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15.10.2024|Excellence
How Experience Economies Develop
Experiences have become a billion-dollar business around the world. In Germany consumers and consulates have also been investing more money into travel and other leisure activities than for goods. A study at the University of Hamburg is focusing on how the sector is developing, especially with...
Students at a EUGLOH workshop

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02.10.2024|In focus
Global Health as a Topic of Two EUGLOH Events
The European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) offers students and researchers from 9 European universities networking opportunities so that they can expand their knowledge in the field of global health. The University of Hamburg hosted 2 events in September.
Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina

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01.10.2024|Campus
Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina strengthens the Faculty of Humanities.
Every year, the University of Hamburg welcomes numerous new researchers. This series introduces them and their areas of research. This time: cultural studies scholar Prof. Dr. Ruzana Liburkina.
Medical student Ben Lücking intubating a medical simulation manikin

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27.09.2024|Campus
Student research: Using science to modernize study of medicine
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 research group ME-Learn at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence would like to help shape this learning process more sustainably with the aid of...
Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese

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27.09.2024|Research
New DFG-funded infection research group
“NeuroFlame” is one of 7 new research groups to receive funding from the German Research Foundation over the next 4 years. The researchers under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Manuel A. Friese will investigate how chronic inflammation is impacting nerve cell function and survival. For this undertaking...
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25.09.2024|Campus
“AI and Us”: Sign up for Hamburger Horizonte 2024!
Can artificial intelligence save the climate? How does AI change science and politics, work, and how we deal with each other? At this year’s Hamburger Horizonte series from 9–14 October, representatives from the world of academia, politics, the media, and civil society will discuss how AI affects us...
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16.09.2024|Excellence
University Council and Academic Senate Discuss Excellence
In mid-September, the University Council, the Academic Senate, and the Executive University Board gathered at the University of Hamburg to consolidate information and exchange thoughts on the University’s Excellence Strategy.
Autumn leaves in front of Universität Hamburg’s Main Building

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12.09.2024|In Focus
Alliance for better university education for refugees
Sixteen universities around the world have united to improve and expand access to university education for refugees. The University of Hamburg is part of this international effort and advocates for more just access to education.
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The University of Excellence in Brief

Have you ever asked yourself what “University of Excellence” means, what it requires of Universität Hamburg, and what the University spend its Excellence funding on? A short film provides the most important answers.