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27 September 2024|Campus

Student research: Using science to modernize study of medicine

Medical student Ben Lücking intubating a medical simulation manikin

Photo: Private

Studying medicine requires students to study efficiently, to store a broad range of content long-term for their later work as a doctor. The student...

16 September 2024|Excellence

University Council and Academic Senate Discuss Excellence

Photo: UHH/Deike Haase

In mid-September, the University Council, the Academic Senate, and the Executive University Board gathered at the University of Hamburg to consolidate...

16 August 2024|Research

The Excavations at Miletus: An International Research Campus

Photograph of the excavation site in Miletus

Photo: University of Hamburg / Berns

The ruins of the ancient city of Miletus have been the subject of systematic archaeological research since 1899. Since 2018, the excavations have been...

5 August 2024|Excellence Strategy

Lessons from History for the Future

Felix Hansen, Alexander Bernard Arthur, and Isabel Vonessen Wilson.

Photo: Private

The project Culture of Remembrance—Our History, Our Culture brings together the University of Hamburg and the University of Education in Winneba...

16 July 2024|Excellence Strategy

First-time funding for early career researchers

A student walking past the University of Hamburg Main Building

Photo: Frank von Wieding

Every year, researchers at Universität Hamburg can apply for funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund to prepare a major externally funded project...

2 July 2024|Press release

Emissions Trading Also Creates Health Benefits

Photo: UHH/Grunau

The EU Emissions Trading System is not only good for reducing CO2 and for the climate. It also results in considerable health benefits due to reduced...

10 June 2024|Press release

€4.8 million for Projects on the Big Bang and the Higgs particle

Der CMS-Detektor am Large-Hadron-Collider

Photo: Cern/Hertzog/Ordan

Several research groups at the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg will receive almost €5 million over the next three years for their joint...

23 May 2024|Research

Doing the Research series: How to Change Unhealthy Habits in the Long Term?

Scissors cutting a thread as a symbol of change

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Vogiatzis

Why is it easier for some people than for others to be more physically active or quit smoking? And how can health programs take these generally...

7 May 2024|Press release

Political Risks Endanger German Climate Transformation

Photo: pixabay/dmncwndrlch

To limit global warming, Germany is set to become climate-neutral in 2045. While technologically and economically feasible, political and societal...

2 May 2024|Excellence

X-Ray Insights in Old Clay Envelopes

Photo: UHH/Karsten Helmholz

On 29 April 2024, in the presence of Hamburg’s science senator Katharina Fegebank and Professor Dr. Hauke Heekeren, researchers at Universität Hamburg...

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