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9 October 2024|In focus

Sustainability Days 2024: Two Days Full of Exciting Events

Sustainability Days

Photo: University of Hamburg / Esfandiari

In and around the Audimax, the University of Hamburg devoted 2 days entirely to sustainability—there was even a DJ at the end. And the next open plenum on sustainability is already fast approaching.
9 October 2024|In focus

Up 4 Places: University of Hamburg Improves Its THE World University Ranking

University of Hamburg Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the University of Hamburg was ranked 132nd among more than 2,000 universities worldwide and 12th among German universities.
2 October 2024|In focus

Global Health as a Topic of Two EUGLOH Events

Students at a EUGLOH workshop

Photo: HRA/Helm

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.
6 August 2024|In focus

The University of Hamburg Signs Up to HRK Voluntary Commitment

Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

The University of Hamburg is one of the first U15 universities to sign up to a German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) voluntary commitment. In taking this step, universities are reaffirming their continued commitment to gender equality in appointments.
16 May 2024|In focus

Students pitch ideas for creating a sustainable economy and society

Prof. Dr. Jana-Michaela Timm

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Röttger

How do I start a business? How do I realize an idea so that it has a societal impact? What does sustainable growth mean? Students tackle these questions in a course at the University. To present the resulting ideas, Universität Hamburg is bringing the city’s social entrepreneurship scene together...
19 March 2024|In focus

Not a phenomenon of modernity: Women as Burglars, Fraudsters, and Thugs

Picture of an Egyptian papyrus

Photo: State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky (p.hamb.graec.144)

Each year, as part of the Agathe Lasch Visiting Scientist Program for Women in Academia, Universität Hamburg invites female academics to participate in a research stay of up to 6 months. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe, specialist in ancient history, is currently in Hamburg researching violent women in...
29 February 2024|In focus

“It Is Our Job to Teach and Exchange Knowledge for the Protection of Species Diversity”

Butterfly on a meadow

Photo: pixabay/silviarita

The World Wildlife Day, celebrated annually across the globe on 3 March, was introduced as part of the Washington Convention (CITES) to commemorate and raise awareness about wildlife How does Universität Hamburg promote the preservation of species diversity? Three questions for Myriam Rapior,...
9 February 2024|In focus

Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld: First designs for Quartiere am Volkspark

Aerial view of Quartiere am Volkspark

Photo: Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld GmbH; aerial photograph: Fotofrizz B. Kuhn

As Hamburg’s newest area dedicated to science and scholarship, Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is undergoing a great deal of change. Alongside the construction and renovation of scientific buildings—for Universität Hamburg among others—planning for residential and work life in the quarter is also...
6 February 2024|In focus

The University Visits Hamburg’s Schools

Prof. Buchweitz talking to a class of upper secondary school students

Photo: Universität Hamburg

Be it in physics or philosophy, researchers from Universität Hamburg, DESY, and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf will be swapping the lecture halls for the classroom to give insight into their work as part of Wir wollen’s wissen! (We want to know!).