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22 January 2019|Campus

Science City Bahrenfeld—the most important questions and answers

Visualisierung Science Campus Bahrenfeld
It is now official—the future project Science City Bahrenfeld is due to start in 2020. The aim: to strengthen Hamburg as a hub for science! And to offer the greatest minds in Hamburg and worldwide a creative, attractive, and sustainable space to learn, teach, research, live, and work. A project that...
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21 June 2018|Campus

From “Hopeless” to Harvard

Portrait von Mahmut Yüksel
Photo: UHH/Wendt
Poor grades in elementary school almost put an early end to this young man’s pursuits. Now Mahmut Yüksel is working towards a double degree in medicine and informatics at Universität Hamburg and off to earn a medical doctorate at Harvard University.
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7 June 2018|Campus

From Hamburg to the Horizon: Alexander Gerst returns to command the ISS

Alexander Gerst wearing Universität Hamburg hoody
Photo: UHH/CEN/Aus­ser­ho­fer
Alexander Gerst (42) is not only the most famous astronaut from the Federal Republic of Germany, and, from October, the first German commander of the International Space Station (ISS), but also a Universität Hamburg graduate. The Doctor of Geophysics is due to arrive at the ISS with his team...
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28 March 2018|Campus

Help us celebrate our anniversary!

Hauptgebäude Universität Hamburg durch Linse
Photo: UHH/Wohlfahrt
In 2019 the University will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. On 28 March 1919 Hamburg Parliament resolved to establish the Hamburgische Universität. The celebration depends upon the ideas and commitment of the University’s members, so we are inviting you to join our initial activities and...
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28 March 2018|Campus

28 March 1919 marks the founding of Universität Hamburg

Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919
Photo: Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919
One year from today, on 28 March 2019, Universität Hamburg will be celebrating its 100th anniversary! On 28 March 1919 a new democratically elected Hamburg Parliament resolved in its first session to establish a university in Hamburg. This makes Universität Hamburg the first university in Germany to...
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27 February 2018|Campus

Three international summer school programs begin in July

Studierende am Elbstrand
Photo: UHH/Dingler
Following last year's successful Particles, Strings and Cosmology summer school pilot program, 3 new international programs on climate change, health economics, and physics will be offered this upcoming summer. The goal is to attract gifted young people from all over the world to Hamburg, where they...
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10 January 2018|Campus

How do mangroves protect our climate? Students of Universität Hamburg conducting research on the Fiji Islands.

Mangroven-Inventur auf Fidschi
Photo: Brielmaier/Reimer
Mangroves, salt-water tolerant trees with characteristically high root systems, grow all along the coast of the South Pacific island of Fiji. Yet the data we have on how these mangrove forests store carbon is sparse. Fiji, the Pacific nation taking the lead in climate change, is at pains to close...
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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 Office, more and more first-year students are minors when they begin their studies. Alissa D., however, is probably one of the youngest. At 16, she is...
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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 senators of Universität Hamburg. This distinction recognizes their special relationship to the University.
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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 (1892–1968), and Martin Warnke (born 1937), to name a few. Warnke, emeritus professor at our University since 2003, turned 80 on 12 October and to mark this...
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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 first-semester students and their families gathered yesterday in the Audimax to take part in the 2017 matriculation ceremony, which addressed the...
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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 institution like a university, but more and more universities around the world are ready to embark on the journey. The Center for a Sustainable University...
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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 children between 8 and 12 years, celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year. [Read on in German . . .]
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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 Technologie-Center e.V. (HITeC) will be hosting the University Ball on 18 November in the Grand Elysée Hotel Hamburg. Order tickets now... [Read on in...
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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 get help? Twenty-five students sought answers to this question at a summer university program organized by an initiative on peace building from 29...
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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 the traditional classroom using digital technology. This should also make it easier for universities to collaborate and to get the general public...
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20 September 2017|Campus

Summer school program on climate innovation

Elias De Keyser
Photo: UHH/CEN/Wolf
In July and August more than 300 young scientists from all over Europe participated in The Journey Summer School Program. Eight teams developed business solutions addressing the challenges of climate change. They worked in different locations with experts from science and business, i.e., at the...
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24 August 2017|Campus

New Center for Sustainable Research Data Management

Dr. Stefan Thiemann leitet das Zentrum für nachhaltiges Forschungsdatenmanagement (FDM-Zentrum)
Photo: UHH/Dingler
More and more research data are available digitally, resulting in immense amounts of data that require secure storage. On top of this, storage technologies are developing at a fast pace. The mass of data produced by our researchers needs to be stored for the long term, archived systematically...
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22 August 2017|Campus

Two young economists take part in meeting of Nobel laureates

Annemarie Paul, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Fachbereich VWL, und Jurgen Willems, Post-doc im Fachbereich Sozialökonomie
Photo: UHH/Dingler
Every three years up-and-coming economists have the chance to meet and exchange ideas with Nobel Prize laureates during the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences at Lake Constance. Universität Hamburg will be represented this year too: Annemarie Paul, research associate in the Department of Economics...
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14 August 2017|Campus

The Hamburg Research Academy: information, advice, network

Prof. Marc Föcking und Elena Nendza von der HRA
Photo: UHH/Rademacher
In April 2017 nine higher education institutions in Hamburg co-founded a port of call for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers: The Hamburg Research Academy (HRA). Although still under construction, we asked academic director Prof. Dr. Marc Föcking and deputy managing director Elena Nendza...
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