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Confucius Institute at Universität Hamburg Receives
2011 Excellence Award
(21 December 2011)

In December the Hamburg Confucius Institute was distinguished with the Excellence Award 2011 at the Sixth Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing for its contribution to strengthening the relationship between Germany and China. Each year twenty Confucius Institutes from all over the world are awarded for their outstanding commitment. More...

Universität Hamburg's "University College" Successful in the Teaching Quality Pact
(13 December 2011)

The Joint Science Conference (GWK) announced today the results of the federal and state program for improving studying conditions and higher quality teaching (Teaching Quality Pact). Amongst those universities awarded funding is Universität Hamburg, which will recieve 12.8 million euros worth of funding over the next five years (2012-16) for its successful bid to establish a University College. More...

Cast Off for SHIPS: Hamburg Scientists on the Lookout for Hidden Photons - With a Sealed Telescope
(12 December 2011)

At the Hamburger Sternwarte the experiment SHIPS is breaking in a new era of astronomic observation: the search for hidden photons. Until now this class of elementary particles - potentially of fundamental physical and astrophysical importance - has been the subject of little research. Hidden photons are thought to be responsible for puzzling phenomena in the universe and might even be one of the components of the very mysterious dark matter. In order to investigate these elementary particles the SHIPS Team employs a special blacked-out telescope into which no light can enter. More...

50,000 Euros for Good Higher Education Teaching: Professor of Law at Universität Hamburg Distinguished by Stifterverband
(9 December 2011)

Professor Dr. Matthias Klatt from the School of Law at Universität Hamburg is to receive one of five Fellowships for Innovation in Higher Education Teaching provided by the Stifterverband. The fellowship is worth 50,000 euros. Prof. Klatt's outstanding teaching project "Basic Competency in Basic Law - Develop Responsibility!" exemplifies how problem-based learning methods can be applied to law degree programs. More...

Four New Research Projects at Universität Hamburg
(8 December 2011)

The Hamburg Research and Science Foundation has provided funding for six new research projects, four of which belong to Universität Hamburg. 3.8 million euros are now available as initial funding for research on cancer therapies, religions, computing for academic purposes, and for a graduate school for energy research. More...

Hamburg Lectures on Sustainability: The Honorable Businesswoman as New Ideal? Podium Discussion With Female Entrepreneurs at Universität Hamburg
(8 December 2011)

Responsible management is gaining currency as an important issue. However, it is the figure of the "honorable business woman" that is increasingly coming to represent this ideal. Is it easier for women to integrate concepts of sustainability into the way they manage their companies?
As a part of the Hamburg Lectures on Sustainability, the economist Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen from Universität Hamburg will discuss this question with three female managers committed to sustainability on 15 December at 4.15 p.m.. More...

Talk: The Iranian Government and the Internet -
Lead-in to the New Hamburg Talk Series "Transatlantic Talks"
(1 December 2011)

The International Media Center Hamburg (IMCH), a journalism and communication project at Universität Hamburg, starts off a new event entitled "Transatlantic Talks" in December. The series of talks is devoted to current issues in the German and US American media. The internet theorist Cyrus Farivar will lead in the series with a talk on the changes to internet usage in Iran as well as on the origins of the Iranian web on Thursday 8 December 2011: "The Iranian Government and the Internet". More...

Universität Hamburg Awarded Distinction "Diverse Excellence 2011"
(24 November 2011)

In the Center for Higher Education's special assessment, published today, Universität Hamburg has been ranked as particularly strong in the following research areas: English and American studies, management (BWL), economics (VWL) and education. Economics also recieved a distinction for its internationally and application-oriented teaching and research. More...

A Century of Astrophotography at the Hamburger Sternwarte in Bergedorf
(24 November 2011)

In 1911 the first photographs of the heavens were captured from the top of Gojen Hill in Bergedorf. To celebrate this event the observatory has assembled an online database of historic astrophotographs. More...

Young Researchers From 43 Countries Meet at Universität Hamburg
(18 November 2011)

150 international scholarship holders of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be guests of Universität Hamburg from 23 to 25 November. The young researchers from forty-three countries will convene in the Main Building of the University for a networking conference. More...

Public Anniversary Celebrations: 40 Years of Informatics at Universität Hamburg
(14 November 2011)

The Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg warmly invites the public to attend its fortieth birthday celebrations entitled "Informatics Shapes the Future - 40 Years of Informatics at Universität Hamburg" on 18 November 2011 from 10.30 a.m. onwards. More...

Distinction for the President of Universität Hamburg
(11 November 2011)

Today the French ambassador in Germany, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, awarded the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, the title of Commandeur des Palmes académiques in a ceremony at the French Consulate General in Hamburg. The "Order of Academic Palms" is the highest distinction bestowed by the French Ministry of Higher Education for services to the French education system. More...

Elementary Particle Physics: New Emmy Noether Group to Investigate Structure of Matter at Universität Hamburg
(1 November 2011)

A new Emmy Noether Junior Research Group starts up in November at Universität Hamburg. The physicist Dr. Alexander Schmidt was awarded this distinction by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will bring max. 1.2 million euros worth of funding to Hamburg. More...

Students Research the Starry Sky Above Mallorca: Festive Inauguration of Telescope
(27 October 2011)

Students of astronomy and astrophysics at the Hamburger Sternwarte at Universität Hamburg are now able to observe the stars above Mallorca. The University recently began operating a teaching and training telescope on the island that, following a successful test phase, will be festively inaugurated on 28 October at 5 p.m. Computers located in a specially constructed observer room in the Sternwarte precinct in Hamburg-Bergedorf steer the telescope. More...

