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26 June 2017|Campus

67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: 3 questions for ... Hendrik Schlicke

Hendrik Schlicke

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Every year since 1951 Nobel laureates have met with young scholars and scientists from all over the world in Lindau on Lake Constance. 2017's meeting is devoted to chemistry. Young researchers have the opportunity to exchange ideas with around 30 Nobel laureates. Hendrik Schlicke, a doctoral student...
22 June 2017|Campus

Latest issue of SYNERGIE, the journal for digitalization in teaching, is dedicated to agility

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mayrberger

Photo: UHH/Werner

Agile project management has finally arrived in higher education. With roots in software development, ever more "agile" projects—iterative, malleable, and focused on results rather than on documentation—are being planned at the University. The latest issue of SYNERGIE, the journal of digitalization...
21 June 2017|Campus

Tinkering, puzzling, researching—new research center for school students near main campus

Schülerforschungszentrum: Zwei Jugendliche am Labortisch

Photo: SFZ/Claudia Höhne

At Grindelallee 117—right near chemistry—a research center for school students, the Schülerforschungszentrum (SFZ), has opened its doors for young people who like to do experiments and research in the natural sciences, providing one-of-a-kind support for burgeoning science talent. [Read on in...
20 June 2017|Campus

Newly appointed: Junior Professor Dr. Alexander Baur

Prof. Dr. Alexander Baur

Photo: UHH/Fricke

As a lawyer in a large law firm, Dr. Alexander Baur’s working day once revolved around economic scandals that often ended up in the papers. On 1 April 2017, Baur took up a position as junior professor for criminal law in the Faculty of Law and now takes an academic approach to case studies. [Read on...
15 June 2017|Campus

Openness and accessible educational material! OERCamp17 Nord on 23/24 June at the University

Banner des OERcamps

Photo: oercamp.de

On 23 and 24 June 2017, the 8th consecutive OERCamp ("Open Educational Resources") will be taking place at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]
13 June 2017|Campus

From procrastination to the post-factual

Chefredakteurin von Spiegel Online und UHH-Alumna Barbara Hans

Photo: Spiegel Online

Dr. Barbara Hans is the editor-in-chief of Spiegel Online and an alumna of Universität Hamburg, where she completed doctoral studies in 2015. Hans will be talking with other alumnae about journalistic integrity, seriousness, craft, and ethics at a panel discussion of the University's alumni...
12 June 2017|Campus

CeNak's new lobby

Neues Foyer des CeNak.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht presents the new lobby of the Center of Natural History. The lobby is dedicated to the Anthropocene, a term that describes a new geochronological epoch on Earth. In the Anthropocene, human beings are the most important factor in shaping Earth's biological, geological...
9 June 2017|Campus

"A duck like you and me"—Prof. Dr. Hans Storch on Donald Duck's 83rd birthday

Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch

Photo: UHH/CEN

Happy Birthday, Donald! Eighty-three years ago today, the world's most famous duck appeared for the first time in the the animated film "The Wise Little Hen." We spoke with Universität Hamburg climate researcher and mathematician Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, who founded D.O.N.A.L.D. in 1977. The...
6 June 2017|Research

Partnerschaft mit Kyoto-Universität

Gebäude der Kyoto University

Photo: Kyoto University

Universität Hamburg is expanding its international network. Following its trilateral partnership with Macquarie University and Fudan University as well as its bilateral partnerships with the Universities of Stellenbosch, Lund, and Taipei, a delegation from the renowned Kyoto University in Japan is...
29 May 2017|Campus

2017 Sustainability Days at Universität Hamburg

Aktionstage Nachhaltigkeit

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

From 29 May to 1 June, the Center for a Sustainable University (KNU) in cooperation with several other institutions within Universität Hamburg will present a comprehensive program to mark the German Sustainability Days, organized by the German Council for Sustainable Development. Join us to find out...
29 May 2017|Research

Arts and science in City Hall's foyer: The Cluster of Excellence CUI will be showing images from the micro-world from 1 to 15 June 2017

Das mit einem Transmissionselektronenmikroskop aufgenommene Bild zeigt die lokale Zusammensetzung von sogenannten Kern-Schale-Nanoteilchen.

Photo: Andreas Kornowski, AG Weller (Universität Hamburg)

Pop art, drawings by indigenous Australians, or psychedelic visions? Take a second look: the exhibition Art & Science will be showing images from the micro-world of basic natural science research conducted in the Cluster of Excellence The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI). [Read on in...
15 May 2017|Campus

Studying with kids

Studierende auf dem Campus, im Hintergrund ihr Freund mit dem Kind

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Studying and starting a family seems for many an impossibility, with the chasm between lectures and baby bottles too wide to bridge. On the International Day of the Family (15 May) we would like to introduce you to a student at Universität Hamburg who manages just that and shows how studying and...
5 May 2017|Campus

The Uni from the air

Campus Von-Melle-Park von oben, mit Drohne gefilmt
A bird's-eye view of the Von-Melle-Park Campus, with the Alster in the background.
28 April 2017|Campus

New Center for Continuing Education (ZfW) founded at Universität Hamburg on 1 May 2017

Schlüterstraße 51

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Continuing education at Universität Hamburg will have a new home from 1 May 2017. The Center for Continuing Education (ZfW) bundles existing providers and areas of specialization at the University and will expand the University's efforts to offer courses in continuing education that are both...
17 April 2017|Campus

#Quove

Lea und Tristan vor Quidditch Ringen

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Devoted fans have taken the fantasy sport quidditch out of the Harry Potter books and onto the turf, creating a trend sport that has now reached Hamburg. UHH students Tristan Dück and Lea Stankiewicz from the Hamburg Werewolves let us in on the magic of the game.
[Read on in German . . .]
Text: Ellen...

17 April 2017|Campus

Diversity at Universität Hamburg

Nyla Becker mit Kind

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

A university should be, by definition, a place where many different perspectives, interests, and people meet. As a concept, diversity encourages us to think critically about what these differences mean for a university and how we can make diversity a natural part of everday campus life. [Read on in...