Press Releases 2008
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December
- December 18, 2008Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel: “Heidelberg University has established itself as one of the leading German research universities in sociology and economics”
- December 15, 2008In the title story of the latest issue of Heidelberg University’s research magazine (Ruperto Carola 3/08) Diamantis Panagiotopoulos and Yuval Goren reveal what sealed clay nodules tell us about power structures in Minoan Crete — Broad range of subjects: applied optics, transplant medicine, psychology, physics, library science
- December 3, 200815 authors from a wide range of subjects investigate persuasion strategies from antiquity to the present, in Europe, China and the US, in direct democracies and totalitarian regimes, in politics and law, literature, education, art, science etc.
November
- November 28, 2008Overall student figures up by 3.3 percent over last year — 11.6 percent increase in first-year students — Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeiffer: “Heidelberg University sees this as a major success and as a confirmation for the efforts undertaken to attract the best students”
- November 11, 2008“Ecolicence to Kill” project: Heidelberg team wins more prizes than anyone else at the international iGEM competition in Boston
- November 4, 2008With a theoretical peak speed of 17 Teraflop/s (17000 billion floating point operations per second) is kolob among the 150 fastest computers in the world
October
- October 29, 2008Professor Christoph Cremer following his break-through concept of the 4Pi microscopy in 1971 has now broken, for a second time in his research career, the limits of what can be achieved through lightoptical microscopy
- October 20, 2008Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel: With the success of its proposal for the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” Heidelberg University has proved just how enterprising its humanities departments are
- October 18, 2008Heidelberg University celebrates its 622nd anniversary – Outstanding successes, critical remarks
- October 17, 2008Neurobiologist Hilmar Bading investigates how calcium signals in the cell nucleus control learning, memory and neuronal survival — Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel congratulated the research scientist and wished him every success — The European Research Council will provide funding for the project to the tune of 2.4 million euros
- October 10, 2008President Bernhard Eitel officially opened the university’s U.S. presence — “Heidelberg University is constantly strengthening and broadening its wide range of international networks and co-operations around the world”
- October 10, 2008Innovations in law education at Heidelberg University – Ceremony to mark the opening of the Manfred Lautenschläger Lecture Hall
- October 9, 2008THE-QS World University Rankings published today – In the humanities the University of Heidelberg moves up 13 places to 48th position in the world
- October 9, 2008New Google Earth(TM)-like model allows zooming in on the development of zebrafish
- October 6, 2008Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel congratulated Professor zur Hausen on his “sensational success and the ultimate scientific recognition in the shape of the Nobel Prize”
- October 6, 2008EML Research and the University of Heidelberg announce the availability of SYCAMORE –a user-friendly, web-based Software Package for Systems Biology –http://sycamore.eml.org/
September
- September 26, 2008Warmest congratulations, both personal and on behalf of the University, from Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel for Professors Lorenz Cederbaum and Herta Flor — “Pioneering research ventures on topics of interest all over the world”
- September 19, 2008To understand the concert of life, scientific thinking has to change, says bioinformatics expert Urusula Kummer in the title story of the new issue (2/08) of the University of Heidelberg’s research magazine Ruperto Carola — Other topics relate to sensory physiology, European art history, molecular alcohol research, environmental physics and the Marsilius Centre for Advanced Studies
- September 10, 2008No other university worldwide has a comparable involvement in LHC — Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to come on stream in Geneva today
- September 9, 2008Opening ceremony in early October — Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel travelling to New York for the occasion
August
- August 21, 2008The International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL) will take place at Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics (University of Heidelberg) from September 8 to 10, 2008
- August 11, 2008Research team headed by Privatdozentin Dr. Natalia Dubrovinskaia (Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Heidelberg) casts light on some of the riddles surrounding boron-doped diamonds — Publication in the current edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS)