WOCE Atlas of Atlantic Ocean Complete
(26 October 2011)

Scientists from Universität Hamburg and Moscow together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Office have presented a unique collection of cartographical material. For the first time since completion of the so-called World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) some ten years ago, the researchers have been able to record the results of the experiment in detailed maps. WOCE is probably the most comprehensive oceanographic measurement program ever carried out. More...

Public Conference on History of Housing Cooperatives -
Prelude to UNO International Year of Cooperatives
(25 October 2011)

The Research Center for the History of Cooperatives in the Department of History at Universität Hamburg would like to warmly invite interested members of the public to attend the conference "History and the Potential of Self-Help: The Housing Cooperatives" from 28.-29.10.2011 at the Museum of Work. More...

Intelligent Robots: EU Funds Project to Develop Robots
That Learn Autonomously
(25 October 2011)

The European Union has authorized research funding of around three million euros for the international project "Robustness by Autonomous Competence Enhancement" (RACE) headed up by the Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg. Professors Jianwei Zhang and Bernd Neumann will manage the project that aims to develop a robot capable of experience and using what it has learned in future situations. More...

Understanding Informatics: Award-Winning Exhibition "Adventure into Informatics" Comes to Hamburg
(24 October 2011)

Thanks to an initiative in the Department of Education, the TU Darmstadt's award-winning exhibition "Adventure into Informatics" will be open to the public in the Billstedt-Center Hamburg from 31 October to 8 November 2011. In order to explain what informatics is and how it is useful, the exhibition makes use of tactile and simple props, such as pencils, scissors, paper and cardboard. More...

Arne Burda New Managing Director of WiSo School
(21 October 2011)

The new managing director of the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences is Arne Burda. As of 1 December, he will assume responsibility for the administration of one of Germany's largest faculties, numbering some 10,000 students and 100 professors, at an immensely challenging point in time. Over the next three years, the School will have to recruit some thirty new professors to fill vacant posts. More...

Joint Press Release from Universität Hamburg and the Hamburg Senate: Agreement Reached for Universität Hamburg - Senate and Presidium Agree on Security of Budget
(21 October 2011)

The Hamburg Senate and the Presidium of Universität Hamburg have agreed upon a long-term arrangement designed to provide the University with planning certainty in the future. The minister for science, Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, and the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, signed the agreement in the Town Hall today. Through this agreement, the Senate plans to secure reliable funding for Universität Hamburg. More...

Public Ceremony: Department of Psychology Celebrates 100 Years
(20 October 2011)

In 2011 the Department of Psychology at Universität Hamburg looks back on one hundred years of history. The Psychological Laboratory was established as a part of the Philosophical Seminar in Hamburg by the experimental psychologist Ernst Meumann eight years prior to the actual founding of the University in 1919. More...

Poster Exhibition: "MegaCities in South-East Asia"
(17 October 2011)

The Institute for Geography at Universität Hamburg is holding a poster and photo exhibition on "MegaCities in South-East Asia" in cooperation with the South-East Asian Information Office (Asiahouse, Essen) and the Association of Pacific Studies from 18.10 - 05.12.2011 in the foyer of the Geomatikum at Universität Hamburg (Bundesstr. 55). More...

Researchers Develop Innovative Food and Feed from Native Legumes
(13 October 2011)

Today the federal minister Ilse Aigner officially handed over funding in the order of 2.1 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) to the joint project "LeguAN". The research project, coordinated by the Institute of Food Chemistry at Universität Hamburg, aims to develop efficient and market-oriented production processes for innovative foodstuffs and animal feed using native legumes such as peas and beans. More...

Exploring Nerve Cells: Biochemist Establishes New Emmy Noether Young Researcher Group at Universität Hamburg
(12 October 2011)

Junior Professor Dr Andrea Rentmeister from the Department of Chemistry has been accepted onto the German Research Foundation's Emmy Noether Program. This program supports outstanding young researchers by enabling them to lead their own junior research group, which qualifies them for roles in academic management. More...

Körber Foundation Funds Young Researchers at Universität Hamburg
(11 October 2011)

The Körber Foundation has provided Universität Hamburg with 300,000 euros for its young researchers in the Körber Young Scholars' Fund. Doctoral students can draw on these funds to organize conferences or workshops in their individual fields of research. More...

Matriculation Ceremony at Universität Hamburg with Giovanni di Lorenzo – Chief Editor of DIE ZEIT Opens the Winter Semester
(10 October 2011)

"Don't be scared of defeat! A few words of encouragement" is the title of the lecture that chief editor Giovanni die Lorenzo gave at the matriculation ceremony Universität Hamburg on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 in the Audimax. More...

50 Years of University Concerts: Musicians Wanted for
Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem
(29 September 2011)

To celebrate their fiftieth anniversary the Universität Hamburg choir and orchestra are set to perform Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem on 29 January 2012 in the Laeiszhalle. Both ensembles are looking to recruit additional musicians (students as well as interested members of the public) for this major musical event numbering around 250 performers. Rehearsals commence 18 October 2011. More...

25 Years RV METEOR - Research Vessel to Celebrate Birthday in Hamburg
(26 September 2011)

Serving science and scholarship for twenty-five years: To mark this birthday, the Universität Hamburg operated research vessel METEOR will set sail for her home port of Hamburg and dock at the Überseebrücke at 12 p.m. on 30 September 2011. The ship will be open to the public during the two Open Ship days. More...

