Press Releases 2016

20 December 2016|Press release

Accurate mapping of megacity illegal growth— a promising new method

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For the first time, data gathered via satellite—so-called remote sensing—and social data collected through human sensing have been linked scientifically with improved results. Miguel Rodriguez Lopez from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) introduced this...

13 December 2016|Press release

A total of about €4 million for University research projects

Photo: European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) has now included two research projects at Universität Hamburg in his ERC Consolidator Grant funding line: "Problems in Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics (PEPCo)" headed by Prof. Mathias Schacht (PhD) in the Department of Mathematics and "Slow Motion...

1 December 2016|Press release

Award ceremony for the 2016 Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding young researchers

Photo: Karl H. Ditze-Stiftung

This years the Karl H. Ditze Foundation will award the Karl H. Ditze Prize, worth 13,000 euros, for the fifteenth time for outstanding doctoral dissertations in the humanities and education at Universität Hamburg.

28 November 2016|Press release

500 students from all over the world debate in the 18th Hamburg Model United Nations

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Seventy nationalities from over fifty countries: more than 500 students from all over the world are set to debate in the 18th Hamburg Model United Nations (HamMUN) from 1 to 4 December 2016 at Universität Hamburg. Students simulate political bodies such as the UN Security Council, the International...

25 November 2016|Press release

Eminent visitors honor Chinese-German cooperation

Eminent visitors at Universität Hamburg: On the occasion of the closing event of the German-Chinese youth exchange year, the Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Liu Yandong, and German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, spoke on Thursday, 24 November, in the Main...

24 November 2016|Press release

Majority for SPD, voter potential for AfD

In the fall of 2016, the research lab in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences conducted its regular Hamburg-BUS survey of Hamburg citizens in order to analyze potential voting patterns and political views, among other things. Under the aegis of the political scientist Prof. Dr...

23 November 2016|Press release

100th anniversary of Insurance Law Seminar

This year the Insurance Law Seminar in the Faculty of Law at Universität Hamburg and the Versicherungswissenschaftliche Verein in Hamburg e. V. celebrate their 100th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the Faculty invites the public to festivities on Friday, 2 December 2016 from 9 am to 2 pm to the...

22 November 2016|Press release

2.5 million for alliance project on sustainability at higher education institutions

Writing excerpt on paper: "University for a Sustainable Future"

Photo: UHH/Schell

The Center for a Sustainable University (KNU) at Universität Hamburg coordinates the alliance project on developing, networking, and reporting on sustainability at higher educational institutions (HOCHN), which has just been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Eleven...

17 November 2016|Press release

A beer with Hamburg's researchers

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In 46 pubs across Hamburg, the city's researchers performed today (17 November) in the event "Wissen vom Fass", entertaining audiences with talks on their current research.

15 November 2016|Press release

Prof. Dr. Günter Huber selected for Russian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Dr. Günter Huber, Institute of Laser Physics

Photo: UHH/Institut für Laserphysik

Prof. Dr. Günter Huber from the Institute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg has been selected as a foreign member at this year's meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. With this distinction, the Academy honors Professor Huber's pioneering work in the field of applied laser physics...

7 November 2016|Press release

Second round of "Wissen vom Fass"

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The big bang, Higgs, schnaps, and snails—this fall Hamburg's researchers will once again venture out from their labs and offices and into the pubs and bars of the Hanseatic city.

4 November 2016|Press release

Invitation to the media: expert forum at Universität Hamburg on the imminent US election

Photo: von Dbenbenn, Zscout370, Jacobolus, Indolences, Technion. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

As soon as the result of the British 'Brexit' was known, Google experienced a momentous increase in the number of searches relating to 'Brexit' and 'consequences'—searches that possibly came too late. Now that the countdown to the US election has begun, Universität Hamburg has set up an expert forum...

2 November 2016|Press release

Wahnsinn trifft Methode: A talkshow with an unusual topic

Photo: UHH/Sukhina/Wohlfahrt

Usually, the word "ass" is used negatively—and often unjustly. So it is bound to be interesting when the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Lenzen, joings NDR moderator Julia-Niharika Sen to discuss our derriere, one episode in the three part series "Himmel, Arsch und Zwirn" ("Heaven, Ass...