- August 11, 2008Summer school of the long-term collaborative research project on ritual dynamics at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg – Exchange of views on the subject of rituals between internationally renowned scholars and film-makers
- August 11, 2008During excavations in Israel a team led by Prof. Manfred Oeming of the Department of Scientific Theology (University of Heidelberg) and Prof. Oded Lipschits (University of Tel Aviv) have discovered coins dating from 70 AD and the Byzantine era
- August 8, 2008ERC Advanced Investigators Grant for Professor Lorenz Cederbaum — Important impulses for research in theoretical chemistry over the next few years
- August 7, 2008A lecture on groundbreaking aspects of high-resolution microscopy by Professor Christoph Cremer of the University of Heidelberg was the foundation stone for intensive contact with the Jackson Laboratory in Maine (USA)
- August 5, 2008The international conference "Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual" by Heidelberg University's collaborative research center SFB 619 "Ritual Dynamics", points out the tense relation between ritual dynamics and ritual science and breaks new ground in research — September 29 to October 2
- August 5, 2008The international conference “Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual” organised by the long-term collaborative research project No. 619 (“Ritual Dynamics”) of the University of Heidelberg points up the tensions obtaining between ritual dynamics and the science of ritual and explores new research avenues — 29 September to 2 October 2008
July
- July 25, 2008Science minister Frankenberg and Rector Eitel: first new regulation in Germany for greater flexibility in the deployment of teaching staff
- July 25, 2008American molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn at the Heidelberg Forum for Bioscience and Society
- July 24, 2008Interview with Walter Nussbaum, head of the Heidelberg Prinzhorn Composition Project
- July 22, 2008The Kids’ University makes it happen — Overlooking gorillas
- July 21, 2008Kids’ University — Dr. Daniel Memmert of the Institute of Sport and Sport Science, University of Heidelberg, punctures a few hoary old soccer myths
- July 21, 2008Putting the University of Heidelberg on an even firmer footing in the USA — One of the aims of the newly established non-profit society “Friends of the University of Heidelberg”
- July 18, 2008Ambitious project initiated by an interdisciplinary team of research and computer scientists from the University of Heidelberg and from Lausanne and Dresden
- July 18, 2008Placing interdisciplinary cooperation on a new footing – Federal minister of education and research Dr. Annette Schavan expects major impulses for German scholarship and science
- July 15, 2008A new website offers entertaining information on skin problems in young people — Audio plays, films, and online quiz
- July 15, 2008Outstanding 2nd place in national comparison of academic libraries
- July 11, 2008Maths and biology: at first glance perhaps unlikely bedfellows, but not for Heidelberg professor Angela Stevens — At school these were the two subjects that interested her most
- July 11, 2008Student Services Heidelberg celebrates beginning of construction work for a new hall of residence for 194 students — Ready by start of winter semester 2009/10 — Appeal to state of Baden-Württemberg to raise building subsidies for halls of residence
- July 10, 2008How do we communicate successfully? – Fritz Kuhn, politician and linguist, suggests that politics would benefit if more politicians had studied their own language
- July 10, 2008Heidelberg lectures on cultural theory — Martin Walser on the identity crisis in Germany
- July 9, 2008Prof. Stephen Hashmi of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg tells his mini-students how he teases a whole lot of secrets out of the precious metal
- July 8, 2008Heidelberg historian Jürgen Miethke on “Political Theory in the Middle Ages”
- July 8, 2008Molecular biology essential for all life sciences – An interview with Thomas Holstein, dean of the University of Heidelberg’s Faculty of Biosciences – One of a series of interviews in the aftermath of the Initiative for Excellence – Faculty of Biosciences increasingly developing into a faculty of Centres
- July 7, 2008DAX heavyweights and universities join to create a unique innovation centre in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
- July 4, 2008Prof. Dr. Peter Meusburger of the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg, is the first geographer to join the New Club of Paris — Organisation modelled on the Club of Rome
- July 1, 2008Modern approaches in the humanities and the social sciences – University of Heidelberg implements Senate recommendations on support and encouragement for young scholars and scientists