Journalism Journal message Comes to Universität Hamburg:
Prof. Dr. Volker Lilienthal New Co-Editor
(21 September 2011)

The international journalism journal message is moving from Leipzig to Hamburg in 2012. Its new home will be the Rudolf Augstein Founding Professorial Chair at Universität Hamburg. Prof. Dr. Volker Lilienthal, who holds this endowed professorship devoted to quality journalism, will join the editorial board and assume responsibility for the journal's operative aspects. More...

Largest Ever Range of Courses on Universität Hamburg's Continuing Education Program
(19 September 2011)

The Center for University Continuing Education at Universität Hamburg (AWW)has almost 400 events and courses on offer in winter semester 2011/12 - the most comprehensive program of contact studies for mature adults yet. More...

Scientists Discuss the Limits of Human Intervention in Nature
(15 September 2011)

To what extent humankind is able to manipulate nature and the price that it will probably have to pay for doing so will be discussed by distinguished scientists at the international symposium "Limits to the Anthropocene", which takes place 22-24 September 2011 at Universität Hamburg's KlimaCampus. The event will open on 22 September at 18:00 with a public lecture by Nobel Prize winner Paul J. Cruzen. More...

Children on the Science Trail: Ninth Kids' Uni Commences with "Why Does Our Heart Beat?"
(14 September 2011)

What, how, why? Children are simply full of questions. In the ninth Hamburg Kids' Uni scholars and scientists explain to young students aged between eight and twelve years a few things about deep-sea fish, storing energy or life in the Middle Ages and tell of the fascinating discoveries they have made during the course of their research. More...

Chemistry for Everyone: Universität Hamburg Invites You to Chemistry Week and Open Day
(13 September 2011)

In 2011 the General Assembly of the UN opened the International Year of Chemistry under the motto "Chemistry – our life, our future". To mark the occasion the Department of Chemistry at Universität Hamburg is holding Chemistry Week from 19-23 September and Open Day on 24 September. More...

Strong Magnetic Fields Evidently Originated Shortly After Big Bang
(8 September 2011)

An international research collaboration, to which the Hamburg astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Robi Banerjee belongs, has found that strong magnetic fields were probably already in existence in the universe shortly after the big bang. This has enabled scientists to explain where the magnetic fields observed in and between galaxies come from and what kind of effect they have within the universe. More...

Summer Sea Ice in Arctic: New Minus Record Anticipated
(5 September 2011)

The summer sea ice coverage in the Arctic will most likely recede to the record low of 2007 or even lower. Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Gerdes, sea ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Ocean Research in the Helmholtz Association stated at an Arctic workshop in Bremen on Monday that all the signs point to a very low minimum for September. Prof. Dr. Lars Kaleschke from the KlimaCampus at Universität Hamburg is also expecting substantial ice loss based upon his statistical analysis. More...

Federal Excellence Initiative: Universität Hamburg in Running with Two Applications in Climate Studies and Physics
(31 August 2011)

Universität Hamburg yesterday submitted two applications for excellence clusters in the continuing phase of the Federal and State Excellence Initiative. The two submissions are the start-up application from the disciplines physics, chemistry and biology entitled "Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging: Structure, Dynamics and Control of Materials on the Atomic Scale" and the continuation application for the Climate Cluster "Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP)". More...

Research Training Group Islamic Theology:
Young Scholar Researchs Feminist Islamic Theology
(22 August 2011)

Through her research into feminist Islamic theology in Arabic countries and in Germany, the young Hamburg scholar Noha Abdel-Hady is striking out onto largely new academic terrain. As of this fall Abdel-Hady will research at the Academy for World Religions at Universität Hamburg as a member of the inter-institutional Research Training Group Islamic Theology. More...

Universität Hamburg Ranked Third on Equal Opportunity for Women
(29 July 2011)

The recently published University Ranking carried out by the Center of Excellence Women in Science (CEWS) attests to Universität Hamburg's particular success in the area of equal opportunity. More...

New Discovery in Magnetism:
Hamburg Physicists Succeed in Manipulating Magnets
(21 July 2011)

A group of scientists lead by Prof. Dr. Klaus Sengstock at the Insitute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg has been successful in freely manipulating the orientation of magnets trapped in an optical lattice. The group's latest discoveries have been published in the online issue of Science. More...

Record Number of Applicants to Universität Hamburg
(19 July 2011)

It was all over at midnight on 15 July: For those who had not yet applied for a place at Universität Hamburg, it was too late. For the other 53,314 applicants (of which 44,188 are prospective first-year students), the wait begins. Offers of a place are expected to be made to prospective first-year students on 17 August and to those applying for master's programs on 24 August. More...

QS World University Ranking:
Universität Hamburg Moves Up Thirty Places
(6 July 2011)

In 2010 Universität Hamburg was able to greatly improve its standing in the „QS World University Ranking by Subject“ (published 5 July 2011). Now ranked overall 242 in the world (2009 ranked 272), Universität Hamburg occupies place 13 amongst German universities (2009 ranked 16). More...

Exhibition in Loki Schmidt House:
Harvesting Resin in Germany - From Tap to Raw Resin
(5 July 2011)

The Loki Schmidt House, the museum for farmed plants in the Botanical Garden of Universität Hamburg, opens its travelling exhibition Harvesting Resin in Germany - From Tap to Raw Resin on Sunday 20 July at 2 p.m. More...

