Interviews

14 April 2016|Pressemitteilung

51st Deutscher Historikertag brings international history research to Universität Hamburg

Photo: VHD

From 20 to 23 September 2016, historians from 20 nations will discuss "Glaubensfragen" (questions of faith). Expecting 3,500 participants, the Historikertag (Historians' Day) is the largest humanities conference in Europe. Germany's Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

7 April 2016|Pressemitteilung

51st Deutscher Historikertag at Universität Hamburg

Photo: VHD

The 51st Deutsche Historikertag (German Historians' Day) is set to bring international historical research to Hamburg. From 20 to 23 September 2016 historians from 20 nations will debate questions relating to belief.

31 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Research on finback whale from University's Zoological Museum

Photo: UHH/Bein

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) collection at Universität Hamburg has been home to an internationally unique finback whale skeleton since the early 1950s. The creature survived a collision with a ship that resulted in several broken bones on its spine, ribs, and shoulderblade. The injuries...

30 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

General Lecture Series begins in April with 32 public lectures

Photo: AWW

In summer semester, Universität Hamburg is once again offering Hamburg residents an extensive program of public lectures. The General Lecture Series covers a broad range of topics in 32 public lecture series comprising over 260 individual lectures. The lectures are free and have no participation...

29 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Cooperation agreement signed between Lund University and Universität Hamburg

Photo: Ida Thelander

Today Prof. Dr. Torbjörn von Schantz, vice chancellor of Lund University, and Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize cooperation between their institutions.

23 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Correction regarding alleged disagreement between the University and Senator for Science, Research and Equalities on the subject of capacity legislation

Photo: UHH

Today's article in the Hamburger Abendblatt stating that the University's president, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, is "outraged" with Senator Fegebank constitutes a misunderstanding requiring explanation.

23 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Center of Natural History (CeNak) organizes photo and painting competition on the wild bee

Photo: Pixabay

The environmental importance of bees cannot be overestimated—without this little creature to pollinate them, a large number of plants would not be able to bear fruit. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is not the only type of bee there is, however. Nationwide there are more than 500 species of bees...

22 March 2016|Press release

QS Subject Ranking 2016: Top placing for Universität Hamburg in physics, law, and the social sciences

Photo: QS

Universität Hamburg has been placed among the top ten German universities for 14 out of 30 subjects evaluated in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. The ranking was carried out by the company QS Quacquarelli Symonds on 22 March 2016. Six subjects improved on their previous year's rankings...

9 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

President Lenzen takes stock

Photo: Pressebild.de/Bertold Fabricius

To mark the beginning of his second term of office (2016–2022), the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, took stock today of the University's development over the last six years.

8 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Young researcher from Universität Hamburg travels to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Photo: DESY 2015, Lars Berg

Dr. Philipp Wessels from the Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (ZOQ) at Universität Hamburg, also a researcher in Prof. Dr. Klaus Sengstock's group in the cluster of excellence The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), will be taking part in this year's Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau.

7 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Completion of museum project on beating heart

Photo: Victoria Asschenfeldt

Children can learn how the human body works by reading books—or by exploring and researching a medical collection. For example, in the Museum of Medical History Hamburg's project on the beating heart entitled "Herzklopfen."

1 March 2016|Pressemitteilung

Bird crazy

Photo: Pixabay

Universität Hamburg's Center of Natural History (CeNak) invites the public to "Ornithomania: Geschichte einer besonderen Leidenschaft," which is part of the lecture series Literatur trifft Natur. The lecture on the history of ornithomania will take place on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 at 7 pm.

29 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Insgesamt 5,6 Millionen Euro für Vorhersagesystem zu Fischpopulationen

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In order to protect bodies of water and diverse species of fish from overfishing, the Europan Union establishes annual fishing quotes. Nonetheless, the EU commission warns that fishing stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, among others, are gravely endangered.

22 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Poisonous Plants

Photo: Von Wildfeuer - Eigenes Werk (own photo), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1341136

Laburnum, monk's hood, European spindle, and co.: to mark the beginning of spring, thirteen extremely poisonous plants are on show in a traveling exhibition in the Loki Schmidt House—Museum for Useful Plants, located in the Botanical Gardens of Universität Hamburg.

18 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Physics summit and discussion with the media at Universität Hamburg

Photo: DPG

From 29 February to 4 March 2016, physicists from all over the world will be meeting at Universität Hamburg. In cooperation with the Department of Physics, the Matter and Cosmos Section (SMuK) of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) will be holding their annual spring meeting...

17 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Good prospects for the future of wood economics program at the University

Photo: UHH

The president of Universität Hamburg has invited professors from wood economics and members of the dean's office of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences to an afternoon roundtable to discuss the future of the wood economics degree program.

11 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Breakthrough discovery: first direct observation of gravitational waves

Photo: von MoocSummers (Eigenes Werk) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

In 1916, Albert Einstein was the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves with his general theory of relativity. Now, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have captured the first direct evidence of these mysterious ripples in space-time with...

9 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Night of postponed term papers

Photo: UHH/Kranz

For the fifth time our motto is: get it over with and write! Students will learn how to overcome writer's block and stop procrastinating. Our "writers date" helps you meet peers. Come by for a stimulating and effective collaborative writing experience in a good atmosphere!

8 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

Hacker attacks University eLearning system CommSy

Photo: UHH

On 21 January 2016, the eLearning system CommSy (Community System) operated by the Regional Computing Center at Universität Hamburg (RRZ) experienced disruptions leading to a partial system shutdown. University IT specialists conducted a system analysis that showed CommSy had been hacked.

3 February 2016|Pressemitteilung

New international apartment house

Photo: Buchner Bründler Architekten (bloomimages)

At the behest of Prof. Dr. Lenzen, president of the University, Universität Hamburg initiated an architecture competition for a new guesthouse with 65 separate apartments to house doctoral students, visiting scholars, and newly appointed professors from abroad. Read on in German...

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