June
- June 28, 2008First-ever University Summer Night — 400 guests enjoyed an atmospheric summer party in a historical setting
- June 16, 2008Saving time and money via fewer lab experiments — Speeding up lab development — University of Heidelberg continues with "Industry on Campus”
- 25 June 2008
Jean-Luc Marion Awarded Karl Jaspers Prize
Today the City and the University of Heidelberg presented the Karl Jaspers Prize to philosopher Professor Dr. Jean-Luc Marion - 16 June 2008
BASF and University of Heidelberg Join Forces to Develop New Mathematical Software for Research
Saving time and money via fewer lab experiments — Speeding up lab development — University of Heidelberg continues with “Industry on Campus” - 3 June 2008
Excellence on the Web
University of Heidelberg switches to Imperia for web-presence maintenance – Alexander Werschak in charge of central pages, sharing editorial responsibility for almost 19,000 web pages with public information officer Dr. Michael Schwarz - 2 June 2008
Ideal Educational Opportunities
After studying history in the United States, I was looking for a way to expand my understanding of history and my knowledge of foreign languages. The University of Heidelberg is an old and renowned institution and this is the reason I am here - 2 June 2008
Perfect Backdrop for my Life
In my opinion Heidelberg is a perfect combination of urban and university life. I do admit that student life is more expensive here than elsewhere but you get your money’s worth. - 2 June 2008
“I’m glad I followed my intuition”
My decision to study in Heidelberg occurred spontaneously and was first based on a very positive feeling for the city. The good reputation of the University of Heidelberg certainly counted in its favour during the decision-making process, but at the beginning this was of secondary importance. - 2 June 2008
Ten Good Reasons for Studying at the University of Heidelberg
There are probably at least a hundred reasons why studying in Heidelberg is as pleasurable as it is profitable. Here are just ten of them.
May 2008
- 26 May 2008
Curt Engelhorn Donates 400,000 Euros Annually to Support American Studies in Heidelberg
Long-term financial security for the Heidelberg Center for American Studies, a unique institution in the German humanities and social sciences landscape - 26 May 2008
Living and Studying in Heidelberg
Ivo Mossig (Institute of Geography) presents the outcome of a large-scale survey of students in Heidelberg – 45.9% are “very happy” here - 21 May 2008
Ruperto Carola 1/2008: Liberty and Creativity
Commodification and internationalisation: Is that what the future has in store for universities? – Law professor Ute Mager’s title story addresses this question in the latest issue of the University of Heidelberg’s research magazine – The new edition of Ruperto Carola covers a wide range of subjects from book history, reproduction medicine and surgery to computer science and religious studies - 15 May 2008
Appreciation for the Heidelberg Center for Latin America from Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
High praise for the University of Heidelberg’s pioneering spirit at the conference on “Germany, Europe and Latin America” - 6 May 2008
John Templeton Award for Theological Promise at the University of Heidelberg
The John Templeton Award for Theological Promise will be awarded for the second time in a ceremony in the Old Hall (Alte Aula) of the University of Heidelberg on Friday, 23 May 2008, at 4 p.m. — The prize, $10,000 for each of the winners, will be awarded to 12 young academics from all over the world for their dissertations or first post-doctoral books in the area of God and Spirituality
April 2008
- 11 April 2008
Campus TV Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Campus TV, the higher education and research magazine from the “European Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar”, has an anniversary to celebrate — At the heart of the anniversary programme (from 17 April) is a panel discussion in which the universities, the sponsors, the Baden-Württemberg Broadcast Authority and Rhine-Neckar Television join anchorman Joachim Kaiser to review the major highlights (and mishaps) of the last 10 years — 220,000 viewers - 9 April 2008
Chloroplast protein import — unravelling mysteries of intracellular transport
Cover story of „Structure“, the renowned journal for structural biology by the „Cell“ group — this work was carried out at the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, structures department, Prof. Dr. Irmgard Sinning - 2 April 2008
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Dr. Simon Vidrih
Dr. Simon Vidrih is the recipient of one of the prestigious research fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation — Dr. Vidrih will carry out research on the structure of the Milky Way at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut of the Center for Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg - 1 April 2008
