Two expeditions to inhospitable regions, the Komi Republic and the Lena Delta in Siberia, will investigate how moors react to climatic changes. More...

Prof. Dr. Birgit Pfau-Effinger, who holds the Chair for Social Structural Analysis at the Institute of Sociology at the Universität Hamburg and an international consortium are seeking a grant for 2.7 million euros for an EU research project. The research project will compare the cultural, economic, political and social conditions of female employment. More...

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Universität Hamburg and the Confucius Institute at the Universität Hamburg are jointly hosting "Why China?", an information session for students, graduates and scholars at all universities from 25 to 26 June 2010 in the university's main building.More...

At its  10 June 2010 session, the Academic Senate of the Universität Hamburg confirmed recommendations for the university's management by University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen in accordance with the Hamburg Higher Education Law. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Siegried Stiehl was confirmed for a second period of office. Prof. Dr. Rosemarie Mielke will be joining the University Management as a new Vice President. More...

The Association for the Promotion of the Geological-Paleontologcal Museum of Hamburg is giving its collection of amber, with over three-thousand amber fossils, to the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the University of Hamburg and its connecting museum. The collection will be ceremoniously presented and there will be two short talks on Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 4 p.m. on the ground floor of the Geological-Paleontological Museum. More...

The Universität Hamburg would like to draw attention to "Brave New Education? A conference to critically reflect upon current developments in higher education and the development of emancipating alternatives," from 16-18 June 2010 at the Universität Hamburg in the Anna Siemsen lecture hall, Von-Melle-Park 8. Free. No registration required. More...

The METEOR has not been in Germany since 2003 or in Hamburg since 1997: the METEOR research ship, which is run by the Universität Hamburg, will arrive in Hamburg on 18 June around 1 p.m. A fire-extinguishing boat will greet the ship before it anchors at Überseebrücke.More...

Graduates of the master's program in "Performance Studies" at the Universität Hamburg will present their final projects, entitled "Mix Tape," from Monday 7 June to Thursday, 10 June 2010. All presentations at 7 pm at Kampnagel. More...

The two-story exhibition and communication center "nanoTruck - High Tech from the Nanocosmos," which is part of a national information campaign on nano-technology by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be visiting the Universität Hamburg from Wednesday, 9 June to Friday, 11 June, in front of the main building of the Universität Hamburg. More...

The University Players are presenting The Zoo Story & Lovesick for lovers of the English-language theater from 1 - 4 June, 6 - 8 June and 16-18 June 2010, all performances at 8 p.m. in the Audimax of the Universität Hamburg. More...

How do volcanic eruptions affect the climate? Until now, scientists assumed that eruptions with high sulfur-dioxide content reaching far into the atmosphere lead to the creation of aerosols. These aerosols could in turn cool the earth. Another effect - the fertilization of ocean algae - has now been investigated by researchers in the "Integrated Climae Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP) Excellence Cluster at the University of Hamburg. Their initial findings have now been published in the scientific journals "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" and the "Journal of Geophysical Research." More...

The Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg invites the public to a reading by the Turkish author Latife Tekin. She will be reading from her novel, "Garden of Forgetting," on Monday, 17 May 2010 at 6 pm in the University's main building, East Wing, room 221, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1. Discussion and reading in German and Turkish. Free. More...

The Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding three more "Health Regions of the Future" with a total of over 22 million euros. The winner of the second round of the competition, "Health Regions of the Future," are being awarded today in Berlin. More...

The University of Hamburg's diversity program, "PIASTA - Intercultural Living and Studying," will receive two-year funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for its model project "Change in Perspective: International Students as Intercultural Diplomats." The University now has about 115,000 euros to realize the project. More...

In the CHE University ranking issued today the University of Hamburg has once again moved up. The subjects education, English/American studies, romance languages and literature, German studies and psychology were evaluated for the University of Hamburg. More...

Within the context of the University mass, Prof. Dr. Lenzen will give a sermon on The Fascination of the Beginning: Between Fear and Certainty (Joshua 1,9) on Sunday, 9 Mai 2010 in St. Katharinen Church. More...