International – Multidisciplinary - Multicultural:
DAAD Scholarship Holders Meet at Universität Hamburg
(4 July 2011)

From 8-10 July 2011 Universität Hamburg is host to the last of five meetings held at various institutions by the DAAD this year for its scholarship holders from abroad. Five hundred young scholars from over ninety countries will convene in Hamburg for the opening celebration on 8 July. More...

Innovative Teaching: Congratulations to Winners of
Hamburg Teaching Prize
(29 June 2011)

Six faculty members at Universität Hamburg were awarded the Hamburg Teaching Prize, each worth 10,000 euros, on Tuesday 28 June. Hamburg's senator for science and scholarship, Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, commented that "inspiring students is, for me, the main aspect of good teaching." That they mastered well; there were all in all seventeen winners from across Hamburg. Congratulations from Universität Hamburg! More...

Hamburg School of Food Science Founded
(29 June 2011)

On 5 July the Hamburg School of Food Science (HSFS) will open at Universität Hamburg. The HSFS will serve as a platform for outstanding training programs and research in the field of food science, focusing in particular on food safety, nutritional biochemistry and the food industry. More...

Migrants and Disability – More Job Participation
(28 June 2011)

Universität Hamburg is home to Hamburg's inaugural network and research center investigating the participation of disabled and chronically ill migrants in the workforce. As of 1 July 2011, the European Social Fund and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg will provide the practically orientated academic project with 250,000 euros worth of funding over a period of two years. More...

Thailand's Crown Princess to Visit Universität Hamburg
(27 June 2011)

On Wednesday 29 June 2011 Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will visit Hamburg on the invitation of the honorary consul general to the Kingdom of Thailand Wolfgang Krohn. Her program commences with a visit of the Asien-Afrika-Institut at Universität Hamburg. More...

Karl H. Ditze Prize for Outstanding Theses in the Humanities
(27 June 2011)

The Karl H. Ditze Foundation in Hamburg will award the Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses in the humanities at Universität Hamburg for the tenth year in a row. Four young scholars from the Department of Protestant Theology and the Department of Asian and African Studies will receive this distinction on Monday 4 July 2011. More...

Uni-wide Plenary Assembly on Planned Budget Cuts: 30 June, 12 p.m.
(27 June 2011)

On Thursday 30 June at 12 p.m. students and all other members of the University, the academic faculty and the technical and administrative staff (TVP) are urged to attend a plenary assembly. The meeting will take place in the Audimax. Participants will be able to obtain up-to-date information on the status of discussions over the future of the University budget and get involved in discussions on up-coming developments. More...

2011 Women's Advancement Prize Awarded to Equal Opportunities
Team in School of Medicine
(23 June 2011)

Universität Hamburg will award the fifteenth Women's Advancement Prize, worth 10,000 euros, for outstanding and sustainable involvement in programs advancing the status of women at the University. This year the distinction goes to the Equal Opportunities Team in the School of Medicine. More...

Universität Hamburg Awarded ECOPROFIT Environmental Certificate
(22 June 2011)

Today Universität Hamburg was distinguished for participating in the ECOPROFIT program's environmental audit. More...

New Professor of Islamic Studies at Academy of World Religions, Universität Hamburg
(22 June 2011)

Professor Katajun Amirpur has been appointed to the professorial chair in Islamic studies and Islamic theology at Universität Hamburg's  Academy of World Religions. The inauguration of this chair marks a brand new approach in Germany: to teach and research Islam as a contribution to the interreligious dialog in modern societies. More...

Public Conference: Eating Meat - The Social Relationship Between Humans and Animals and the Significance of Meat
(21 June 2011)

The Department of Social Sciences and the Group for Society and Animals Studies (GSA) at the Universität Hamburg invite the public to attend the conference Eating Meat on 1 July 2011. The conference will address the relationship society has with animals and the significance of eating meat. More...

University Summer Concert: A Stroll Through the Romantic Era
(21 June 2011)

This year's University Summer Concert on 3 July, under the baton of University Music Director Prof. Bruno de Greeve, features works by the famous romantic composers Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Bruckner and Franz List. More...

Performance Studies at Kampnagel: Students Present Final Projects
(20 June 2011)

Graduates of the master's program in performance studies at the Universität Hamburg will display their artistic final projects at Kampnagel each evening at 7 p.m. from Monday 27 June to Thursday 30 June. More...

Academic Senate Elections: Third Term of Office for Vice President Fischer and Election of New Equal Opportunities Officer
(9 June 2011)

Vice President Prof. Dr. Holger Fischer was confirmed by the Academic Senate today, 9 June 2011, for a further term of office. The Academic Senate acted thus in accordance with a proposal put forward by University President Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen. Fischer, a scholar of Finno-Ugric studies, has been part of University Management since April 2003 and is responsible for studies and teaching. The political scientist Dr. Silvia Lange (equal opportunities officer at the University of Hildesheim since 2007) was also elected as the new equal opportunities officer at Universität Hamburg. More...

Protest Campaign Against Senate Funding Cuts:
"Uni Goes Public" and "Testimonial Campaign"
(6 June 2011)

Universität Hamburg announces two campaigns planned by the Office for Extraordinary Measures (B.U.M.) in reaction to the Hamburg Senate's planned funding cuts. Under the motto "Uni goes public", the University is holding a series of scheduled lectures in public spaces across Hamburg. All of Hamburg is warmly invited to attend. During the "Testimonial Campaign", you can also make your voice heard for a strong Universität Hamburg. More...

