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27 June 2017|Campus

Pilot project: Universitätskolleg 2.0 introduces itself at annual conference

Gruppenbild vom Marktplatz der Jahrestagung des Universitätskollegs

Photo: UHH/Pinkert

World café and market square: for its first annual conference, the Universitätskolleg 2.0 chose an interactive approach that allowed for maximum exchange between the guests and academics taking part in the projects initiated in January 2017. [Read on in German]
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...
23 June 2017|Pressemitteilung

Roughly €3.7 million to research biological risks

Leiter der Forschergruppe, Dr. Gunnar Jeremias, und Stefan Müller, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär bei der Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung (v.l.)

Photo: BMBF/Luca Abbiento

A new junior research group at Universität Hamburg will be investigating biological risks and their effects on society. The interdisciplinary group (INFABRI) will be looking at ways to better predict the consequences of biological hazards. The first project, "Biological Hazards: Analysis and...
23 June 2017|Research

IT for people—a conversation with business informatics professor Prof. Dr. Eva Bittner

Prof. Dr. Eva Bittner

Photo: UHH/Nicolai

Prof. Dr. Eva Bittner investigates the way IT connects people, allows for the sharing of knowledge electronically, and makes decision-making processes such as urban planning more interactive. We spoke with the junior professor about her work and career plans. [Read on in German]
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|Pressemitteilung

Universität Hamburg confers Equal Opportunity Award 2017

Schuhpaare als Symbol für die Gleichstellung

Photo: UHH/Priebe

This year Prof. Dr. Nora Markard and her team at the Refugee Law Clinic and Prof. Dr. Martina Neuburger and her working group Geographies of Global Inequalities will receive the Equal Opportunity Award of Universität Hamburg for their outstanding committment to equal opportunity for refugees in...
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|Pressemitteilung

Public sustainability symposium at Universität Hamburg

Symposium zu Nachhaltigkeit

Photo: Anna Jimenez Calaf

Society’s new approach to sustainability is the focus of a public symposium in economics and the social sciences at Universität Hamburg. Eight researchers will be giving lectures and presentations to provide insight into their projects. Topics include the future of sustainability and the societal...
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...
20 June 2017|Research

President of the European Research Council at Universität Hamburg

Gruppenbild mit ERC-Präsident Bourguignon

Photo: UHH/Dingler

The president of the European Research Council (ERC), Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, visited the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg on 19 June. The CSMC has five ERC-funded research projects. In total, twenty-two ERC Research Grants have been awarded to...
19 June 2017|Pressemitteilung

10th anniversary of the European Research Council: Universität Hamburg takes stock

Logo des ERC

Photo: ERC

During his visit to Hamburg on 19 June 2017 to mark the 10th anniversary of the European Research Council (ERC), the ERC president Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (Brussels) will be visiting the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg. The Centre is home to five...
16 June 2017|Pressemitteilung

Vice president of Universität Hamburg confirmed in office

Prof. Dr. Susanne Rupp und Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: UHH/Schöttmer

The Academic Senate of Universität Hamburg has elected Prof. Dr. Susanne Rupp, vice president for studies and teaching to a second, three-year term of office in its regular meeting on 15 June 2017. [Read on in German . . .]
16 June 2017|Research

Miracle active agent T-705: the chemistry is not (quite) right

Dr. Johanna Huchting (links) und Prof. Dr. Chris Meier und

Photo: UHH/Franz

A well-known active agent could revolutionize the treatment of several diseases, however, its deployment continues to raise an increasing number of questions. A team of chemists at Universität Hamburg is currently conducting intensive research on T-705, which might even prove successful in treating...
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...
7 June 2017|Pressemitteilung

Trailblazing discovery: circular-polarized light creates oriented currents in nano-crystals

Abbildungen des neu beschriebenen Phänomens.

Photo: UHH/Klinke

Nano-crystals created in wet chemicals, meaning in a solution, can already be found in the latest TV screens or in image-making diagnostic procedures in medicine. A research group headed by PD Dr. Christian Klinke from the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Universität Hamburg has now demonstrated a...
6 June 2017|Pressemitteilung

Bronze artefacts from Benin: €274,000 for new project on post-colonial provenance research

Zwei der Benin-Bronzen

Photo: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe/Völkerkundemuseum Hamburg

Artefacts known as "Benin Bronzes" are among the most extraordinary from pre-colonial Africa. The bronzes have been dispersed around the world since 1897. A research team headed by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer, professor of African history in the History Department at Universität Hamburg, will now...
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...