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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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