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Press Releases 2015

17 December 2015|Press release

Earth's lakes warming up due to climate change—north German Plußsee strongly affected

Plußsee in Schleswig-Holstein

Photo: UHH/CEN/M. Navarra

Climate change is rapidly warming lakes across the globe. This is the result of a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters and presented last Wednesday during the annual conference of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The north German Plußsee in Schleswig-Holstein is among 235...
15 December 2015|Press release

How male spiders can escape their doom after mating

Wespenspinne mit Beute

Photo: UHH/Schneider

Male spiders who are cautious while mating are less likely to be devoured by their female partners. Researchers at Universität Hamburg and Greifswald University have investigated the ways in which male spiders have evolved to evade their female counterparts. Their results have now been published in...
3 December 2015|Press release

Researchers at Universität Hamburg uncover origins of the banded snail (Cepaea)

Banded snails

Photo: UHH/Hausdorf

Until now four species of snail made up the genus of banded snails (Cepaea). However, the Hamburg zoologists and evolution biologists Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hausdorf and Marco Neiber have investigated the relationships between this and further species belonging to the family of Helicidae using molecular...
3 December 2015|Press release

School student research center

SFZ-Logo

Photo: SFZ

North Germany's first research center for school students will be established in Hamburg. The Office of Schooling and Professional Training (Behörde für Schule und Berufsbildung, BSB), the Joachim Herz Stiftung, the Körber Foundation, NORDMETALL Employers' Association, and Universität Hamburg are...
2 December 2015|Press release

Exzellente Naturwissenschaften und ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung – am Beispiel Hamburg

Personen im Wissenschaftscafé

Photo: UHH/Schoettmer

Universität Hamburg invites the public to the fifth Science Café hosted by the Center for a Sustainable University (KNU). The topic is outstanding natural sciences and their social significance and will be discussed on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 6–8 pm in the Tea House Yu Garden, Feldbrunnenstraße...
26 November 2015|Press release

UN committee simulation with five-hundred students from all across the globe at Universität Hamburg

HamMUN-Logo

Photo: HamMUN e.V.

Seventy nationalities from over thirty countries: from 3–6 December 2015, about five-hundred international students will participate in debates during the “17. Hamburg Model United Nations (HamMUN)” at Universität Hamburg. They will simulate committees such as the United Nations Security Council or...
20 November 2015|Press release

DFG-Bewilligung: Universität Hamburg mit zwei neuen Sonderforschungsbereichen erfolgreich

DFG-Logo

Photo: DFG

The German Research Association (DFG) has authorized two new collaborative research centers at Universität Hamburg: "Cross-modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction" (TRR 169) and "Immunvermittelte glomeruläre Erkrankungen – Grundlagen und klinische Auswirkungen" (SFB 1192).

Read on in...

10 November 2015|Press release

On the passing of Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

Photo: UHH/RRZ/MCC/A. Mentz

Universität Hamburg mourns the passing of its honorary senator Helmut Schmidt. Schmidt, who studied economics and political science at Universität Hamburg from 1945 to 1949, died today at the age of 96. In 1983, the Academic Senate made Schmidt an honorary senator for his life's work. Alongside his...

9 November 2015|Press release

Journey to Brasil—in the footprints of Maximilian, Prince zu Wied-Neuwied

Flora und Fauna Brasiliens

Photo: Die Andere Bibliothek

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg warmly invites the public to attend the lecture series Literature Meets Nature. The next lecture on Maximilian, Prince zu Wied-Neuwied's journey to Brasil will take place on 18 November 2015 at 7 pm.

Read on in German . . .

Reise nach...

6 November 2015|Press release

Quality Pact for Teaching: Universitätskolleg successful once again

Studentinnen UHH

Photo: UHH/Schell

The Joint Science Conference (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz, GWK) announced today the results of the federal-state program for improving study conditions and boosting the quality of teaching (Qualitätspakt Lehre). Universität Hamburg's application to extend funding of the Universitätskolleg was...

5 November 2015|Press release

Invitation for the media: Are print newspapers becoming a niche product?

Zeitungen

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

Prof. Dr. Michel Clement and Prof. Dr. Christian-Mathias Wellbrock from the interdisciplinary Research Center for Media and Communication (RCMC) at Universität Hamburg warmly invite you to join them in an informative discussion on the future of the newspaper on Wednesday, 11 November 2015. [ Read on...

4 November 2015|Press release

Hamburg opens its doors to the Night of Knowledge

Nacht des Wissens

Photo: NDWHH

Robots that can play soccer, laser fridges, or the supermarket shelf of the future: these are just a few of the exciting aspects of research on show at Universität Hamburg during the Night of Knowledge on 7 November 2015. Scientists and scholars will give the public a taste of current research via...

