Interviews

27 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Students Learn to Perform Minimally Invasive Operations

Photo of the student research group in front of the UKE

Photo: Private

Minimally invasive operation techniques are increasingly replacing more conventional operation procedures. Yet for operating doctors, these internal procedures are especially daunting and the opportunities to practice are few and far between. A student research group at Universität...

21 December 2023|Research

Puberty: Positive Communication Experiences Increase Self-Esteem

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They all think I’m an idiot— don’t they? The project SNAP—Social Interaction and Adolescent Personality headed by Prof. Dr. Jenny Wagner and Eva Bleckmann from the Institute of Psychology are looking at how adolescents perceive interactions and the role personality plays. They are observing...

20 December 2023|Press release

Watching Videos about Illness Increases SARS-SoV-2-Specific Antibodies

Symbolic representation of the coronavirus

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Test subjects who watch videos about people with symptoms typical of COVID-19 produce more secretory immunoglobulin A against the coronavirus spike protein. That is the finding of a 45-person study by researchers in the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg in cooperation with the University...

14 December 2023|Campus

Universität Hamburg Students Awarded in the iGEM Competition 2023

Sebastian Federle, Junsoo Im, Jule Krawietz, Lisa Siemers, Maren Hinz, Joel Senador, Jonas Westphal, Lennert Weber, Andrea Köthe, Melina Baar, Fanny Ott, Timon Warschau, Amelie Geuer, Malcolm Rose

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Federle

More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. A team of 15 students at Universität Hamburg has found an innovative alternative way to eliminate pathogens. Their idea was awarded a special prize for best presentation and a gold medal at the iGEM Competition Grand Jamboree 2023.

13 December 2023|Campus

Opening hours for libraries and cafeterias

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Many of the libraries and cafeterias will be closed over the break. University Sports and the University Museum will also be taking a break. Here is an overview of opening hours:

13 December 2023|In focus

Assistance programs UHHhilft and the Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk Assistance Programs Extended

University’s president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren at the press conference at the University Museum

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Universität Hamburg’s assistance programs UHHhilft and the Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk offer rapid and unbureaucratic help to researchers and students prevented from continuing their studies or their academic career because they have had to flee or have been expelled from their country...

12 December 2023|Campus

“I try to get socially involved everywhere I go.”

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Sadequle Islam graduated from the Faculty of Education and is this year’s winner of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize. The prize is awarded to international students who have demonstrated exceptional academic performance as well as social and intercultural involvement. Islam sat down...

12 December 2023|Campus

2023 in pictures

It's half-time for the Excellence Strategy. Numerous guests visit Universität Hamburg and new events and activities enrich exchange here and with the city at large. The year-in-review illuminates the University's exciting 2023 in pictures.

8 December 2023|Research

Coping with Catastrophes—€9 million for New Project

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The interdisciplinary research project Rescue Mate should prepare Hamburg for challenges posed by extreme weather events. The federally funded project was initiated and will be headed by Prof. Dr. Mathias Fischer and Dr. Martin Semmann (Department of Informatics). The work will be conducted at...

6 December 2023|Press release

Universität Hamburg Manages Third Place in Germany in QS Sustainability Rankings 2024

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Universität Hamburg placed outstandingly well at both the national and international level in the renowned QS Sustainability Rankings 2024. The University managed third place in Germany, forty-eighth place in Europe, and ninety-first place worldwide. In the categories “Impact of Education” and...

6 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reach New Record High

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The new report by the Global Carbon Project shows that fossil CO2 emissions will reach a record high in 2023. If emissions remain that high, according to the calculations of an international research term in which Universität Hamburg is involved, the carbon budget for remaining within the 1.5°C...

5 December 2023|Research

Less cost, Less carbon dioxide: Reducing Packages in Online Trade

Packages on a conveyor belt in a warehouse

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More and more is being bought online, and that is leading to ever more packages. Often, individual articles in the same order are sent separately, which is expensive and not sustainable. Dr. Tobias Vlćek and Prof. Dr. Guido Voigt from the Faculty of Business Administration are looking into how...

5 December 2023|Excellence Strategy

Blickwechsel. An African-European Exchange

Photo: HIAS

How can we decolonize the world? And what does that precisely mean for Africa and Europe? The artist Tsitsi Dangarembga and the political scientist Eva Heidbreder discuss this highly relevant topic at the Museum am Rothenbaum—Kulture und Künste der Welt (MARKK) on 11 December 2023. University...

1 December 2023|Research

How an Enzyme Uses Sunlight to Repair DNA

The image shows the construction at X-ray free electron laser at SwissFEL, which generates the ultrashort X-ray pulse required for the analysis of the DNA repair mechanism.

Photo: DESY/Pateras

Damage to DNA causes aging, cell-death, and even cancer. Therefore, repairing damaged DNA is vital for all organisms. An international research team jointly headed by Universität Hamburg and DESY has now investigated how photolyase enzymes use solar energy to repair DNA. In the journal Science, the...

30 November 2023|Press release

€480,000 for Research Project on Developing Constitutions

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To what extent does the process of creating a constitution influence its content and a population’s adherence and acceptance? Now an international research team from Universität Hamburg and Warsaw are attempting to answer these questions. The German Research Foundation and the National Science...

28 November 2023|Press release

Art Historian Valeska von Rosen Receives Martin Warnke Medal

Art historian Prof. Dr. Valeska von Rosen

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The renowned art history Prof. Dr. Valeska von Rosen will receive the Martin Warnke Medal 2023 for her academic achievements in cultural studies. Valeska von Rosen is the seventh recipient of the award.

28 November 2023|Press release

End of ProfaLe: Sustainable improvement of Hamburg’s teacher education

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The project Professional Teachers’ Activities to Promote Subject-Based Learning Under Changing Social Conditions (ProfaLe) ends after more than 8 years. In close collaboration with the Hamburg Center for Teacher Education researchers from Universität Hamburg worked intensively on innovations for...

24 November 2023|Press release

Success for 2 Collaborative Research Centers at Universität Hamburg

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Höhere Strukturen, Modulräume und Integrabilität—this is the title of a new collaborative research center at Universität Hamburg. The CRC will focus on the mathematical principles of the quantum world and will receive funding from the German Research Foundation for roughly 4 years starting in...

20 November 2023|Press release

Universität Hamburg among Top-Ranked Master’s Programs in New CHE Ranking

The WiWi bunker on the Von-Melle-Park campus

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The Centre for Higher Education (CHE) has published its current ranking on master’s programs in business in Germany. Six Universität Hamburg programs were ranked, with several taking top positions for, among other things, supervision and research publications.

20 November 2023|Press release

Universität Hamburg Publishes Climate Protection Report for 2019–2022

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The report follows on the heels of the University’s sustainability report (2015–2018). The climate protection report is based only on greenhouse gas emissions, not on the entire spectrum of sustainability. A comprehensive report on sustainability in research, teaching, knowledge exchange, and...