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20 September 2019|Press release

Fourth DFG center for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences for Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Panzram

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) has authorized funding for a new DFG center for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences at Universität Hamburg: Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity—Transcultural Processes on the Iberian Peninsula and in...

13 September 2019|Press release

New study reveals the role of childhood vision behind associations between shapes and sounds

Photo: Nadine Esche

How do our senses, like vision, hearing, and touch, work together to create the perception of the world around us? A new study by scientists at Universität Hamburg finds that commonly found associations between shapes and sounds might rely on childhood vision. The results were published in the...

5 September 2019|Press release

One million euros for inventory of galaxies

Photo: ESO/Y. Beletsky

The Universität Hamburg receives around 500,000 euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a spectrograph and supports its acquisition with a further 500,000 euros. The device is intended for an astronomical instrument in Chile that will be used in the future to conduct so-called galaxy...

1 August 2019|Press release

New Emmy Noether group studies complex materials

Photo: UHH/MIN/Fuchs

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether junior research group at the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg that aims to systematically analyse, summarise and improve various theories in solid state physics. The junior research group will receive funding of...

19 July 2019|Press release

First Rate: Universität Hamburg now a University of Excellence!

Balloons in the sky that represent the word excellence.

Photo: UHH/Ohme

Today in Bonn, the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Anja Karliczek, announced which German universities will be funded through the Excellence Strategy — Universität Hamburg is one of the selected few and will belong, as of November 2019, to the Universities of Excellence group.

11 June 2019|Press release

Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (DFH) tagt zum Jubiläum an der Uni Hamburg

Photo: DFH

Die Uni Hamburg wird 100 – und die Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (DFH) 20 Jahre alt! Im Jubiläumsjahr beider Einrichtungen freut sich die Universität Hamburg besonders, vom 12. bis 14. Juni 2019 eine große Doppelveranstaltung der DFH an der Universität Hamburg begrüßen zu dürfen: die Versammlung...

10 May 2019|Press release

The grand centenary celebration—100 years of Universität Hamburg

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Today, Universität Hamburg hosts its grandest celebration yet: Its opening, exactly 100 years ago today, on 10 May 1919. The ceremony includes Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, president of the German Bundestag and Universität Hamburg alumnus. At the same time, a large celebration was taking place across the...

15 April 2019|Press release

Breaking Ground for the Innovation Centre in Bahrenfeld

Photo: DESY/Daniel Reinhard.

Construction of the high-tech business incubator, a joint project of the City of Hamburg, DESY, and Universität Hamburg, is the first milestone for Science City Bahrenfeld.

3 April 2019|Press release

New Leibniz Science Campus in Hamburg: InterACt

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Hamburg has acquired a Leibniz Science Campus: InterACt—which stands for “integrated analysis of pathogen-induced compartments”—is a cooperative project to strengthen connections between The Heinrich Pette Institute Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI) and Universität Hamburg in the...

28 March 2019|Press release

100 years of Universität Hamburg: a turning point in Hamburg’s history

Photo: Sebastian Engels

A century ago today, the Hamburg parliament decided to found a university, and thus make Hamburg a hub for education. The Senate is celebrating this event with a reception in the ceremonial hall of City Hall. The guest list included many luminaries from academia, politics, society, business and...

28 February 2019|Press release

Sociologist from Universität Hamburg honored with the 2019 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

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The German Research Foundation (DFG) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research have selected Stefan Aykut from Universität Hamburg’s Department of Socioeconomics as one of ten recipients of this year’s Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize. Valued at 20,000 euros, the prize is generally...

20 February 2019|Press release

New Head of World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Professor from Universität Hamburg

Photo: David Ausserhofer

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world’s leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg will be chairing the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, an...

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