29 October 2015|Press release

Zentrale Veranstaltung der Universität Hamburg anlässlich des 70. Jahrestags ihrer Wiedereröffnung

Universität Hamburg am 14.04.1945

Photo: UHH/unbekannt

Neuanfang nach der NS-Zeit, aber keine „Stunde null“: Am 6. November 1945 wurde die ehemals „Hansische Universität“ als „Universität Hamburg“ feierlich wiedereröffnet. 2015 jährt sich dieses Ereignis zum 70. Mal. Aus diesem Anlass lädt die Universität Hamburg ein zu

„Kontinuität im Neubeginn –
...

21 October 2015|Press release

Universität Hamburg presents historical rector's office together with selected objects from the University's past

Historical rector's office

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

On the initiative of its president, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, Universität Hamburg has assembled an historical rector's office in the Main Building of the University, in which selected objects from the University's past since its founding in 1919 are on display. The media is warmly invited to attend...

21 October 2015|Press release

Festive opening of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies—Jewish Scepticism

Moses Maimonides

Photo: von Unbekannt (Psychiatric News) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A festive ceremony will open the Maimonides Centre für Advanced Studies—Jewish Scepticism (MCAS) at Universität Hamburg. The Centre, headed by Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Giuseppe Veltri conducts research on Jewish Scepticism. The public is cordially
15 October 2015|Press release

3.1 million euros for international research network SECURE

Assistenzroboter

Photo: UHH/FBI

Robots are no longer only deployed in industrial settings. In the future they will be increasingly used in the domestic sphere, for example, to assist the elderly or persons requiring care. The demands made on robotic assistants are thus very high, in particular in terms of their ability to learn...

9 October 2015|Press release

Knowledge on tap: Hamburg pubs will slake the thirst for knowledge

Bar in Hamburg

Photo: SFB 676

On 15 October 2015, inquisitive minds can get to know science and scholarship in Hamburg in a completely new setting: academics will be giving short talks in roughly 30 bars and pubs throughout Hamburg. Read on in German... Eine Stunde lang erklären sie in geselliger Atmosphäre ihre Arbeit und...

7 October 2015|Press release

Sustainable consumption

Tastatur mit grüner Einkaufswagentaste

Photo: KaiRost/ pixelio.de

The Center for a Sustainable University (KNU) and the KNU Postdoctoral College Sustainable Future at Universität Hamburg warmly welcome members of the public to attend the lecture series on opportunities and perspectives for sustainable consumption:

Nachhaltiger Konsum – Chancen und Perspektiven...

5 October 2015|Press release

#UHHhilft—information session for refugees

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Members of the media are warmly invited to attend an information session on the program #UHHhilft on

Wednesday, 7 October 2015, at 1:15 pm
in Lecture Hall C (Erwin-Panofsky-Hörsaal), Main Building of Universität Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, 20146 Hamburg.

[ Read on in German ]

Sie werden die...

1 October 2015|Press release

Enrollment festivities at the University with pastor Sieghard Wilm

Lenzen übergibt symbolische Immatrikulationsurkunden an Studierende

Photo: UHH/Stelling

On 7 October 2015, roughly 1,000 first-year students and their families will be warmly welcomed in the Audimax. The president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, and Prof. Dr. Iris Wederholm, professor of art history, will host the evening. Read on in German...

Die Universität...

28 September 2015|Press release

General Lecture Series kicks off in winter semester with 29 public lecture series

Program

Photo: UHH/AWW

At the beginning of October, Universität Hamburg once again offers an extensive program of public lectures. The talks are free and have no admission requirements or attendance limits. The thematically diverse program encompasses a total of 29 public lecture series and 300 individual lectures. [...

24 September 2015|Press release

Experiments and surveys for children aged eight and over

WDR-Maus

Photo: WDR

The research lab in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences invites all children and WDR-Maus fans aged eight and over to the 2015 Open the Door Day of the "Sendung mit der Maus."

When and where:
3 October 2015 from 11 am to 3 pm
Survey lab (Forschungslabor)
Faculty of Business...

23 September 2015|Press release

E. coli bacteria deployed against influenza

iGEM Team Flu Fighters

Photo: UHH/iGEM-Team Flu Fighters

A team of students from Universität Hamburg is to take part in the final of the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. At the student competition for synthetic biology, which runs from 24–28 September, the...

22 September 2015|Press release

Reminder: Children's Uni Hamburg kicks off with the lecture "Why do we sleep?"—trailer online now!

Logo Kinder-Uni Hamburg

Photo: UHH

After attending this lecture, bedtime will never have been easier: "Why Do We Sleep?" is the title of the first lecture at the Children's Uni Hamburg on Monday, 28 September 2015 at 5 pm. [ Read on in German]

In den übrigen fünf Veranstaltungen des Formats, das durch Sponsoren finanziert wird...