Lecture Series Hamburg Lectures on Sustainability: "A University for the Environmental Century"
(6 June 2011)

Scientist and politician, Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, will speak in a public lecture on "A University for the Environmental Century". Weiszäcker argues that the "environmental century" has supplanted the "economic century". His lecture explores the following questions: How does the Zeitgeist influence universities? And what changes does the university have to make in the face of the current environmental crisis? Wednesday 8 June 2011 at 6 p.m. in the Main Building of the Universität Hamburg. More...

Media Interest in Climate Change: EU and USA Demonstrate Similar Reactions
(6 June 2011)

The number of articles in the press on climate change has increased four to eight-fold since 1996. As demonstrated in a study conducted by the KlimaCampus at the Universität Hamburg, the level of media interest in European and North American countries has followed a similar developmental trend. Other countries in Asia, Africa, South America or the Middle East have not shown such transnational conformance. More...

President of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, Comments on Media Reports from 28.05.2011
(28 May 2011)

I note with immense joy and satisfaction that responsible politicians in the SPD fraction have distanced themselves from the planned cuts to science and scholarship and have, furthermore, taken up my proposal to develop a masterplan to provide a long-term perspective for science and scholarship in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. More...

Great Success for Universität Hamburg:
German Research Foundation Grants Three

Collaborative Research Centers to Universität Hamburg
(25 May 2011)

The German Research Foundation (DFG) decided yesterday to approve three collaborative research centers (SFBs) with a total funding volume of around 28 million Euros at the Universität Hamburg. The three collaborative research centers are: SFB 925 "Light-induced dynamic and control of correlated quantum systems", SFB 936 "Multi-site communication in the brain - Funktionelle Kopplung neuronaler Aktivität im Zentralnervensystem" and SFB 950 "Manuscript cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe". More...

"HumanMicrobe" at Universität Hamburg –
Travelling Exhibition on Infectious Disease Research Arrives in the North
(25 May 2011)

Discover the exciting world of bacteria, viruses and parasites from 1 July 2011 in the travelling exhibition "HumanMicrobe - The Legacy of Robert Koch and Modern Infectious Disease Research" at the Universität Hamburg. The pictorial and interactive exhibits encourage visiters to learn about these tiny masters of survival by touching, testing, reading and listening. More...

Kanzlerin Confirmed in Office by University Council
(25 May 2011)

During its 32nd meeting University Council reelected the Kanzlerin of the Universität Hamburg, Dr. Katrin Vernau, for a further term of office. The chair, Prof. Albrecht Wagner, congratulated the Kanzlerin on her election and will inform the senator for science and research of the result without delay for the purposes of reappointment. More...

Certified Family-Friendly:
Universität Hamburg Awarded the Certification Family-Friendly Higher Education Audit in Berlin
(25 May 2011)

On Wednesday 25 May the vice-president for studies and teaching at the Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Holger Fischer, accepted the highly respected certification Family-Friendly Higher Education Audit. The certification distinguishes the University as an institution with active policies encouraging family-friendly conditions for both staff and students. More...

Position of University Council on Senate's Decision to
Cut Funding to Science and Scholarship
(24 May 2011)

In its 32nd session today University Council discussed the situation arising out of the decision to cut funding to higher education and reached the following decision: In reference to both the press release from 22.11.11 and its legal responsibility for the Universität Hamburg, University Council concludes that the planned cuts present a danger for the University. More...

Open Letter to the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
(23 May 2011)

In response to cuts threatening science and scholarship, the members of the University's decision-making bodies - University Council, the Academic Senate, University Management and the Deans' Offices - have addressed an open letter to the first mayor of Hamburg. Click here to view the letter (PDF)...

Public Lecture: "Sustainable Hamburg - Sustainable Science and Scholarship: Perspectives for the European Green Capital 2011"
(19 May 2011)

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, president of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, will speak on the subject of "Sustainable Hamburg - Sustainable Science and Scholarship" on Thursday 26 May 2011 at 7 p.m. as part of the lecture series "Hamburg Lectures on Sustainability". More...

Panel Discussion: "Electricity from the Desert - New Perspectives for a Sustainable Partnership"
(17 May 2011)

As a part of the lecture series "Hamburg Lectures on Sustainability", the Universität Hamburg and the German Electron Syncrotron DESY will hold a public discussion with a panel of well-known experts on the subject of "Electricity from the Desert" on Wednesday 18 May 2011 at 7 p.m. More...

Yû Miri Reads From Prize-Winning Novel "Goldrush"
(16 May 2011)

The Department of Asia-Africa Studies warmly invites you to attend the reading by author Yû Miri on Thursday 19 May 2011 at 7 - 9 p.m. (languages are German and Japanese). Miri's novel "Goldrush" provides an insight into the abyss of youth violence through the story of a boy who, after killing his father, attempts to take over his game arcade. More...

President of the Universität Hamburg: "I do not intend to leave the University."
(13 May 2011)

Celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the University Main Building took place today. In front of over 300 guests from both the city and the University the president Prof. Dieter Lenzen stated once again that he has no intention of leaving the Universität Hamburg because of the planned budget cuts. More...

University States Its Demands of the New Senate
(13 May 2011)

The development of research, teaching and education at the Universität Hamburg has been hindered by permanent underfinancing and through the numerous regulations underlying the new Higher Education Law. The Academic Senate has sought to counter the situation on several occasions with its own rulings and has pleaded for a change of course. Universität Hamburg has formulated its expectations of the newly elected Senate of the City of Hamburg below. More...

Resolution of the Academic Senate of the Universität Hamburg
(12 May 2011)

The Academic Senate of the Universität Hamburg is appalled by the budget cuts planned by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and has reached the conclusion that the Hamburg Senate appears to have departed from its plans to maintain, and indeed its promise to encourage the growth of science and scholarship in Hamburg. More...

