UHH Newsletter


Juli 2009, Nr. 4

CAMPUS

The President resigns from office

Die Universitätspräsidentin am 13. Juni bei OPEN UNI, Foto: UHH/Eva-Maria Stelling
The University President on June 13 at OPEN UNI, Photo: UHH/Eva-Maria Stelling
The news came out on July 3: Prof. Dr. Eng habil. Monika Auweter-Kurtz will resign from office at the end of July 8. It was mutually agreed that the Presdident's contract would be terminated. This brings to an end weeks of continued and increasing critism of the President's leadership and university management.
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State Excellence Cluster:
The University receives affirmation of acceptance for six excellence clusters and five graduate programs

Wissenschaftssenatorin Dr. Herlind Gundelach gibt die Ergebnisse der Landesexzellenzinitiative bekannt, Foto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Arvid Mentz
On Friday, July 3, the Office of Science and Research announced the results of the State Excellence Initiative, known as LExI: 13 applications from a total of 21 will be funded; 11 of these were developed by the University of Hamburg, including 6 excellence clusters and five graduate programs. This is a very successful average for the University, which has also identified the thematic areas which will most likely enable it to commence with the Federal Excellence Initiative in 2010.
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STEP BY STEP: The Structure and Development Plan proposal is now available

The STEP proposal, the University's structure and development plan for the period extending to 2012, is now available. It took about two years to develop STEP and to reach agreement with the responsible parties in the faculties.
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The University and its future building plans:
Planned interim measures

The Hamburg Senate will make source decisions about the future of the Unversity's building plans in the fall. But regardless of which of the four developmental proposals win out in the end, a bit of time will pass before a comprehensive solution is found. None of the proposals envision completion before 2019. In the meantime, measures must be taken to improve the university's situation.
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Introducing the new Vice-Deans

Foto: UHH/P. Schell
This year, three Vice Deans have assumed or will shortly assume office: Prof. Allgoewer will take office as new Vice Dean of the WiSo Faculty on July 15, Prof. Huck has been Vice Dean of Research in the Faculty of Humanities since April 1 and Prof. Schnapp has been Vice Dean of Research in the WiSo Faculty since April 1. You can find the new Vice Deans' statements on her aims here.
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From fiscal accounting to Doppik: converting the University of Hamburg's accounting system

Die Moorweide 18: Außenansicht, Foto: UHH/Stapelfeldt
On January 1, 2009, the University of Hamburg's accounting system was converted to double-entry book-keeping. Chancellor Dr. Katrin Vernau explains why the change in the accounting system resulted in especially thorny problems of adaptation.
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The University's summer athletics program is on-line
New courses during semester break

Foto: Johann-Nikolaus Andreae
During the semester break, the University athletics program offers a wide variety of courses in over 100 disciplines. Vacation courses begin on July 20, 2009 and can be booked over the Internet starting immediately.

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PRESIDIAL ADMINISTRATION

Changes in the University's organizational chart

In July, the were several structural changes in the administration of the Presidium.
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eLEARNING

Lecture2Go – from the lecture hall to the World Wide Web

Since 2007, a new recording system has been developed at the University of Hamburg within the framework of the project "Lecture2Go". This system makes the synchronized recording of the lecture and the presentation possible. Furthermore, a comprehensive audio-visual system designed to record and to distribute lectures and events has been developed in the regional computer center by Martin Kriszat and his colleagues. All e-lectures at the University can be accessed at the central media platform Lecture2Go.

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CommSy celebrates anniversary:
10 years ago the communications platform was developed at the University of Hamburg

Dr. Iver Jackewitz (M.) und ein Teil des CommSy-Supportteams: Olaf Grabienski (l.) und Toni Gunner (r.), Foto: UHH/Red.
The Community Software, initially developed in the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg, then used by all faculties and promoted by the open-source community, has become the most-used e-learning platform at the University of Hamburg. It is also being implemented at other universities and schools in Hamburg and Germany as well as 150 secondary schools in Hamburg.
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EVENTS

OPEN UNI: OVERVIEW

The Open Uni,  the University of Hamburg's open house, was a great success. On June 13, an estimated 20,000 curious Hamburg citizens attended over 300 events at various University locations.
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Globalization and Governance
"The global financial crisis: causes, effects, consequences"
fourth event in the Hanseatic University Discussion Series

Frau Auweter-Kurtz bei der Eröffnungsrede, Foto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Arvid Mentz
More than 120 people attended the fourth Hanseatic University Discussion at the University of Hamburg on June 22, 2009 in order to take part in the exchange between scientific and economic experts. Given the sunny skies, a great turn-out. The topic "Financial Market Crisis" promised an evening of economics, although the discussion was marked by a greater concern with ethical questions rather than economic values.
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Everything is made of sugar:
major concluding event by the SFB 470 Glycostructures in Bio-systems

Foto: UHH/P. Schell
On May 28 and 29, the official "closing symposium" by the SFB 470 "Glyco-structures in Bio-systems" took place in Hamburg with over 100 scientists from all over the world. Twenty talks by top glyco scientists provided an up-to-date look at glyco research.
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INTERVIEW

Interview with
Dr. Volker Lilienthal, new chair of the Rudolf-Augstein-Foundation

Prof. Dr. Volker Lilienthal, Foto: epd / Hanno Gutmann 2009
On July 1, Dr. Volker Lilienthal assumed the Rudolf-Augstein-Foundation chair at the Institute for Journalism and Communications at the University of Hamburg. The renowned journalist, who had previously been the chief editor of epd medien, spoke about  "practising quality journalism," the significance of Rudolf Augstein to critical journalism and the new challenges faced by the print media.
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Editorial

Editorial

Dear Readers,

Last Friday, our President and Senator Dr. Gundelach agreed to terminate the President's contract, effective at the end of July 8, 2009. Regardless of the criticisms directed at the President's university management, there are gains which have promoted both the University and Hamburg as a major center of knowledge and science.

Let us look to the future and let us contribute together to the University's further development.

In the second half of 2009, our Vice President for Structure and Human Resources Development, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Löschper will assume presidential responsibilities in accordance with rotational procedures.

We received positive news for our university on Friday morning: six applications for the Excellence Cluster and five graduate programs were selected within the framework of the state excellence initiative. A very visible success for our researchers!

Sincerely,



H. Siegfried Stiehl
Vice President for Research,
International Affairs and Information Management

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