22 September 2015|Press release

International conference in Hamburg presents latest research in robotics

Personal Robot 2

Photo: UHH/AB TAMS

"Gateway to the Era of Robots" is the slogan of the International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS 2015) which takes place from 28 September to 2 October in Hamburg. This is the first time in over twenty years that Germany has hosted the conference. [ Read on in German ]

Unter dem Motto...

16 September 2015|Press release

Math conference

Eulersche Identität

Photo: UHH

Für Rückfragen:

Prof. Dr. Benedikt Löwe
Universität Hamburg
Fachbereich Mathematik
Tel.: 040 42838-4444
E-Mail: dmv2015"AT"math.uni-hamburg.de

15 September 2015|Press release

Newly discovered treasure: Complete cast of gable sculpture

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After decades in storage, one of the world's rarest complete plaster cast of the gables of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia will be put on public display. The treasure will be exhibited on the Von-Melle-Park campus. [Read on in German]

Wissenschaftssenatorin Katharina Fegebank und...

7 September 2015|Press release

Arctic sea ice fails to recover: less surface ice than last year

Forschungsschiff Polarstern

Photo: Stefan Hendricks, AWI

Hamburg/Bremerhaven: The summer minimum has not yet been reached, yet even now Arctic sea ice covers a mere 4.35 million square meters. The Northeast and Northwest Passages are already virtually ice-free. While researchers at Universität Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) do not...

3 September 2015|Press release

DFG Funding Atlas 2015: Natural sciences at Universität Hamburg among the top German programs

DFG-Logo

Photo: DFG

According to the current funding ranking of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Universität Hamburg ascended further to the top between 2011–2013. The DFG presented the new Funding Atlas today in Berlin. Read on in German...

Ausschlaggebend für den Anstieg der eingeworbenen DFG-Fördermittel und...

1 September 2015|Press release

Children's Uni Hamburg starts with lecture "Why Do We Sleep?"

Logo Kinder-Uni Hamburg

Photo: UHH

After attending this lecture, bedtime will never have been easier: "Why Do We Sleep?" is the title of the first lecture at the Children's Uni Hamburg on Monday, 28 September 2015 at 5 pm. Read on in German...

In den übrigen fünf Veranstaltungen des Formats, das durch Sponsoren finanziert wird...

31 August 2015|Press release

Opening of LOFAR station—part of the world's largest telescope

47th LOFAR Station

Photo: UHH/Brüggen

It is as big as a football field and is designed to view the first stars in the Universe: Universität Hamburg and Bielefeld University in cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) have built the 47th Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) station—the largest digital radio...

27 August 2015|Press release

Studie belegt: Kreuzritter verbreiteten Schneckenarten über das Meer

Levantina spiriplana

Photo: UHH/Glaubrecht

Snails can do almost anything but fly. The Levantina spiriplana, however, does not only appear—as the name suggests—in present-day Israel, Lebanon, and Syria; it can also be found on a few Aegean islands, far from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. Zoologist and biosystematist Matthias...

27 August 2015|Press release

Research team at Universität Hamburg observes rebirth of cosmic radio phoenix

Radio-Phönix

Photo: : X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Hamburg/F. de Gasperin et al; Optical: SDSS; Radio: NRAO/VLA/Univ of Hamburg/F. de Gasperin et al

In mythology, phoenix arises from its own ashes. Dr. Francesco de Gasperin and Prof. Dr. Marcus Brüggen from Universität Hamburg have now been witness to a similar rebirth in the form of radio waves. Together with an international team of researchers, they observed the collision of two distant...

25 August 2015|Press release

Professor Roland Wiesendanger new fellow of Surface Science Society of Japan

Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger

Photo: privat

The Surface Science Society of Japan (SSSJ) has appointed the physicist Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger from Universität Hamburg for his outstanding performance and successes in the field of surface and interface science as international fellow. Wiesendanger received this distinction, awarded for...

24 August 2015|Press release

Investigating narwhal skull at Center of Natural History

Der 300 Jahre alte Schädel von Narwal „Lisa“.

Photo: UHH/Glaubrecht

The Mona Lisa of Hamburg's natural history collection is unique: Only 20 narwhal skulls with a double tusk are known to exist worldwide. And only one of these has been identified as having belonged to a female animal, namely to "Lisa," a narwhal in the zoological collection of the Center of...

11 August 2015|Press release

Does protecting the climate harm the climate?

Kraftwerk

Photo: pixabay.com

To prevent global warming and reduce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) we commonly rely on saving energy, opting for renewable energy, reducing our meat consumption, and forsaking plane and car in favor of bike or train. Non-consumption, however, does not automatically lead to a...

14 July 2015|Press release

2.5 million euros for new high-performance computer

Director of the Regional Computing Center at Universität Hamburg Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Olbrich in front of the new high-performance computer.

Photo: A. Mentz, UHH/RRZ/MCC

The Regional Computing Center at Universität Hamburg (RRZ) has begun operating a new high-performance computer. The computer is complemented by a hard-drive system capable of storing data observations on a large scale. This will facilitate more comprehensive simulations and data analyses, as...