19 October 2016|Press release

Reform of EU emissions trading is counterproductive

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Last year the Parliament of the European Union (EU) sharpened one of the most important instruments in the fight against climate change by deciding to reform the Emissions Trading System (ETS). Two researchers at Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino and Maximilian Willner from the...

17 October 2016|Press release

Event series on literature and theology

Sybolic image with book for the lecture series "Religion and Literature: So Open is the World!"

Photo: Pixabay

A weekly series of readings and discussions with distinguished authors starts on 26 October 2016 at Universität Hamburg. Under the motto "So open is the world!", participants will discuss ways in which contemporary literature is opening itself up once more to questions of religion. All interested...

5 October 2016|Press release

General Lecture Series commences in October

Excerpt from the title page of the program brochure

Photo: UHH/AWW

This winter semester Universität Hamburg will once again put on a comprehensive program of public lectures for all members of the public. The thematically organized General Lecture Series steers you through current questions in science, research, and society discussed in almost 400 lectures. Most of...

28 September 2016|Press release

1.4 million euros for the FOOD PROFILING project at Universität Hamburg

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What are we eating and where does it come from? In the era of global trade and increasingly complex food production processes, this question is becoming more and more difficult to answer. A research team at Universität Hamburg will receive 1.4 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Food and...

23 September 2016|Press release

Open house at the Hamburg Observatory

1-Meter-Spiegelteleskop der Hamburger Sternwarte

Photo: UHH/Baumann

Here's your chance to see the stars and galaxies through a giant telescope, find out everything about life on other planets, or experiment with infra-red light! Young and old alike can indulge their curiosity and discover outer space with researchers at the observatory on Saturday, 1 October 2016.

13 September 2016|Press release

Open water around the North Pole: Arctic Ocean ice receding

Measuring ice thickness with an airplane

Photo: E. Horvath/AWI

In September the ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an area of just under 4.1 million square kilometers. This is the second smallest area measured since satellite recording commenced. Only in the record negative year of 2012 did scientists measure less ice (3.4 million square kilometers). "This is a...

9 September 2016|Press release

Hamburger Forscher analysieren Angriffe von Tieren auf Menschen in Nepal

"Human-wildlife conflicts" often arise where the habitats and interests of human beings and wild animals meet. These lead to a decline in support for environmental and animal protection measures, which is particularly dangerous in areas where animals facing extinction live. A research team from the...

7 September 2016|Press release

Children's Uni Hamburg kicks off with "Why are there wars?"

Photo: UHH

Even adults find current political developments in the world difficult to understand. How, then, does one go about explaining to children why humans commit violent acts against one another? The Children's Uni Hamburg takes up this challenge on Monday, 10 October 2016 at 5 pm with the lecture "Why...

29 August 2016|Press release

400 researchers from 25 countries to convene at Universität Hamburg

Photo: von Dersaadet (Eigenes Werk) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) oder GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

The Second European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies will take place at Universität Hamburg from 14 to 17 September 2016. Over 400 participants from 25 countries make this conference the largest academic event devoted to Turkey's past and present and the Turkish-speaking diaspora...

25 August 2016|Press release

Multitasking and attention training to prevent falls

Warning in front of a potential tripping hazard.

Photo: By Torsten Henning (drawn by Torsten Henning) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Studies at Universität Hamburg have shown that the elderly are most prone to falls when several things take place around them simultaneously, requiring them to distribute their attention to a number of tasks (multitasking situations). The research group around Prof. Dr. Klaus Mattes and Dr. Bettina...

25 August 2016|Press release

Wild Bee Day at the Zoological Museum at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Grabener

As part of this summer's wild bee theme, the Center of Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg warmly invites all interested members of the public to a Wild Bee Day featuring a colorful program on bee mortality and protection.