Prof. Brian Foster Takes on Humboldt Professorship in Hamburg
(12 May 2011)

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will award its Humboldt Professorships in Berlin today. The British particle physicist Prof. Brian Foster is one of the eight award winners. He will join the DESY research center and the Universität Hamburg, where he has been called to the Chair for Experimental Physics with a focus on "Acccelerators for Highest Energies". More...

Universität Hamburg on Planned Cuts to Science and Scholarship by Hamburg Senate
(11 May 2011)

Universität Hamburg has been forced to acknowledge that the Hamburg Senate wants to slash the budget of the city's universities by between 6-10%, although spending on the rest of the city will rise by 1%. The University's position on the cuts can be found here...

Invitation to Celebrate 100 Years of the Main Building
at the Universität Hamburg
(10 May 2011)

On 13 May the University will celebrate 100 years to the day that Hamburg's citizens presented the University with its Main Building. In light of this occasion the lecture theaters H and K will renamed after the social economist Eduard Heimann and the lawyer and peace researcher Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy. All citizens are warmly invited to attend. More...

State University Conference Takes Position on Planned Funding Cuts
(9 May 2011)

Chair of the State University Conference and president of the HAW Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Michael Stawicki, and president of the Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, will declare their position on funding cuts in a press conference on Wednesday. The Kanzlerin of the Universität Hamburg, Dr. Katrin Vernau, will explain the magnitude of these cuts for Hamburg's universities. More...

Allergies Through Wrong Nutrition? - Event Series "Nutrition and Health" of the Food Health Academy Commences
(3 May 2011)

Chicken eggs, cow's milk, soya, peanuts - delicious and healthy? Not for everyone. Hyper-sensitivities and allergies to foodstuffs are becoming increasingly problematic. Science and the food industry face the challenge of developing safe and meaningful ways of labelling allergens. This issue will kick off the latest event series of the Food and Health Academy (FHA) at the Universität Hamburg. More...

Dieter Lenzen Confirmed as Vice President of the German Rectors' Conference
(3 May 2011)

The general meeting of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) has confirmed Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, President of the Universität Hamburg, as the Vice Presdient of the HRK for the second time running. Lenzen has presided over this office, in which he deals with the issue of "internationality", since 2007. More...

Exhibition Opening: Barrier-free University
(2 May 2011)

An exhibition in the Audimax will display designs for a barrier-free learning and research house on the campus of the Universität Hamburg – for both the disabled and the able-bodied. The project is a cooperation between the Center for Disability Studies (ZeDiS) at the Universität Hamburg and the HafenCity Universität. You are warmly invited to attend the opening on Tuesday 3 May at 6 p.m. More...

In Memory of Hamburg's Last Chief Rabbi:
Universität Hamburg Awards the Fourth Joseph Carlebach Prize
(27 April 2011)

In memory of the life and work of Dr. Joseph Carlebach (1883-1942), the last Chief Rabbi in Altona and Hamburg prior to his deportation to Riga in 1941, the Universität Hamburg will award the Joseph-Carlebach Prize to outstanding contributions to scholarship on Jewish history, religion and culture for the fourth time. More...

Female Fraduates as Young Managers for Business:
Initial Results of the Mentoring Project UNICA
(26 April 2011)

Universität Hamburg and the University Association Hamburg invite you to participate in a presentation and panel discussion over the use of mentoring for prospective young, female managers on 10 May 2011 at 6 p.m. in the Guest House, Universität Hamburg. More...

The Market in Online Poker: 6 Million Players Lose 3.6 Billion US Dollars Annually
(20 April 2011)

Researchers from the Department of Business Administration at the Universität Hamburg have compiled the first ever reliable data on the market in online poker. The study, funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, tracked the origin and behavior of some 4.6 million player identities over a period of six months. More...

Universität Hamburg and the Aby Warburg Foundation
Award Third Martin Warnke Medal
(18 April 2011)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Professor at the University for Design in Karlsruhe will receive the Martin Warnke Medal on 20 April 2011. As Director of the Aby Warburg Foundation, the Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt will give the welcome speech. The President of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dieter Lenzen, will follow with a congratulatory speech and present the medal. More...

„Hamburg: My Port of Literature" – Public Lecture Series for the
Inaugural Guest Professorship in Intercultural Poetry
(12 April 2011)

As of summer semester 2011 the well known author Yoko Tawada will take up the very first Guest Professorship in Intercultural Poetry at the Institute for German Studies II, Universität Hamburg. Initiated by Prof. Dr. Ortrud Gutjahr and supported by the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius, the series encompasses several public lectures and events united under the theme of "Hamburg: My Port of Literature". More...

Students from Universität Hamburg Investigate the
Geological History of the Alster Valley
(11 April 2011)

Five students from Universität Hamburg are investigating the nature of sediments in the Outer Alster as part of their bachelors' theses. As well as examining the sediments according to the very latest scientific methods, the project aims to trace the geological development of the Alster Valley together with the changes taken place since the last investigation in the 1970s. More...

Hamburger Abendblatt Publishes Special Supplement
On Universität Hamburg
(8 April 2011)

The UHH and the Hamburger Abendblatt have jointly developed a special supplement issue which will accompany the regular newspaper on 8 April 2011. The eight-page special will examine educational-political issues, interesting research and everyday life at the University. Universität Hamburg, the "Uni for All", introduces itself and explains how children and senior citizens too can pursue university studies. A further central issue of this publication is the Bologna Reform. More...

