Interviews

Universität Hamburg's Botanical Gardens, located in Klein Flottbek and Planten un Blomen, are both an extraordinary scientific institution and a popular destination for nature-loving residents and tourists alike. We would like to inform the press and public about the results of the expert...

Following an invitation extended by the President, the head of the Faculty of Humanities met with the representatives of both Latin American studies and the Department of Languages, Literature and Media (SLM II) and agreed to reopen admission to the Latin American studies program for the winter...

The Karl H. Ditze Foundation will award the thirteenth Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the humanities and the educational sciences at Universität Hamburg. The prize is worth 10,000 euros. [Read on in German]

Die feierliche Preisverleihung findet...

This year's Women's Advancement Prize at Universität Hamburg goes to the Equal Opportunity Team in the School of Humanities. The prize, worth 10,000 euros, is awarded for outstanding and sustainable activities promoting women at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Die feierliche Verleihung...

Students of teacher training for primary and lower secondary education can now study Catholic religion at Universität Hamburg. The new subject will be available from the winter semester 2014-15. Already qualified teachers wishing to teach Catholic religion as an extra subject may complete a...

"Fit over fifty? Reach one hundred fit, agile and with wit"

Sunday, 22 June 2014 from 9:30 am to 5 pm in the Sport Park at Universität Hamburg (Rotherbaum), Turmweg 2.

Entry is free.

Unter fachkundiger Anleitung können die Besucher aus 15 unterschiedlichen Kursen Angebote wie Balance-Fitness...

Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger, leader of the Scanning Probe Methods Research Group at the Institute for Applied Physics at Universität Hamburg, has been awarded the Heinreich Rohrer Grand Medal for his pioneering work on spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and magnetic phenomena on the...

Major changes are afoot for Universität Hamburg Choir and Orchestra this summer semester. Until now both ensembles performed together in a single summer concert. Now, under the baton of the new academic musical director Prof. Thomas Posth, choir and orchestra will give separate concerts. And...

Seit acht Jahren erfolgreich und nun geht es in die dritte Runde: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fördert den Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 676 für weitere vier Jahre. Der SFB mit dem Titel „Teilchen, Strings und das frühe Universum – Struktur von Materie und Raumzeit“ erhält damit vom...

Banning players is an essential element in preventing gambling addiction – if implemented correctly. This was the result of a study funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg carried out at Universität Hamburg.

Demnach wirkt sich das derzeitige Sperrsystem in staatlichen Spielbanken positiv...

For decades our society has witnessed massive changes: the financial markets appear ever harder to control and more and more social tasks, such as the care of the elderly, seem to be transformed into commercial goods. These transformations and the social consequences they effect are the object of...

Dr Julia Rehbein from the Insitute of Organic Chemistry at Universität Hamburg has been selected to join the German Research Council's Emmy-Noether Program. Dr Rehbein's research group has been awarded more than 1 million euros for a project on reaction dynamics in chemical transformations of...

Mind-reading, steering machines with nothing more than willpower – all no problem in science fiction. But how long before we can do this in real life? Over the last few years the neurosciences have made significant progress on this front, in particular through the development of new imaging...

Die Folgen des Klimawandels spüren insbesondere die zahlreichen Inseln der Erde. Das verdeutlicht eine neue Online-Datenbank von Geographen am Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit der Universität Hamburg (CEN). Sie steht ab sofort zur Verfügung und kombiniert geographische...

In its session of 15 May 2014, the Academic Senate of Universität Hamburg elected Prof. Dr. Suanne Rupp, who was recommended by President Dieter Lenzen, to the presidium. The three-year term of office for the new Vice President of Studies and Teaching will commence on 1 August 2014. At the end of...

TV presenter Julia-Niharika Sen (NDR) and president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, will talk with guests from various fields about a very special elixir: blood. The talk will take place in Thalia Theater's Nachtasyl on 15 May at 8:30 pm.  Read on in German...

Die Schauspielerin...

In the wake of increasing mobility among a growing population, the development and optimization of environmentally-friendly motors has high priority. In Hamburg, a German-Chinese cooperative project called SINGER (Sino-German Electromobility Research) is now beginning activities, the goal of which...

The president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, has been designated as a "Kenjin" (wise man or eminent person) for ASHINAGA – Educational and Emotional Support for Orphans Worldwide. ASHINAGA is a Japanese non-profit organization which has long been committed to the material and...

Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner, ETH Zürich, has been awarded the Martin Warnke Medal for his academic achievements and his success as an author. The award ceremony will take place on:

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
at 7:30 pm
at the Warburg Haus Hamburg, Heilwigstraße 116.

Members of the media are cordially...