18 August 2016|Press release

Hedges and biodiversity on Madagascar

Photo: Joachim Nopper

We are currently witnessing a steady decline in plant and animal biodiversity worldwide. In particular on Madagascar, a so-called biodiversity hotspot, unique fauna communities are in danger of losing their natural habitats through human activities. A research team from Universität Hamburg has...

18 August 2016|Press release

Three ERC starting grants

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Dr Irene Fernandez-Cuesta from Prof. Dr. Robert Heinrich Blick's research group at the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics as well as junior professor Dr Annalisa Bonafede und Dr Franco Vazza from Prof. Dr. Marcus Brüggen's research team at the Institute for Extragalactic Astronomy...

15 August 2016|Press release

Universität Hamburg congratulates student Maximilian Munski on silver medal

Photo: Von Gregor Rom - Eigenes Werk, CC-BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48647224

On Saturday, the German men's eight rowed so fast in Rio that the team was awarded the silver medal; the British took gold. Among the rowers in the German team was Maximilian Munski, a student in the special needs teacher training program at Universität Hamburg.

29 July 2016|Press release

Freigeist Fellowship for research at Universität Hamburg

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Dr. Rainer Kaufmann is one of thirteen researchers to receive a Freigeist Fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation. He will use the award to conduct research at Universität Hamburg, specifically to tread new paths in microscopy in order to better understand complex cellular processes. Kaufmann has...

21 July 2016|Press release

Lemur DNA reveals what Madagascar looked like before human arrival

Photo: Jacques Rakotondranary

Madagascar is best known for its forests that are home to a very diverse flora and fauna. Since humans settled on the Island, however, endemic species have been severely threatened with extinction: within a few thousand years, Madagascan forests were decimated considerably through land clearance. By...

19 July 2016|Press release

Universität Hamburg and Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht establish Helmholtz Institute Climate Service Science (HICSS)

Motif of researchers in front of a map of the world

Photo: UHH/KlimaCampus/Steinhauser

Universität Hamburg and the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG) with its Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) want to expand collaboration in research on climate service. They have thus agreed to establish the Helmholtz Institute Climate Service Science...

19 July 2016|Press release

Liebelt Foundation professorship for historical and contemporary provenance research

Photo: UHH/Dichant

A new six-year junior professorship for historical and contemporary provenance research is to be established at the Art History Seminar at Universität Hamburg. Funding has been provided by Susanne and Michael Liebelt, who have donated €500,000 for the professorship.

18 July 2016|Press release

ICME–13 at Universität Hamburg

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From 24 to 31 July 2016 Universität Hamburg will be hosting the most important congress worldwide for researchers working in the field of maths teaching and learning: the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME–13). Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kaiser, professor for mathematics education...

12 July 2016|Press release

Europe's largest health economics conference in Hamburg

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The Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) and the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) are hosting the EuHEA Conference, Europe's largest health economics conference, from 13 to 16 July 2016. This marks the first time that Germany hosts the conference, which takes place every two...

8 July 2016|Press release

University welcomes takeover of HWWI by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Photo: UHH/Dichant

Universität Hamburg welcomes the decision by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to purchase the University's share of the HWWI. This decision will permit the Institute to pursue its new, more applied research-oriented profile.

7 July 2016|Press release

Hamburg's wild bees in danger—strategies and current research projects

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) from the historical insect collection

Photo: CeNak/ Thure Dalsgaard

Time is running out for Hamburg's wild bees: around half of the species native to the city is under threat of extinction. The Center of Natural Science (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg is researching the level of this threat using the University's historical insect collections.

4 July 2016|Press release

University mourns Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmut Greve

The West Wing of the Main Building at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Meike Hansen

Universität Hamburg mourns its honorary senator Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Helmut Greve, who passed away last night aged 94.

23 June 2016|Press release

Universität Hamburg Equal Opportunity Prize for the PIASTA intercultural tutor program team

Photo: UHH/PIASTA

This year's Women's Advancement Prize of Universität Hamburg, awarded since 1997, will for the very first time be awarded as the Equal Opportunity Prize for outstanding, visible, and sustainable activities promoting equal opportunity in the area of gender and diversity. The 2016 Equal Opportunity...