Deaf Sign Language Interpreters: A Chance For the Deaf
First Round of Graduates at Universität Hamburg
(7 April 2011)

Universität Hamburg farewells the first 16 graduates of its unique program of continuing education for deaf sign interpreters - the only of its kind in Germany. The native German, Russian and Turkish signers participating in the program are able to interpret professionally between German sign and another sign language as well as between written and signed German. More...

DAAD Funds Doctoral Program in Law and Economics
(6 April 2011)

The tri-national doctoral program "European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE)" at the Universität Hamburg has received funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) program "Pursuing an International Doctorate in Germany (IPID)". EDLE was chosen from over 160 applications as the only program offered within a law faculty. More...

Japan Weeks Commence at the Universität Hamburg
(5 April 2011)

Japan and Germany have nurtured a close partnership over the past 150 years, not least in the area of science and scholarship. To mark this anniversary a number of universities across Germany are planning "Japan Weeks". To start off this special event, the Universität Hamburg is holding a public symposium from 12-14 April. More...

New Practical Teaching Experience for Education Students: Close Link Between Theory and Practice on Hamburg's Teacher Training Courses
(31 March 2011)

The redesigned practical teaching experience commences on 4 April for students on Hamburg's consecutive bacherlor's and master's teacher training degree programs. As of summer semester 2011 all students registered on the master's program in teacher training will complete their year-long "core practical teaching experience" at the University, a school in Hamburg and the State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development. More...

Store Cards: Data Protection Not Important to Shoppers
(30 March 2011)

A research team at the Institute for European Cultural Anthropology has published the results of a study on store cards and consumer behavior. The study found that each German citizen has around four store cards in his or her wallet. Consumers, however, do not heed warnings and criticisms from data and consumer protection agencies because aspects such as shopping, discounts and emotions dominate their attitudes towards storecards. More...

Public Lecture Series: Diability Without Disabled!?
(29 March 2011)

The Center for Disability Studies (ZeDiS) in the School of Education, Psychology and Human Movement invites you to attend its lectures series "Disability Without Disabled!? Perspectives in Disability Studies" each Monday from 4.30-6.00pm in the Main University Building, West Wing Annexe, Room 221. Lectures commence on 4 April 2011. More...

International Conference: Regenerative Energy Using Liquid Crystals
(28 March 2011)

Liquid crystals can be used to produce renewable energy in photo-voltaic systems. The Department of Chemistry at the Universität Hamburg and the Research Center Borstel will devote the upcoming "German Liquid Crystal Conference" (30 March to 1 April 2011) to the use of liquid crystals in this and other areas. More...

New Internet Presence: Knowledge Transfer Area "Multilingualism" Pools Services for Practical Application
(24 March 2011)

To encourage multilingualism researchers from the knowledge transfer area of the Special Research Field 538 "Multilingualism" have developed numerous concepts and applications for implementation in the areas of education, health and economics between 2007 and 2011. Advising, training sessions, interpreting and translating guidance as well as reports and publications may now be requested as a set over the Research Field's new internet pages. More...

Responsibly Ensuring Quality of Speech Development
(23 March 2011)

The research initiative on speech diagnostics and language development (FiSS) co-ordinated by the Universität Hamburg will discuss new findings in the area of language acquisition in children and teenagers at its annual conference on 28-29 March in Hamburg. FiSS found, for example, that the acquisition of advanced and complex language skills, such as elucidating, explaning and arguing, do not take place in linear sequence. More...

The Public Lecture Series Celebrates 100th Birthday of the Main University Building with Special Event Program
(9 March 2011)

The Public Lecture Series at the Universität Hamburg will offer more than 200 lectures on current issues in research and teaching in the summer semester 2011 unter the motto "Centenary of the Main University Building - Home of the Public Lecture Series". All Hamburg residents are cordially invited to attend these free events commencing in April. More...

Students at the Universität Hamburg Start "Hamburg Histories" Blog
(8 March 2011)

The historical landscape in Hamburg is getting a new media platform. The history blog and podcast "Hamburg Histories" will present articles on Hamburg's exciting and varied past. The online project was created by 13 undergraduate students at the Universität Hamburg as part of a project management seminar in the Department of History. More...

Press Release:
Universität Hamburg on the Interim Results of the Excellence Initiative
(2 March 2011)

Universität Hamburg will proceed into the second round of the application phase of the Federal and State Excellence Initiative with a cluster in Physics. The cluster proposal is entitled "Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging – Structure, Dynamics and Control of Matter at the Atomic Scale" (Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne Miller and Prof. Dr. Horst Weller). More...

New Dean of the School of Humanities
(1 March 2011)

On 1 March 2011 Prof. Dr. Oliver Huck assumed office as the Dean of the School of Humanities. He was elected by the School's Council on 9 February 2011 and the University management confirmed the election. More...

Alexander Fisher New Managing Director of the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
(17 February 2011)

As of 1 April 2011 Dr Alexander Fisher is the new Managing Director of the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the Universität Hamburg. The Council of the School decided unanimously to appoint Dr Fisher in early February. More...

First Global Geochemical Map of Earth's Surface: The Earth's Surface and Crust Are Not In Equilibrium
(9 February 2011)

The top layer of the Earth's continental crust demonstrates a different chemical make-up to that of deeper parts of the crust. A recently published study by the KlimaCampus at the Universität Hamburg has for the first time compared the relatively thin layer at the surface with the entire upper crust. The results: Mildly weathered rocks are more frequently found at the Earth's surface than in deeper layers. The new data is important for models used to research geo-historical climate change. More...

