News about the Excellence Strategy17 November 2025|Excellence StrategyThe German Physical Society Honors University of Hamburg PhysicistPhoto: MPSDThe German Physical Society has awarded Prof. Dr. Andrea Cavalleri the Stern-Gerlach Medal for outstanding work in experimental physics. Cavalleri is...10 November 2025|Excellence Strategy“Belém is a signal.”Photo: Rafa Neddermeyer/Cop30In the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), Brazilian-born sociology professor Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse is...6 November 2025|Excellence StrategyUltrafast meets ultrashort: CUI team receives prestigious ERC Synergy GrantPhoto: PrivateA research team in the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter at the University of Hamburg and DESY has been awarded the prestigious...21 October 2025|Excellence StrategyThe Sky in All Its ColorsPhoto: ESO/B. TafreshiA few days ago, the European Southern Observatory launched operation of a new type of instrument, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope...7 October 2025|Excellence StrategyX-Ray Insight into Ancient LettersPhoto: Charles SteitlerThe cuneiform tablets of Mesopotamia are considered the world’s oldest written artifacts. Many of them are hidden in clay envelopes, their contents...2 October 2025|Excellence StrategyThoughts on the “Marvelous Magnifying Glass”Photo: UHH/KornowskiWith its 5 electron microscopes, the University of Hamburg is a major location for these large pieces of equipment. The chemist Dr. Charlotte Ruhmlieb...6 August 2025|Excellence StrategyTiming for Parenthood, the Great UnknownPhoto: University of Hamburg / DinglerAt what point do couples decide to have children? How is this decided? And how does this impact society? Economist Dr. Christian Zimpelmann wants to...25 July 2025|Excellence StrategyNew ExStra funding: Innovative rooms for innovative teachingPhoto: University of Hamburg / VogiatzisThe first projects funded by the Fund for Innovative Teaching (FIL) have been announced. The motto of the call for proposals was “Innovative spaces...15 July 2025|Excellence StrategyHoly Warriors, Monasteries, and DemonsPhoto: PrivateHow do video games and TV series portray the Christian religion? Three students at the University of Hamburg are researching exactly that, and...30 June 2025|Excellence StrategyFormer Command Post Becomes Public GardenPhoto: CC0The conversion of the former command post and bunker on Heiligengeistfeld has created a sensation. The New York Times, for instance, named Hamburg one...Show all news
