Interviews

17 December 2015|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

How male spiders can escape their doom after mating

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|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

School student research center

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|Pressemitteilung

Exzellente Naturwissenschaften und ihre gesellschaftliche Bedeutung – am Beispiel Hamburg

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|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

DFG-Bewilligung: Universität Hamburg mit zwei neuen Sonderforschungsbereichen erfolgreich

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).

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10 November 2015|Pressemitteilung

On the passing of 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|Pressemitteilung

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

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.

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Reise nach...

6 November 2015|Pressemitteilung

Quality Pact for Teaching: Universitätskolleg successful once again

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?

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|Pressemitteilung

Hamburg opens its doors to the Night of Knowledge

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|Pressemitteilung

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

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 –
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21 October 2015|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

3.1 million euros for international research network SECURE

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|Pressemitteilung

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

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|Pressemitteilung

Sustainable consumption

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.

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Sie werden die...

1 October 2015|Pressemitteilung

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...