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Hamburg—a center of scienceUniversity president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen and Hamburg's first mayor Olaf Scholz discuss

20 December 2017, by Peter Kröninger

Universitätspräsident Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen im Gespräch mit dem Ersten Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg Olaf Scholz
University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen in discussion with the first mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Olaf Scholz.

In his 70-minute-long keynote address last November, Hamburg's first mayor Olaf Scholz professed his commitment to Hamburg as a center of science. University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen took the opportunity to probe a little deeper. During the discussion, Mr. Scholz emphasized the importance of science for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and explained his expectations for the future.

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