21 June 2016|Press release

Literature Meets Nature

Ed Ricketts' laboratory in Cannery Row, Monterey

Photo: LordHarris at the English language Wikipedia, GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg warmly invites you to join it on a literary journey of readings from Nobel Prize laureate and author John Steinbeck in the lecture series Literature Meets Nature on Tuesday, 28 June 2016 at 7 pm.

16 June 2016|Press release

EU funding for research project on value-driven cyber security

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Besides its obvious benefits, e.g., better information accessability, digitalization also bears risks such as possible loss of privacy. In order to investigate the technical and ethical perpectives of digitalization, Universität Hamburg (UHH) and Schleswig-Holstein's Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für...

15 June 2016|Press release

Gravitational wave detected

Simulation of collision of two black holes

Photo: LIGO

Researchers involved in the LIGO–Virgo Collaboration (LVC) recently detected a further gravitational wave generated by the collision of two black holes. They are due to report on their observations today, 15 June 2016, at the conference of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in San Diego and in...

15 June 2016|Press release

New research on ocean bacteria

Microscopic black-and-white image of a bacterium

Photo: UHH/Perner

Oceans are diverse habitats, with water depth, temperature, and currents creating very different living conditions for bacteria. Scientists working with the microbiologist Junior Professor Dr. Mirjam Perner from the Biocenter Klein Flottbek and Dr. Giorgio Gonnella from the Center for Bioinformatics...

14 June 2016|Press release

Exhibition on refugee projects in the Department of Cultural History and Contemporary Culture

Flüchtling vor dem Hauptgebäude der Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Prager

For over a year, members of the Department of Cultural History and Contemporary Culture at Universität Hamburg have been active in refugee aid. An exhibition initiated and organized by ethnologist Prof. Dr. Laila Prager will now showcases various projects from 17–24 June 2016 in the foyer of...

13 June 2016|Press release

Universität Hamburg takes the lead in time-resolved structural biology

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Universität Hamburg is to receive around two million euros from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a research alliance project using the X-Ray radiation source PETRA III at the DESY Research Centre. Involved in the project, entitled "Hadamard crystallography as a method for...

13 June 2016|Press release

New exoplanet discovered

Exoplanet and parent star (pale spots on black background)

Photo: European Southern Observatory

Our sun is orbited by the Earth and seven further planets. With the exception of Neptune, all of these planets are visible under good conditions to the naked eye. Planets outside of our solar system, known as exoplanets, are far more difficult to locate. A research group lead by Dr. Tobias Schmidt...

8 June 2016|Press release

New Emmy Noether Group in the Institute of Philosophy

Photo: UHH/Schulz

Junior Professor Dr. Moritz Schulz from the Institute of Philosophy at Universität Hamburg has been accepted to the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation. He will receive about €1 million to create a young researchers group on the topic "Decisions and Knowledge." Four young...

7 June 2016|Press release

Events to mark Aby Warburg's 150th birthday

Photo: Warburg Institute, London

To mark the 150th birthday of cultural theorist Aby Warburg, the Aby Warburg Foundation, Universität Hamburg, and the Warburg Institute in London are hosting several events on Warburg's life and work. From June to November 2016 there will be talks and tours throughout Hamburg.

2 June 2016|Press release

Statement from University Council of Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Dichant

University Council of Universität Hamburg has noted with concern the bewilderment caused by the Hamburg state government’s intervention against the administrative agreement negotiated between the federal and the state governments on the German Excellence Initiative.

2 June 2016|Press release

University Council

Photo: UHH

In its fiftieth meeting on 2 June 2016, the University Council of Universität Hamburg reelected Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Albrecht Wagner as chair. Council members elected the physicist and former director of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) as its ninth member.

