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News from UA Ruhr

Honorary Doctorate for Professor Craig Crews of Yale University

Award from TU Dortmund University for chemical biologist Craig Crews for developing a new class of active substances.

News from the University of Heidelberg

Fellowships at CAPAS 2024-25

Call for Fellowship Applications: CAPAS 2024-25, Deadline: Aug 31, 2023 – The Käte Hamburger Centre for #Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) is a Centre for Advanced Studies at Universität Heidelberg (Germany). It gathers international scholars and scientists to research collaboratively on ideas and experiences of the doom of worlds.

STEP USA University Program

Five Questions for Alamir Mohsen

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Alamir Mohsen, founder of Lithium Designers GmbH, a German startup in the field of architectural and facade planning services, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary.

News from the University of Cologne

Professor Joybrato Mukherjee Becomes the New Rector of the University of Cologne

Professor Joybrato Mukherjee, President of Justus Liebig University Giessen, was elected by the members of the University Election Assembly to be the future Rector of the University of Cologne on 10 May 2023. Mukherjee will thus succeed Professor Axel Freimuth, who has held the office since 2005 and is no longer available for another term due to his age. The handover of office is planned in October 2023.

News from Freie Universität Berlin

Citizens of the World – Celebrating the 60th anniversary of JFK’s programmatic speech at FU Berlin

In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin. To commemorate this event, the university hosted the event “Citizens of the World. The Historical Roots and Future of Academic Freedom”.

News from Campus OWL

ERC Consolidator Grant for Benjamin Gess at Bielefeld University for research on the impact of randomness on chaos

How can we use mathematics to capture and describe complex systems that seem to be driven by randomness? And how can we describe the fact that even the slightest fluctuations can lead to major changes in climate dynamics? Benjamin Gess at Bielefeld University focuses on mathematical structures that capture the interaction of random events and complex behavior. For his work he will receive two million Euros over a five-year period from the European Research Council Consolidator Grant.

News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)

Health economist Ariel Dora Stern joins HPI with Humboldt Professorship

International gain for the joint Digital Engineering Faculty of HPI and University of Potsdam: The renowned scientist Prof. Dr. Ariel Dora Stern, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, joins the Digital Health Cluster at the Hasso Plattner Institute with a Humboldt Professorship.