30 June 2015|Press release

2015 Karl H. Ditze Prize honors outstanding student theses

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Photo: Karl H. Ditze-Stiftung

Each year the Karl H. Ditze Foundation awards the Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding student and doctoral theses in the humanities and education at Universität Hamburg.

Read on in German...

Die feierlichen Preisverleihungen mit einem Preisgeld von 3.000 Euro für eine Dissertation und 2.000 Euro...

25 June 2015|Press release

Professor Roland Wiesendanger to receive doctorate from Poznan University of Technology

Professor Roland Wiesendanger nach Erhalt der Ehrendoktorurkunde durch den Rektor der TU Posen, Professor Tomasz Lodygowski

Photo: Wojciech Jasiecki, Technische Universität Posen

On 23 June 2015, Poznan University of Technology in Poland awarded an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger, head of the research group Scanning Probe Methods (SPM) at Universität Hamburg's Institute for Solid-State Physics and Nanoscience.

Read on in German...

Prof. Wiesendanger...

25 June 2015|Press release

How companies can protect their data effectively against hackers

Data security

Photo: fotogestoeber - Fotolia.com

Insufficient or inadequate data security concepts and measures may cause considerable damage. We cordially invite interested audiences to the lecture by Prof. Dr. Hannes Federrath. As data security expert at Universität Hamburg he will explain how businesses and administrators can protect their...

23 June 2015|Press release

Memorial for drowned refugees

Bestattungsaktion für Flüchtlinge vor dem Hauptgebäude

Photo: AStA Uni Hamburg

The Presidium of Universität Hamburg has received several queries with regard to commemoration activities at Universität Hamburg for drowned refugees. President Lenzen has stated:

The University deems the activities as absolutely appropriate and welcome. If commemoration activities "disrupt"...

22 June 2015|Press release

Universität Hamburg receives almost €5 million for particle accelerator from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Compact Muon Solenoid detector (CMS)

Photo: CERN

Universität Hamburg's Institute of Experimental Physics and the Institute for Theoretical Physics receive about €5 million from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for projects within the research alliance at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the particle accelerator of the...

22 June 2015|Press release

Workshop: Migration in times of crisis

CliSAP logo

Photo: CliSAP

Violent conflicts, climate destruction, and climate change have been the main causes of mass migration in the past several decades. These topics form the focus of the international workshop Critical Perspectives on Human Mobility in Times of Crisis on 25 and 26 June at CliSAP (Universität...

19 June 2015|Press release

The University Players to perform One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Actors from University Players

Photo: G2 Baraniak

To celebrate their 35th anniversary, the University Players will be performing Dale Wasserman's stage adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The production will be performed in English. Read on in German...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
am 26., 29., 30. Juni und am...

18 June 2015|Press release

Japanese order for University President Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen: Conferment ceremony

Dieter Lenzen

Photo: UHH/ Sukhina

The Japanese government has awarded Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star for his outstanding achievements and services. 

A conferment ceremony will take place on

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 at 11:00 am in the Main Building of...

16 June 2015|Press release

Women's Advancement Award 2015 recognizes equal opportunity team in MIN Faculty

Forscherin und Forscher im Labor

Photo: UHHMG/ Makarov

This year's Women's Advancement Award at Universität Hamburg is being bestowed upon the equal opportunity team in the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences. The €10,000 prize has been awarded annually since 1997 and recognizes outstanding, long-term commitment to the advancement...

16 June 2015|Press release

With help from Hamburg research group, OPERA experiment proves transformation of muon into tau neutrinos

CERN premises from air

Photo: CERN

With the help of a research group at Universität Hamburg, the international OPERA experiment at the Gran Sasso INFN lab in Italy has now measured a tau neutrino. Read on in German...

Das Neutrino, das seinen Flug am CERN in der Schweiz als Myon-Neutrino begann, erreichte nach seiner Reise über...

9 June 2015|Press release

First Southeast Asia Day at Universität Hamburg

Map of Southeast Asia

Photo: de.wikipedia.org - CC BY-SA 3.0

The Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia of the Asien-Afrika-Institut cordially invites the general public to take part in the

First Southeast Asia Day at Universität Hamburg, 13 June 2015,  9:30 am– 8:30 pm in the Asien-Afrika-Institut, Main Building of the University, East Wing...

3 June 2015|Press release

Mesopotamian clay tablets with cuneiform characters

Clay tablet with cuneiform characters

Photo: Martine Esline

This year, collaborative research center 950 (SFB 950), "Manuscript Cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe", is celebrating its fourth anniversary as well as the pledge by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) to finance the center with another €9.5 million over the...

