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25 May 2021|Internal

FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

Das Hauptgebäude der Universtität Hamburg.

Photo: UHH/Schell

How are examinations currently taking place? What rules are in place for working from home? You will find answers to the most important questions on the coronavirus pandemic and the current rules in the FAQ, which is regularly updated. [Last update: 25 May 2021, 2:41 PM]

25 May 2021|Internal

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students

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The most important questions and answers for students and prospective students.

21 May 2021|Internal

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on staff

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The most important questions and answers for staff.

21 May 2021|Internal

Comprehensive Information about the University’s Vaccination Campaign

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Universität Hamburg’s vaccination campaign—the most important questions and answers

17 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Climate Crisis: Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo Joins in a Livestream Discussion

Photo: Bryce Vickmark 2019

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo joins in a livestream discussion with researchers from all over the world. This public event kicks off the fourth Global University Leaders Council Hamburg, which brings together top university leaders in Hamburg or digitally every 2 years.

11 May 2021|Press release

Nature Publication on Coronavirus Research at Universität Hamburg

Model of the coronavirus developed by Dr. Andrea Thorn

Photo: The Coronavirus Structural Task Force / K. Nolte and SciStyle.com / T. Splettstößer

Fighting the coronavirus has changed the way the international scientific community works together and intensified collaboration. Dr. Andrea Thorn leads an international research group at Universität Hamburg that is improving molecular models from across the world to enable the development of...

4 May 2021|Press release

Universität Hamburg Presents Varied Range of Coronavirus Research

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From philosophy and law to the natural and geosciences: Researchers from many fields at Universität Hamburg are studying the coronavirus and the consequences of the pandemic. The projects are now being consolidated and presented on a single website. The portfolio is one of the University’s newly...

4 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Transfer at a Glance: Coronavirus Research at Universität Hamburg

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Currently 38 projects in all subject areas: The new range of online projects covers the entire spectrum of coronavirus research at Universität Hamburg. All are welcome to inform themselves about the projects, their results, and promising ideas. Below we introduce 3 examples.

3 May 2021|Excellence Strategy

Pilot project for early career researchers at CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter

Dr. Philipp Wessels-Staarmann / Irine Fernandez-Cuesta

Photo: DESY/Lars Berg, privat

The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging: Cluster of Excellence Advanced Imaging of Matter has developed a new funding concept. The goal of the Young Investigator Group Leader concept is to provide the best support possible to highly talented early career researchers on their paths towards a...

29 April 2021|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock of the German EU Council Presidency

Photo: Hamburg-Vigoni Forum

As part of the Hamburg-Vigoni Forum’s conference program, Universität Hamburg invites you to a European policy discussion on 6 May 2021. The title of the talk is “Zwischen Krisenmanagement und Wiederaufbau—Die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft in der Bilanz.” The Zoom event is free for participants...

28 April 2021|Press release

New Doctoral Program in Structural Biology and Infection Research

Photo: Unistra/Catherine Schröder

Researchers from Universität Hamburg and the University of Strasbourg have established a Franco-German program for doctoral researchers working at the interface between structural biology and infection research. The program, called Integrative Biology of Infection and Diseases, will be funded by the...

22 April 2021|Press release

COVID-19 Study: Over Half of German Respondents in Favor of Removing Vaccine Priority Groups

A strong preference for the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine

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Although the German public has been behind the containment measures since the coronavirus pandemic began over a year ago, an about-face is becoming apparent. A representative survey conducted by the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at Universität Hamburg has found that almost every second...

22 April 2021|Campus

Online Meeting: Universities Agree to Expand Collaboration

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Kyoto University has been one of Universität Hamburg’s strategic partners since July 2020. In an online meeting, the universities have now decided to hold a workshop in the fall, to develop joint perspectives on university development and encourage academic exchange.

20 April 2021|Excellence Strategy

Global Challenges, Local Research Approaches

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From April 2021, 17 researchers at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence will receive funding from the Ideas and Venture Fund. The researchers will use this to prepare larger third-party-funded projects suited to one of the University’s profile initiatives or emerging fields. In total, the...

20 April 2021|Internal

Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on travel and stays abroad

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The most important questions and answers about stays abroad and travel.

2 April 2021|Research

X-ray screening: promising candidates for COVID drugs

Photo: DESY/SciComLab

An international team of researchers, which on behalf of Universität Hamburg is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel and Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson, has identified several candidates for drugs against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using DESY´s X-ray lightsource PETRA III. In addition, a new...

26 March 2021|

The health of the Baltic Sea is below standard – but there’s hope for improvement

Photo: Baltic Health Index Project & OpenStreetMap contributors

An international research team with participation of Universität Hamburg has developed an index that can be used to assess the condition of the Baltic Sea. But how does this "Baltic Health Index" (BHI) work? And which grade does the Baltic Sea currently achieve?

19 March 2021|Excellence Strategy

“There is more money in illegal wildlife than in the drug trade.”

Photo: UHH/Ohme

Universität Hamburg is using the Transfer@UHH fund to support 6 new research projects, including a project at the Center of Natural History (CeNak) on wildlife and the transmission of infection from animals to humans. The project is being coordinated by the evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. Matthias...

15 March 2021|Excellence Strategy

How Digitalization Changes Written Language

Double portrait Prof. Dr. Jannis Androutsopoulos and Prof. Dr. Heike Zinsmeister

Photo: private collection/UHH

Effective immediately, Universität Hamburg is funding 5 research projects as part of the Next Generation Partnerships—Thematic Networks program. The funding is earmarked for the preparation of long-term external funding projects. One of the projects focuses on changes in written language as a result...

11 March 2021|Press release

Research vessel SONNE: An outstanding expedition

Photo: M. Hartig / Meyer Werft

On 19 March, the SONNE will depart on one of its longest expeditions to date. In the southern Atlantic, it will secure the measuring devices of various research institutions. Due to the pandemic, maintenance of these devices could not be carried out last year and now a gigantic loss of data and...

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