1 June 2016|Press release

Funding program for teacher training students with immigrant background to begin

Lehramtsstudierende mit Migrationshintergrund

Photo: Claussen-Simon-Stiftung

From 1 June to 31 July 2016 students in teacher training programs at Universität Hamburg can apply for scholarships from the Horizonte program. These provide teacher training students from immigrant backgrounds as they transition from their studies to their first jobs with a monthly stipend, money...

30 May 2016|Press release

Atoms with a certain "twist"

Certain materials, such as metal, conduct electricity. So-called isolators, for example, glass or ceramic, do not. For the very first time, researchers at Universität Hamburg have been able to measure the core topological properties of a class of brand new materials known as topological quantum...

27 May 2016|Press release

Energy transfers in atmosphere and ocean

Photo: UHH/CEN/T. Wasilewski

Together with further partners, Universität Hamburg (coordination) and the University of Bremen will receive about €9 million in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) until 2020. The Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 181 "Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean" (TRR 181) aims...

26 May 2016|Press release

German Sustainability Week 2016 at Universität Hamburg

Titelbild zu den Deutschen Aktionstagen Nachhaltigkeit 2016 an der Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Sukhina

Guided by the principles of sustainable development in ecological, economic, social, and cultural respect, Universität Hamburg considers itself a sustainable University. From 30 May to 5 June 2016, the University thus participates in the German Sustainability Week 2016 (Deutsche Aktionstage...

25 May 2016|Press release

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) extends funding for Hamburg Center for Health Economics

Photo: UHH

The Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) will receive funding to the tune of €2.1 million from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for another four years. Funding is earmarked for the development of the HCHE, which is one of four funded centers for health economics in...

23 May 2016|Press release

Universität Hamburg receives research funding for five networks supporting young researchers

Photo: Europa.eu

Success for Universität Hamburg: University researchers won funding from the Marie Curie Programme of the European Union for five new Innovative Training Networks (ITN). One of the ITNs runs under the aegis of Universität Hamburg, which is involved in the other four as a partner. The EU provides a...

17 May 2016|Press release

The secret life of insects

Photo: Pixabay

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg invites you to attend the next event in its series Literature Meets Nature. "Wenn der Nagekäfer zweimal klopft: Das geheime Leben der Insekten" will take place on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 at 7 pm (doors open 6:30 pm) in the Zoological Museum...

21 April 2016|Press release

Vice president confirmed, new vice president elected

Prof. Dr. Jetta Frost und Prof. Dr. Jan Louis

Photo: UHH/DESY

In accordance with regular rotation, two vice presidents were confirmed by the Academic Senate of Universität Hamburg on 21 April 2016. University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen selected Prof. Dr. Jetta Frost for a second and Prof. Dr. Jan Louis for a first term of office. The Academic Senate...

20 April 2016|Press release

Higher waves further jeopardize the Arctic

Photo: UHH/CEN/Dobrynin

By the end of this century, the Arctic could experience up to seven ice-free months per annum if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. Increasingly ice-free waters will trigger novel and higher waves. Oceanographer Mikhail Dobrynin from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and...

20 April 2016|Press release

ATTENTION: Press conference with Aydan Özoğuz canceled

The federal government commissioner for migration, refugees, and integration Aydan Özoğuz has had to postpone her planned visit to the Refugee Law Clinic (RLC) on 21 April 2016 for familial reasons.

18 April 2016|Press release

Federal commissioner for integration Aydan Özoğuz to become patron of Refugee Law Clinic

Photo: RLC Hamburg

Minister of state Aydan Özoğuz, federal government commissioner for migration, refugees, and integration will will become patron of the Refugee Law Clinic (RLC) at Universität Hamburg. The minister will use a visit to Hamburg to inform herself about the pro bono student project providing legal...

15 April 2016|Press release

New primate species named after biologist from Universität Hamburg

Photo: Giuseppe Donati

Hamburg biologist Jörg Ganzhorn received a special honor for decades of commitment to the protection of biodiversity and natural resources on the island of Madagascar off the southeastern coast of Africa: researchers from the German Primate Center (DPZ, Göttingen), the University of Kentucky...