28 May 2015|Press release

DFG extends three collaborative research centers at Universität Hamburg

DFG-Logo

Photo: DFG

Through to the second round: the German Research Foundation (DFG) will extend the collaborative research centers "Light-Induced Dynamics and Control of Correlated Quantum Systems" (SFB 925), "Multi-Site Communication in the Brain" (SFB 936), and "Manuscript Cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe"...

26 May 2015|Press release

Humboldt's Pictures: The Visualization of Nature

Satansaffe

Photo: WBG/ Lambert Schneider Verlag

The Center for Natural History (Centrum für Naturkunde, CeNak) at Universität Hamburg cordially invites the public to the start of a new series of events. The series will open with a slide show and a reading of excerpts from Humboldt's work. Read on in German...

Humboldts Bilder – Die...

21 May 2015|Press release

Graduates of program for deaf sign-language interpreters interpret at music competition in Vienna

ESC-Logo

Photo: ESC

For the first time, deaf viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) on 23 May in Vienna will be able to experience the competition as fully as their hearing peers! This year, the songs will be offered in sign language thanks to a team of interpreters that includes graduates of the program for...

20 May 2015|Press release

New study: Testosterone encourages socially-acceptable behavior in groups

Cheering soccer fans: Testosterone is better than its reputation—it encourages socially acceptable behavior in groups

Photo: Foto: Dierk Haasis, Lizenz: by NC 2.0, Quelle: www.flickr.com

Luise Reimers, doctoral student in the research team under Junior Professor Dr. Esther Diekhof (neuroendrocrinology research group in the Department of Human Biology at the Biocenter Grindel of Universität Hamburg) has been investigating the influence of testosterone on human social behavior. Her...

19 May 2015|Press release

Historic Walcker organ at Universität Hamburg has been restored

Die restaurierte Walcker-Orgel im Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

To celebrate the restoration of the organ in the University's Musicology Institute, University Music invites the public to an organ concert on 30 May 2015 at 6 pm in the Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Neue Rabenstraße 13, 20354, Hamburg.

Free! (Read on in German...)

Solist des Abends ist der...

18 May 2015|Press release

Armed forces the world over address climate change

Ausschnitt vom Deckblatt des US-amerikanischen Sicherheitsstrategiepapiers.

Photo: The White House/ Washington, D.C.

A new study at Universität Hamburg shows that armed forces are taking climate change into strategic account. All 38 countries in the study mention climate change in their strategy papers. Most countries expect an increase in emergency aid missions while a small group expects an increase in...

8 May 2015|Press release

President Lenzen honored by Japanese government

Dieter Lenzen

Photo: UHH/ Sukhina

The president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star of the Japanese government for promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and Germany.

Read on in German...

Zu diesen gehören u. a. seine Tätigkeit...

6 May 2015|Press release

Sammeln – Von Leidenschaft, die Wissen schafft

Poster for the special exhibition on collecting

Photo: LSH/ Böhm

The Loki Schmidt Haus, a museum of useful plants in the Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, is set to open its latest special exhibition on the topic of collecting ("Sammeln–Von Leidenschaft, die Wissen schafft")

on: Sunday, 17 May 2015, at 2 pm,
Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609 Hamburg.

Read on in German...

Die...

4 May 2015|Press release

BACK ON EARTH with Alexander Gerst

Astronaut Alexander Gerst

Photo: ESA/ NASA

The astronaut, geophysicist, and vulcanologist Alexander Gerst is coming to the Audimax at Universität Hamburg to present his Blue Dot Mission on the International Space Station (ISS) in film and pictures. [Read on in German]

Warum sind Satellitendaten so wichtig für die Klimaforschung...

28 April 2015|Press release

Research on wind in the city: St. Nikolai steeple as weather mast

Ultrasound wind gauge

Photo: UHH/CEN

High density poses a serious challenge to the study of urban climate. Researchers at Universität Hamburg are now turning the steeple of the St. Nikolai Church into a weather station. Read on in German...

Aufgrund von Bauarbeiten und einer damit verbundenen Einrüstung des Gebäudes konnte ein...

23 April 2015|Press release

Plant protein diet for the overweight and obese

Reife Sojabohnen

Photo: Scott Bauer/ USDA; CC0

Excess weight and obesity are important risk factors for glucose intolerance, diabetes mellitus (type 2), and cardiovascular diseases. For that reason, sport and exercise medical experts at Universität Hamburg are currently planning a study on the effects of a plant protein product designed to...

23 April 2015|Press release

Horse teeth comparison: Research team corroborates nutrition's significance for species survival

Kauflächen Zebra versus Hauspferd

Photo: Dr. Ellen Schulz-Kornas

The conservation of numerous wild horse breeds depends largely on protection and breeding programs. Yet while their nutrition in the wild is somewhat meagre, consisting of hardy herbs and grasses, their diet in captivity is often too soft  to wear down their teeth.

Read on in German...

Die...

22 April 2015|Press release

What do Hamburg's inhabitants collect?

