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All news (2017)

This page provides you with all news from Universität Hamburg, which is divided into the following categories: 19neunzehn, Campus, Research, In focus, Internal, Interviews, and Videos.

20 December 2017|Im Fokus

University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen and Hamburg's first mayor Olaf Scholz discuss

Universitätspräsident Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen im Gespräch mit dem Ersten Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg Olaf Scholz
In his 70-minute-long keynote address last November, Hamburg's first mayor Olaf Scholz professed his commitment to Hamburg as a center of science...
4 December 2017|Campus

University at 16? Yes, it’s doable!

Alissa D.

Photo: UHH/Wendt

With one year less of Gymnasium, German high school students are now younger on average when starting university. According to the Federal Statistics...
30 November 2017|Im Fokus

Commitment to Hamburg as center of science and scholarship. Speech by first mayor of Hamburg Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz
On 28 November, the first mayor of Hamburg, Olaf Scholz, gave the keynote address to the Übersee-Club in Hamburg, in which he presented the aims of...
28 November 2017|Interviews

The North-Korea Conflict is Like the Cuban Crisis in Slow Motion: An interview with peace researcher Prof. Götz Neuneck

Prof. Dr. Götz Neuneck

Photo: IFSH

Tensions continue to grow between North Korea and the United States and there is no resolution in sight. In this interview, physicist and peace...
27 November 2017|Forschung

PS: It is war. Student research project on letters to and from the front

Désirée Kaiser

Photo: UHH/Dingler

How does love function in war? To find this out, 10 students examined a trove of letters between a husband at the front and his wife at home during...
15 November 2017|In focus

UN Climate Change Conference: Island states can also do something to mitigate the effects of climate change

Prof. Dr. Beate Ratter

Photo: UHH/Schöttmer

This year Fiji presided over the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23). The island nation is already struggling with the effects of climate change...
14 November 2017|In focus

UN Climate Change Conference: Lower emissions on our roads and fields more effective than phasing out coal

Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino

Photo: UHH/RRZ/MCC/Mentz

Delegates from all over the world have convened in Bonn to agree on common goals to combat climate change and to develop a system that allows us to...
7 November 2017|In focus

UN Climate Change Conference has started: “It won’t work without tangible sanctions”

Prof. Dr. Anke Gerber

Photo: Franziska Glück

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) began Monday in Bonn. Thousands of delegates from over 170 countries will negotiate climate goals at the 23rd...
24 October 2017|Campus

Cornelia Funke and Alexander Gerst appointed honorary senators of Universität Hamburg

Bestseller-Autorin Cornelia Funke und Astronaut Alexander Gerst

Photo: Dressler/Joerg Schwalfenberg; ESA/P. Sebirot

Two alumni of Universität Hamburg, best-selling author Cornelia Funke and astronaut and geophysicist Alexander Gerst, have been appointed honorary...
19 October 2017|Forschung

Particle showers from far-off galaxies

Pierre Auger-Observatorium in Argentinien

Photo: www.auger.org/ Guillermo E. Sierra

Radiation from outer space continuously reaches Earth in the form of electrically charged particles. While many hail from the sun, there are also...
16 October 2017|Campus

New perspectives on Aby Warburg: Carlo Ginzburg reads in honor of Martin Warnke

Prof. Dr. Martin Warnke im Lesesaal des Warburg-Hauses

Photo: UHH/Dingler

A number of great names in the field of art history have taught and worked at Universität Hamburg: Aby Warburg (1866–1929), Erwin Panofsky...
12 October 2017|Campus

2017 matriculation celebration on the meaning of life

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, Katrin Greve und Michel Abdollahi

Photo: Christian Stelling

Starting university is a big step—all the better one marks the occasion together with parents, friends and future study companions. Around 1,400...
10 October 2017|Campus

Establishing sustainability at universities: the Hamburg Sustainable Development Summit 2017

Dr. Claudia Schmitt auf dem Podium der HSDS

Photo: Markus Scholz/scholzfoto.de

Networking, learning from one another, questioning conventions—it takes small steps off the beaten path to establish sustainability in a large...
9 October 2017|Campus

15 years of curiosity: The Children's University celebrates its anniversary

Logo der Kinder-Uni

Photo: Kinder-Uni Hamburg

In 2003 the Children's University held its first lecture entitled—most appropriately for Hamburg—"Why does it rain?" The series of lectures, aimed at...
6 October 2017|Research

2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: structural biologist Prof. Dr. Kay Grünewald on the importance of cryo-electron microscopy

Prof. Dr. KAy Grünewald vor einem Elektronenmikroskop

Photo: CSSB

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three pioneers of cryo-electron microscopy, a path-breaking technology enabling us to examine native...
5 October 2017|Campus

University Ball 2017—tickets available

Ein Mann und eine Frau tanzen in Abendrobe

Photo: Hartmut Zielke

An evening in the spirit of academic pursuit: for the fifth consecutive year, the Universität Hamburg Alumni Association and the Hamburger Informatik...
4 October 2017|Research

Prof. Dr. Daniel Geiger conducts research on crisis management in Uganda

Das Forschungsteam der Universität Hamburg in einem Dorf in Uganda

Photo: UHH/Geiger

How can organizations manage humanitarian crises? And how can numerous organizations coordinate? Researchers from Universität Hamburg have been...
28 September 2017|Forschung

Over 1,500 plant and animal species recorded on the GEO Nature Day

Zauneidechse

Photo: Jakob Hallermann

"The number of plant and animal species recorded on the GEO Nature Day far exceeded our expectations," said Martin Kubiak, insect researcher at the...
27 September 2017|Campus

Get involved and resolve conflict creatively—Prof. Dr. Gordon Mitchell on the peace building summer university program 2017

Symbolbild von zwei Frauen unterschiedlicher Hautfarbe, die sich anstarren

Photo: Art Peace Project

Violence in soccer stadiums, hate in the Internet—conflict, whether political or societal, is as multifold as its causes and solutions. How can you...
26 September 2017|Campus

Prototype of Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) kicks off

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mayrberger vor einem Smartboard, das die HOOU@UHH-Webseite zeigt

Photo: UHH/Pinkert

Since 2015 the HOOU, a joint project of Hamburg's six public universities and the Multimedia Kontor Hamburg, has been developing models to expand upon...