14 April 2016|Press release

51st Deutscher Historikertag brings international history research to Universität Hamburg

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From 20 to 23 September 2016, historians from 20 nations will discuss "Glaubensfragen" (questions of faith). Expecting 3,500 participants, the Historikertag (Historians' Day) is the largest humanities conference in Europe. Germany's Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

7 April 2016|Press release

51st Deutscher Historikertag at Universität Hamburg

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The 51st Deutsche Historikertag (German Historians' Day) is set to bring international historical research to Hamburg. From 20 to 23 September 2016 historians from 20 nations will debate questions relating to belief.

31 March 2016|Press release

Research on finback whale from University's Zoological Museum

Photo: UHH/Bein

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) collection at Universität Hamburg has been home to an internationally unique finback whale skeleton since the early 1950s. The creature survived a collision with a ship that resulted in several broken bones on its spine, ribs, and shoulderblade. The injuries...

30 March 2016|Press release

General Lecture Series begins in April with 32 public lectures

Photo: AWW

In summer semester, Universität Hamburg is once again offering Hamburg residents an extensive program of public lectures. The General Lecture Series covers a broad range of topics in 32 public lecture series comprising over 260 individual lectures. The lectures are free and have no participation...

29 March 2016|Press release

Cooperation agreement signed between Lund University and Universität Hamburg

Photo: Ida Thelander

Today Prof. Dr. Torbjörn von Schantz, vice chancellor of Lund University, and Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize cooperation between their institutions.

23 March 2016|Press release

Correction regarding alleged disagreement between the University and Senator for Science, Research and Equalities on the subject of capacity legislation

Photo: UHH

Today's article in the Hamburger Abendblatt stating that the University's president, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, is "outraged" with Senator Fegebank constitutes a misunderstanding requiring explanation.

23 March 2016|Press release

Center of Natural History (CeNak) organizes photo and painting competition on the wild bee

Photo: Pixabay

The environmental importance of bees cannot be overestimated—without this little creature to pollinate them, a large number of plants would not be able to bear fruit. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is not the only type of bee there is, however. Nationwide there are more than 500 species of bees...

22 March 2016|Press release

QS Subject Ranking 2016: Top placing for Universität Hamburg in physics, law, and the social sciences

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Universität Hamburg has been placed among the top ten German universities for 14 out of 30 subjects evaluated in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. The ranking was carried out by the company QS Quacquarelli Symonds on 22 March 2016. Six subjects improved on their previous year's rankings...

9 March 2016|Press release

President Lenzen takes stock

Photo: Pressebild.de/Bertold Fabricius

To mark the beginning of his second term of office (2016–2022), the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, took stock today of the University's development over the last six years.

8 March 2016|Press release

Young researcher from Universität Hamburg travels to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Photo: DESY 2015, Lars Berg

Dr. Philipp Wessels from the Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (ZOQ) at Universität Hamburg, also a researcher in Prof. Dr. Klaus Sengstock's group in the cluster of excellence The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), will be taking part in this year's Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau.

7 March 2016|Press release

Completion of museum project on beating heart

Photo: Victoria Asschenfeldt

Children can learn how the human body works by reading books—or by exploring and researching a medical collection. For example, in the Museum of Medical History Hamburg's project on the beating heart entitled "Herzklopfen."

1 March 2016|Press release

Bird crazy

Photo: Pixabay

Universität Hamburg's Center of Natural History (CeNak) invites the public to "Ornithomania: Geschichte einer besonderen Leidenschaft," which is part of the lecture series Literatur trifft Natur. The lecture on the history of ornithomania will take place on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 at 7 pm.

29 February 2016|Press release

Insgesamt 5,6 Millionen Euro für Vorhersagesystem zu Fischpopulationen

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In order to protect bodies of water and diverse species of fish from overfishing, the Europan Union establishes annual fishing quotes. Nonetheless, the EU commission warns that fishing stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, among others, are gravely endangered.

22 February 2016|Press release

Poisonous Plants

Photo: Von Wildfeuer - Eigenes Werk (own photo), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1341136

Laburnum, monk's hood, European spindle, and co.: to mark the beginning of spring, thirteen extremely poisonous plants are on show in a traveling exhibition in the Loki Schmidt House—Museum for Useful Plants, located in the Botanical Gardens of Universität Hamburg.