Botanische Sammlung

Photo: Christian Wolter

The Loki Schmidt Haus in Universität Hamburg's Botanical Garden is preparing a new special exhibition entitled Sammeln (Collecting). To present the topic as vividly as possible, Hamburg residents are being asked to submit photographs of their own collections. Read on in German...

Aus der...

21 April 2015|Press release

Exhibition opens in the Center of Natural History

Illustration

Photo: Jonas Kalmbach

Für Rückfragen:

Daniel Bein
Universität Hamburg
Museumspädagogik Zoologisches Museum
Tel.: 040 42838-2276
E-Mail: Daniel.Bein"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Prof. Reinhard Schulz-Schaeffer
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW)
Professor für Informative Illustration
Tel.: 0175 522 70 45
E-Mail...

20 April 2015|Press release

Tenth International Joseph Carlebach Conference and Joseph Carlebach Prize 2015

Prof. Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach

Photo: UHH/ Sukhina

Universität Hamburg cordially invites the public to the:

Tenth International Conference: Väter und Vaterfiguren in jüdischer Geschichte, Religion und Kultur

3–5 May 2015, Warburg House, Heilwigstr. 116

Start: Sunday, 3 May, 6 pm

Eröffnung und Grußworte:

Prof. Dr. Ingrid Lohmann, Sprecherin des...
16 April 2015|Press release

Climate change in Antarctica: Natural temperature variability underestimated

Eisberg und Pinguine in der Antarktis

Photo: M. Helmich/ pixelio.de

Antarctica is of utmost importance for the assessment of environmental developments attributable to the growing magnitude of human activities across the world. Its enormous ice sheet is one of the tipping elements in the world's climate system. The partial melting of arctic ice masses would...

16 April 2015|Press release

University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen on the appointment of the new Senator of Science and Research of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg:

University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: UHH/Dichant

"I congratulate Ms. Katharina Fegebank on her appointment as Senator of Science and Research. The University looks very much forward to cooperating with her.“

Read on in German...

Gerade für unser Exzellenzkonzept einer „Universität der Nachhaltigkeit“ sehen wir Entwicklungsperspektiven, wenn das...

13 April 2015|Press release

vitality in art discourse of Early Modern Age

Leopoldina-Logo

Photo: Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina

Leopoldina lecture:

Prof. Dr. Frank Fehrenbach, Art History Seminar, Universität Hamburg, will give a lecture entitled:

„Quasi vivo. Lebendigkeit im Kunstdiskurs der Frühen Neuzeit“ ("Quasi vivo: Vitality in Art Discourse of the Early Modern Age")

on Tue, 21 April 2015, 6–9 pm
Main Building...

10 April 2015|Press release

Health sciences programs at Universität Hamburg to continue

Jemand hält eine Spritze, im Hintergrund ist ein Stethoskop zu sehen.

Due to an unauthorized letter from a professor in the health sciences to teaching students at the beginning of the semester, students were led to believe that they would be unable to continue their studies according to their program schedules in the 2015 summer semester. Universität Hamburg...

7 April 2015|Press release

for survey on men's health

Blutdruckmessung am Männerarm

Photo: Bernd Kasper / pixelio.de

A nationwide survey conducted by the Department of Human Movement Science at Universität Hamburg wants to find out why so few men take part in programs to promote health. Read on in German...

Ist es tatsächlich so, dass Männer Bewegungs- und Gesundheitsmuffel sind? Oder liegt es vielmehr an den...

2 April 2015|Press release

New head for Center for Teacher Training

Prof. Dr. Eva Arnold

Photo: UHH/ Lohmann

Prof. Dr. Eva Arnold is the new head of the Center for Teacher Training (Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, ZLH) at Universität Hamburg. The ZLH coordinates teacher training at all institutions in Hamburg. It advises, identifies requirements for further development of teacher training, and makes...

31 March 2015|Press release

Research team draws up species atlas for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

The catfish in Hamburg is an endangered species

Photo: UHH/Thiel

Ruffe, gudgeon, and bitterling are but a few of the fish species that call Hamburg's waterways home. Fish stock levels, existential threats, and protection measures have been analyzed by Prof. Dr. Ralph Thiel and Renate Thiel from the Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg on behalf...

26 March 2015|Press release

The beginning of human life in Islamic history

Human embryo

Photo: lunar caustic/creative commons/flickr

Prof. Dr. Thomas Eich from the Asien-Afrika-Institut at Universität Hamburg has been awarded a consolidator grant worth two million euros for his project "Contemporary Bioethics and the History of the Unborn in Islam." His research, which he is due to commence in September 2015, investigates how...

25 March 2015|Press release

Germany's Danish minority larger than previously believed

Die dänische Seemannskirche in Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Riemer

German and Danish minorities live to the north and south of the German-Danish border respectively. Using a representative survey, researchers at Universität Hamburg have now determined the size of Germany's Danish minority and where its members live. Read on in German...

