Interviews

20 September 2022|Press release

New EU funding: 4.9 Million Euro for Calculating Fluid Dynamics

Photo: Oxford Martin School, Fisher Studios

Quantum technologies promise faster solutions for many scientific and technology questions. A consortium led by Prof. Dr. Dieter Jaksch from Universität Hamburg awarded EUR 4.9 million EU funding for the calculation of fluid dynamics using quantum technology.

15 September 2022|Excellence Strategy

Knowledge Exchange Fund 2022: Projects for a City on the Move

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This year, Universität Hamburg is funding 13 research projects in the amount of €341,000. Here, we introduce 2 of those projects.

14 September 2022|Press release

Universität Hamburg Presents Plans for In-Person Operations

Picture of the main building of Universität Hamburg with energy saving symbols.

Photo: UHH/Vogiatzis

After the restrictions on students and staff enforced by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of teaching, researching, and in administration in the last two and a half years, Universität Hamburg has taken a clear position for the Winter Semester: University operations will take place in-person. As...

14 September 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Simone Neumann strengthens the Faculty of Business Administration

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Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time, we meet business economist Prof. Dr. Sabine Neumann.

12 September 2022|Campus

Prof. Dr. Eleanor Frajka-Williams strengthens the MIN-Faculty, CEN and CLICCS

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Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes many new researchers. Here, we present part of a series to introduce them and their areas of research.

8 September 2022|Press release

The rhythm of knowledge exchange: Opening of the Temporary History Lab Hamburg Musical Histor/ies

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In collaboration with Hamburg residents, Universität Hamburg is hunting for traces, to write a new and more diverse version of musical cultural history in Hamburg. For this, they are opening a temporary history lab in the University museum on 16 September. The lab combines research in real time with...

6 September 2022|Research

Prognosis Program Recognizes Neurological Complications

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For many intensive care patients, pressure on the brain must be monitored vigilantly and diagnosis depends strongly on the attending physician’s experience. The neurologist Dr. Nils Schweingruber from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has developed an AI-based system that...

2 September 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Shervin Farridnejad strengthens the humanities.

Photo: H.Tehrany/Berlin

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: Linguist and Iranian studies scholar Prof. Dr. Shervin Farridnejad, who, among other things, now strengthens the Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written...

1 September 2022|Campus

“Welcome Aboard!” Prof. Dr. Iris Kesternich strengthens the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences and the Hamburg Center for Health Economics.

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Every year, Universität Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research.

31 August 2022|Excellence Strategy

Excellent Research Attracts Visitors from Berlin

Berlin visitors at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

Photo: DESY/Mayer

Kai Gehring, chair of the committee for education, research, and technological impact for the Bundestag, and other committee members visited Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. The University’s president, Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren, and the chair of DESY’s board of directors, Prof. Dr. Helmut Dosch...

26 August 2022|Press release

63 modern apartments: Foundations laid for new Gästehaus der Universität Hamburg

Filling the time capsule (from left) Katharina Fegebank, Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren, and Stephan Dittrich

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Whether for international doctoral researchers, visiting scholars, or new appointments from abroad: Universität Hamburg will be able to welcome them all to a new Gästehaus. Right next to the Museum am Rothenbaum—Kulture und Künste der Welt (MARKK) and thus also close to many University buildings and...

25 August 2022|Research

Doing the Research: A Digital Twin for Hamburg’s Port

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Hamburg’s harbor is the largest sea port in Germany and the third largest in Europe. Increasing costs and competition alongside climate protection concerns are creating major challenges. A research group at the Institute of Information Systems is now developing a digital twin for the port in its...

23 August 2022|Press release

Information on Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Frank von Wieding

The Center for Continuing Studies is providing information about Universität Hamburg’s Open Study Program on 1 September 2022. The Open Study Program welcomes people of all ages interested in learning. The information day will include information via Zoom and consultation by telephone.

19 August 2022|Press release

Due to drought and heat: young trees in Hamburg left high and dry

Newly planted tree in the center of Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Schütt

Hamburg has roughly 250,000 trees. Every year, many are chopped down and new ones are planted. At 17 new sites, a team from Universität Hamburg has looked at the availability of ground water. Their conclusion: All trees suffered from a lack of water that could shorten their lives.

18 August 2022|Research

Doing the Research: Ida and Richard Dehmel—Modernity’s Influencers

Photo: Louis Held / public domain

Between 1890 and 1920, the artist couple Ida and Richard Dehmel corresponded with renowned artists such as Stefan Zweig, Rainer Maria Rilke, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Arnold Schönberg. Prof. Dr. Julia Nantke is researching the 35,000 handwritten documents in her project Dehmel Digital and making them...

18 August 2022|Press release

Researchers Discover Naturally Occurring Substances Against Coronavirus

Photo: UHH/Gevorgyan

Researchers at Universität Hamburg and DESY have identified 3 substances that are promising for the development of anti-corona medication. All of the substances have already been used in medications, writes the team in its article in Communications Biology.

15 August 2022|Im Fokus

What the Coronavirus Really Looks Like

Photo: UHH/Thorn

At the beginning of the corona pandemic, there were only a few clear data on the SARS-CoV-2. Representations were based on low-resolution electron microscope images or knowledge about the closely related SARS-CoV-1. Now, a team headed by the biophysicist Dr. Andrea Thorn from Universität Hamburg has...

11 August 2022|Research

Doing the Research: What makes for good school sports?

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For some, it’s the best part of the school day, for others, torture. Ah, gym class! Yet what makes for good school sports? This is the question at the heart of the QualiTePE project with Prof. Dr. Erin Gerlach and Dr. Wiebke Langer at the Institute of Human Movement Science. Our series Doing the...

11 August 2022|Press release

Salary, language skills, or character: What helped families in the corona crisis?

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What factors determined how well families mastered the challenges of the corona pandemic? And what impact did social inequality have? A new study at Universität Hamburg has some answers.

8 August 2022|Press release

Otto Waalkes, Udo Lindenberg and friends on the Universität Hamburg stage

Photo: UHH/Dingler/Wohlfahrt + Otto

At 8 pm on 15 September 2022, exactly 50 years after Otto’s legendary concert in the Audimax at Universität Hamburg, Hamburg’s music greats are heading back to the University’s stage with their show “Get Back To Audimax!”. In collaboration with the University, the largest lecture hall on campus will...

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