18 February 2016|Press release

Physics summit and discussion with the media at Universität Hamburg

Photo: DPG

From 29 February to 4 March 2016, physicists from all over the world will be meeting at Universität Hamburg. In cooperation with the Department of Physics, the Matter and Cosmos Section (SMuK) of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) will be holding their annual spring meeting...

17 February 2016|Press release

Good prospects for the future of wood economics program at the University

Photo: UHH

The president of Universität Hamburg has invited professors from wood economics and members of the dean's office of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences to an afternoon roundtable to discuss the future of the wood economics degree program.

11 February 2016|Press release

Breakthrough discovery: first direct observation of gravitational waves

Photo: von MoocSummers (Eigenes Werk) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

In 1916, Albert Einstein was the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves with his general theory of relativity. Now, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have captured the first direct evidence of these mysterious ripples in space-time with...

9 February 2016|Press release

Night of postponed term papers

Photo: UHH/Kranz

For the fifth time our motto is: get it over with and write! Students will learn how to overcome writer's block and stop procrastinating. Our "writers date" helps you meet peers. Come by for a stimulating and effective collaborative writing experience in a good atmosphere!

8 February 2016|Press release

Hacker attacks University eLearning system CommSy

Photo: UHH

On 21 January 2016, the eLearning system CommSy (Community System) operated by the Regional Computing Center at Universität Hamburg (RRZ) experienced disruptions leading to a partial system shutdown. University IT specialists conducted a system analysis that showed CommSy had been hacked.

3 February 2016|Press release

New international apartment house

Photo: Buchner Bründler Architekten (bloomimages)

At the behest of Prof. Dr. Lenzen, president of the University, Universität Hamburg initiated an architecture competition for a new guesthouse with 65 separate apartments to house doctoral students, visiting scholars, and newly appointed professors from abroad. Read on in German...

2 February 2016|Press release

New international apartment house: Universität Hamburg presents results of architecture competition

Photo: UHH

27 January 2016|Press release

Eternal Light—Universität Hamburg's winter concert

Photo: G2 Baraniak

University Music invites the public to its 2016 winter concerts. In the St. Johannis zu Lüneburg Church and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Universität Hamburg's orchestra, choir, and alumni choir will be giving concerts on "eternal light."

26 January 2016|Press release

Further development MINT Hamburg universities

Photo: WR

On behalf of the State of Hamburg, the Academic Council has submitted a comprehensive expert evaluation with recommendations for the further development of MINT disciplines (mathematics, informatics and the natural sciences) in Hamburg. Universität Hamburg would like to thank the commission, headed...

26 January 2016|Press release

Französische Wirtschaftssoziologin erhält Anneliese Maier-Forschungspreis

Photo: Guillaume Braunstein

Thanks to the successful efforts of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Hamburg, Professor Ève Chiapello has been awarded the €250,00 Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The French economic sociologist will conduct research in...

12 January 2016|Press release

Call the animal by its name—but how?

Photo: Alexa Seewald

The Center of Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg would like to warmly invite interested members of the public and the University to its lecture series Literature Meets Nature. The lecture "Die Kunst der Benennung" ("The Art of Naming") will take place on Tue, 19 January 2016 at 7 pm in...

12 January 2016|Press release

New Center for the Study of Church and Community at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/Baumann

Following the departure of its founder and head Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Grünberg, the former Center for the Study of Church and City has undergone reorientation and is now called Center for the Study of Church and Community—Religious Cultures in Urban and Rural Environments.

11 January 2016|Press release

Over 2 million euros for research into new method of storing fuel

Photo: www.hydrogen.energy.gov

Using hydrogen as fuel could play a major role in protecting the climate as the only byproduct when converting hydrogen into electrical energy is pure water. Until now, however, there have been no cheap and energy-efficient ways of storing the gas for mobile applications. A research alliance...