Den Ergebnissen zufolge...

24 March 2015|Press release

Biologists investigate role of heterothermy in colonization of habitats

Der madagassische Lemur

Photo: UHH/Dausmann

Whether they hibernate or enter dormancy, for many animals the ability to reduce bodily function to a minimum during cold or environmentally hostile seasons is a matter of survival. A number of animals, however, are able to regulate their energy requirements spontaneously and independently of the...

23 March 2015|Press release

Information session for parents

Parent information session

Photo: UHH/ Sasse

Every year, young adults keen to study wonder which subject to choose, consulting with parents who provide advice and, in many cases, funding. Read on in German...

Doch viele Mütter und Väter sind mit Begriffen wie „Credit Points“, „STiNE-Account“ und dem Bachelor- und Mastersystem nicht...

20 March 2015|Press release

Twelve million euros for German research program

Deiche in Norddeutschland

Photo: UHH/CEN/S. Beddig

The German Research Foundation (DFG) awarded the new Priority Programme "SeaLevel" €11.9 million in funding. The project was developed under the overall control of Hamburg climate researchers. Over the next six years, Detlef Stammer from the Center of Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN)...

19 March 2015|Press release

Archiv Hamburger Kunst—From "Degenerate" to Contemporary Art

Dr. Maike Bruhns

Photo: privat

Universität Hamburg's Art History Seminar and the Aby Warburg Foundation invite interested members of the public to attend a festive evening in honor of art historian Dr. Maike Bruhns.

Archiv Hamburger Kunst—From "Degenerate" to Contemporary Art
Thursday, 26 March 2015, at 7 pm
in the...

19 March 2015|Press release

Physicists generate new type of quantum matter to improve understanding of dynamic phase transitions

Center for Optical Quantum Technologies

Photo: ZOQ

Dynamische Phasenübergänge sind ein grundlegendes Phänomen in der Natur. Man bezeichnet damit den Übergang eines Stoffes von einem Aggregatzustand in den anderen. Ein bekannter dynamischer Phasenübergang ist z. B. das Kondensieren von Wasserdampf zu Wasser oder das Gefrieren von Wasser zu Eis. Die...

18 March 2015|Press release

Doctoral student at Universität Hamburg to take part in Lindau Nobel Laueate Meeting

Logo Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Photo: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Antonia Karamatskou, doctoral student with Prof. Dr. Robin Santra from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Universität Hamburg and DESY, will take part this year in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Read on in German...

Die Nachwuchsforscherin gehört zum Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 925...

16 March 2015|Press release

General Lecture Series in summer semester to focus on psychology and psychiatry

Programmheft-Cover

Photo: UHH/ AWW

From 1 April 2015 Universität Hamburg will once again be offering a comprehensive program of free public lectures. This semester's General Lecture Series focuses on the soul. All members of the community are welcome to attend. [Read on in German]

Drei Ringvorlesungen thematisieren aktuelle...

4 March 2015|Press release

Universität Hamburg to receive millions for successful teaching quality offensive

Student at the blackboard

Photo: UHH/ Sukhina

Today the Joint Science Conference has announced the results of the German State and Federal program to improve teacher training: Universität Hamburg is one of several funded higher education institutions to receive roughly €6 million for its initiative to promote professional teaching methods to...

2 March 2015|Press release

Advising on Auditing Program for Older Adults on 11 and 12 March

Information on KSE

Photo: UHH/Asbeck

The Center for Continuing Studies at Universität Hamburg will be providing information on the Auditing Program for Older Adults, which is open to anyone interested in comprehensive further training but not seeking a degree. Information and individual advising will be offered on:

11 and 12 March...

19 February 2015|Press release

Universität Hamburg receives 1 million euro funding injection for strategic partnerships

DAAD-Logo

Photo: DAAD





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18 February 2015|Press release

Hamburg research team optimizes nanocrystals for solar cells

Schema einer Solarzelle

Photo: UHH/ Klinke

In order to convert light into electricity efficiently and generate flexible, high-performance solar energy, researchers have been seeking new material for solar cells. A research group headed by Dr. Christian Klinke has now successfully used lead sulfide to create two-dimensional nanocrystals of...

16 February 2015|Press release

University of the World: A Case for a World University System

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: Foto: UHH/Dichant

The three coexisting higher education systems—the continental Europen, the Anglo-American, and the East Asian systems—are currently converging towards the Anglo-American concept of "education as business." The results are manifold: Studying has often become prohibitively expensive and has also...

10 February 2015|Press release

Election forecast, euroscepticism, and immigration: AfD could attract voters in the double-digits

Hamburg state flag

Photo: Senatskanzlei

The current survey conducted by the research lab in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Hamburg looks at voting trends in the 21st Hamburg parliamentary elections. The Social Democrats (SPD) are the clear victors while the Alternative for Germany (AfD) could...