Öffentliche Antrittsvorlesung:
Wie kann das Klimaproblem nachhaltig gelöst werden?
(8. Februar 2011)

Hermann Held, Professor für „Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung“ an der Universität Hamburg und Leiter der gleichnamigen Forschungsstelle am Zentrum für Meeres- und Klimaforschung, hält einen öffentlichen Vortrag zum Thema: „Wie kann das Klimaproblem nachhaltig gelöst werden?“ am Donnerstag, dem 10. Februar 2011, um 19.30 Uhr. Gleichzeitig ist diese Vorlesung der Auftakt zur neuen Vortragsreihe „Hamburger Vorträge zur Nachhaltigkeit“, die von der Universität ins Leben gerufen wurde, um das Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit der interessierten Hamburger Öffentlichkeit vorzustellen. Mehr...

Raucherentwöhnungsstudie startet an der Universität Hamburg – Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer gesucht
(25. Januar 2011)

Die Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft führt bis Juli 2012 in Kooperation mit dem Universitätsklinikum Tübingen eine Therapiestudie zum Vergleich der Wirksamkeit unterschiedlicher Raucherentwöhnungsprogramme durch. Raucherinnen und Raucher, die das Rauchen aufgeben möchten, sind herzlich eingeladen, an dieser Studie teilzunehmen. Mehr...

Winter-Universitätskonzert 2011
(20. Januar 2011)

Chor und Orchester der Universität Hamburg laden herzlich ein zu: "Johannes Brahms – Nänie/Schicksalslied" und "Hans Gál – De Profundis" am Sonntag, dem 30. Januar 2011, um 19.30 Uhr in der Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal. Mehr...

Verstärkte Praxisbezüge in den Studiengängen der Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft
(18. Januar 2011)

Seit der Umstellung auf das Bachelor- und Masterstudiensystem hat die Fakultät verschiedene Neuerungen eingeführt, die wissenschaftliches und praktisches Wissen miteinander vernetzen. Heute, am 18. Januar 2011, stellte die Fakultätsleitung Abgeordneten der Bürgerschaft das bisher Erreichte vor. Mehr...

Lebensmittel auf dem Prüfstand
(17. Januar 2011)

Als Abschluss der ersten „Food & Health Academy“ der Universität Hamburg hält Prof. Dr. Reiner Wittkowski, Vizepräsident des Bundesinstitutes für Risikobewertung, einen Vortrag über „Sichere Lebensmittel – aber sicher!“ am Montag, dem 31. Januar, um 18.15 Uhr. Im Fokus steht das Anrecht des Konsumenten auf sichere Lebensmittel. Um diesem Anspruch gerecht zu werden, orientieren sich Produzenten und andere Beteiligte an wissenschaftsbasierten Risikobewertungen. Mehr...

Laserblitz lässt Strom verlustfrei fließen
(13. Januar 2011)

Die Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe für Strukturelle Dynamik an der Universität Hamburg fand heraus, dass sich ein Isolator durch einen Laserblitz für kurze Zeit in einen Supraleiter verwandeln lässt. Die Beobachtungen liefern einen Beitrag zum Verständnis von so genannten Hochtemperatur-Supraleitern, einer Klasse von Supraleitern, die eines Tages Strom bei Raumtemperatur verlustfrei leiten könnte und von der Experten daher ein großes Anwendungspotenzial erwarten. In der der aktuellen Ausgabe des Wissenschaftsmagazins „Science“ stellt die Forschergruppe um den Physikprofessor Andrea Cavalleri ihre Entdeckung vor. Mehr...

IT-Innovation kontra Datenschutz:
Google Europa-Chef referiert im IT-Innovationsforum der Universität
(13. Januar 2011)

Auf Einladung des Studiengangs „IT-Management und Consulting“ des Fachbereichs Informatik der Universität Hamburg spricht der „Vice President of Engineering“ für den Raum Europa, Mittlerer Osten und Afrika des weltweit führenden Suchmaschinen-Anbieters Google, Dr. Nelson M. Mattos, zum Thema: „The Future of the Web: Opportunities & Challenges“ am Donnerstag, dem 20. Januar 2011, um 18.00 Uhr. Mehr...

Italienisch-slowenische Grenzüberschreitungen:
Gespräch und Lesung mit dem Schriftsteller Boris Pahor
(6. Januar 2011)

Das Institut für Romanistik und das Institut für Slavistik der Universität Hamburg laden in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verlag Hermagoras Mohorjeva und dem Istituto Italiano di Cultura herzlich ein zu Gespräch und Lesung mit dem slowenischen Schriftsteller Boris Pahor am Mittwoch, dem 12. Januar 2011, um 19.00 Uhr im Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Hansastraße 6. Mehr...

Zukunft des MIN-Campus: Erweiterung und Modernisierung des Campus rund um die Bundesstraße
(05. Januar 2011)

„Unser MIN-Campus – was ist mir wichtig?“ Eine Diskussionsveranstaltung mit der Open Space-Methode. Für Studierende, Lehrende und Angestellte der Universität Hamburg am 14.01.2011, 13.30 Uhr bis 18.30 Uhr im CCH Congress Center Hamburg, Am Dammtor/Marseiller Straße, Saal 3 (EG). Um Anmeldung bis zum 13.01.2011 unter kontakt@uni-baut-zukunft.hamburg.de wird gebeten. (Einladungsplakat). Weitere Infos finden Sie hier.
 
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