: Günther, Kolev, Neubig (University of Hamburg/Engels)

Every year, thousands of students earn their degree here. Hundreds of doctorates are also awarded. And the career options available after that are...
7 November 2024|Research

Understanding “Seebären” and other phenomena: Researchers calculate global tsunami risk

Breaker

Photo: University of Hamburg/Behrens

Tsunamis do not only occur in distant oceans but also in the North and Baltic Seas. Prof. Dr. Jörn Behrens, professor of numerical methods in...
4 November 2024|Campus

Welcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Ali Ghandour strengthens the Humanities

Prof. Dr. Ali Ghandour

Photo: Private

Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time, it is the...