9 February 2015|Press release

Go on a journey of discovery with Universität Hamburg

Das Logo der Kampagne

Photo: HKS+B

Hamburg's universities carry the banner for academia: As part of the Heimathafen Wissenschaft-campaign, various academic institutions have already displayed large banners to draw attention to their achievements. Now the public can attend events on a broad spectrum of research topics at Universität...

9 February 2015|Press release

Calling for close academic ties with Greece

University President Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

Prof. Dr. Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, invited approximately 100 academics from Greece and Germany to the University to discuss possible solutions to the current Greek crisis. Read on in German...

Da die Sparauflagen in Griechenland umgesetzt wurden, ohne die besondere...

28 January 2015|Press release

President of European Court of Justice to speak about Greek-German academic relations

Vassilios Skouris

Photo: Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union

Prof. Dr. Vassilios Skouris, president of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), will be giving a talk on Greek-German relations in academia at a conference on Greek-German academic cooperation.

"Die Beziehungen der deutschen und griechischen Wissenschaft: Eine Bestandsaufnahme"

Thursday, 5...

26 January 2015|Press release

Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe appoints professor to Council of Experts

Prof. Dr. Jonas Schreyögg

Photo: Gregor Schläger

Prof. Dr. Jonas Schreyögg, director of Universität Hamburg's Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE), has been appointed by Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe to the German Council of Experts, which regularly evalutes developments in healthcare. Prof. Schreyögg was presented with official...

22 January 2015|Press release

Institute of Soil Science holds open house

Diverse Bodenproben

Photo: IfB/Pfeiffer

Healthy soils form the basis of food production, filter and store water, and play a significant role in the climate. In order to draw attention to these functions as well as to the maniffold threats to soils, the United Nations has deemed 2015 the "International Year of Soils."

The Institute of...

19 January 2015|Press release

University Winter Concert with star line-up

Sand artist Anne Löper

Photo: O. Reetz

The choirs and symphony orchestra of the University would like to extend a warm invitation to a very exceptional winter concert at Universität Hamburg:

Winter Concert at Universität Hamburg
Sunday, 1 Februar 2015, 8 pm
Grand Hall of the Laeiszhalle

Tickets (€18/€9 concession) are available online at...
15 January 2015|Press release

The future of scientific collections

Postkarte zur Podiumsdiskussion

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

At the finale of our lecture series Treasures Which Explain the World—A Journey Through Universität Hamburg's Scientific Collections, we invite all those interested to attend our panel discussion "Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen in Forschung, Lehre und Bildung – Zukunftsperspektiven und Potenziale...

14 January 2015|Press release

Party spokespersons for science and research in the Hamburg Parliament at Universität Hamburg

Foyer des Westflügels der Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Hansen

On 15 January 2015 the party spokespersons for science and research in the Hamburg Parliament will convene at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Dr. Eva Gümbel (Grüne), Dora Heyenn (Die Linke), Thilo Kleibauer (CDU), Philipp-Sebastian Kühn (SPD) und Dr. Wieland Schinnenburg (FDP) werden...

14 January 2015|Press release

University Council agrees to reappoint president

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen

Photo: Pressebild.de/Bertold Fabricius

After the Academic Senate agreed in a two-thirds majority decision passed on 18 December 2014 to reappoint the current President Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, the second relevant committee, the University Council, has now also declared its agreement, with eight members voting in favor and one...

12 January 2015|Press release

Funding renewed for China-EU School of Law (CESL)

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Photo: China-EU School of Law

One of the most important cooperative projects between Europe and China in the field of law, the China-EU School of Law (CESL), will receive European Commission funding for a further three and a half years. The CESL is a cooperation between four Chinese and twelve European universities and...

12 January 2015|Press release

Hamburg State Higher Education Conference presents study on economic importance of higher education institutions

The Hamburg State Higher Education Conference together with the DIW Econ GmbH will present a study carried out by the DIW Econ on the economic importance of Hamburg's higher education institutions for the metropolitan region of Hamburg on

14 January 2015, 11 am
Mittelweg 177 (Turmzimmer, 6th...

8 January 2015|Press release

Seeking participants for Hobbit online survey

Logo World Hobbit Research Project

Photo: www.worldhobbitproject.org

The World Hobbit Research Project, the world's largest research project on media perception, seeks 50,000 Hobbit watchers for an online survey analyzing how the movie series is perceived. Read on in German... An dem Forschungsvorhaben sind Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus 46 Ländern...

6 January 2015|Press release

Betriebswirte an der Universität Hamburg exzellent im Forschungs-Ranking

WiWi-Bunker am Von-Melle-Park 5

Photo: UHH/ Baumann

The Handelsblatt ranking is the most highly regarded research ranking for business economics in the German-speaking world. In the December 2014 rankings, Universität Hamburg has ranked second for business economics, just behind the Technical University of Munich. Read on in German...

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