Inauguration of the “Angelika Lautenschläger Hospital” on the University of Heidelberg Campus
At a ceremony on 31 March minister-president of Baden-Württemberg Günther Oettinger paid tribute to the generosity and commitment of donor Manfred Lautenschläger and the high standards of medical care and research at the University of Heidelberg - 1 April 2008
Asthma and Smoker's Lung: Dry airways play a key role
In animal studies, research team from Heidelberg and the US detects a common mechanism with lung damage in cystic fibrosis
March 2008
- 31 March 2008
Internet Platform of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent) launched
The Department of History of Religion and Missions Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Heidelberg announces the official launch of the internet platform of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent) - 12 March 2008
Patient “Patients”
Heidelberg students of dentistry train at the most modern facilities in Europe — Dummies with Multi-Media equipment
February 2008
- 27 February 2008
University of Heidelberg Maintains its Leading Position among Germany’s Research-Intensive Universities
In the CHE research ranking for 2007 the University of Heidelberg again displays a particularly high proportion of research-intensive Faculties putting it up amongst the leaders - 21 February 2008
Exploring New Territory
In autumn 2007 the new Graduate School “Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences” was a successful contender in the Initiative for Excellence organised by the Federal and state governments — Seeking interdisciplinary dialogue transcending traditional subject boundaries at a national and international level, it is a particularly striking embodiment of the Institutional Strategy espoused by the University of Heidelberg - 21 February 2008
Honorary Doctorate for Louis Begley
Senate unanimously in favour of proposal from the Faculty of Modern Languages of the University of Heidelberg — Lecture by Louis Begley “What is the Value of One Man?” at the presentation ceremony on 8 February 2008 - 20 February 2008
University of Heidelberg: Better Service for Applicants
The ResStud project aims to provide future students with ideal, trouble-free, personal advice — “Personal portal” planned to supplement the phone and internet portals functioning very successfully since May 2005 - 19 February 2008
Stepwise Integration for Turkey
Heidelberg political scientist Frank R. Pfetsch on “the new Europe” – A whole catalogue of difficulties and deficits - 18 February 2008
Freeing Up Higher Education
Recommendations from the Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Sciences and the Humanities in Germany include scrapping capacity and work-load regulations and letting universities and colleges decide on salaries and student fees — The Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg and the Technical Universities of Darmstadt, Dresden and Munich have been testing the scope afforded by greater autonomy - 15 February 2008
Clemens Brentano Young Authors’ Prize of the City of Heidelberg 2008 Awarded to Ann Cotten
The award is unique in Germany as the jury includes not only professional literary critics but also students from Heidelberg University’s Department of Germanic Studies - 14 February 2008
High-Tech Optics from Heidelberg
Major orders for the S-DH GmbH from the USA, the UK and Japan – Spin-off company from the University of Heidelberg asserts itself against international competition - 12 February 2008
Hemochromatosis a Liver Disorder
Hereditary disorder traceable to genetic defect in liver cells — Heidelberg scientists publish findings in “Cell Metabolism” - 4 February 2008
ERC Starting Investigator Research Grants: University of Heidelberg Heads the List
Heidelberg the only German university to receive more than one grant – Three generously endowed awards from the European Research Council (ERC) go to Jörg Peltzer, Jian-Wei Pan and Otmar Venjakob – Fourth grant announced for Anne Marciniak-Czochra - 1 February 2008
Race against Death
Dr. Michael Schiffmann, lecturer at Heidelberg University’s Department of English and American Studies, wrote his PhD dissertation on the Mumia Abu-Jamal case and has been interested in it ever since – During research work for a book on the subject he chanced on photographs of the crime scene that cast doubt on the official version of the shooting
January 2008
- 24 January 2008
Heidelberg Alumni International (HAI) again receives funding from “Alumni-Plus,” a Program of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)
The University of Heidelberg has been successful again with the concept of its international alumni services — total funding amount 140,500 euros — club foundations in different countries, club seminars in Heidelberg, launch of internet portal ‘HAInet’ - 14 January 2008
Mona Lisa’s Identity Established Beyond Doubt
Clinching find at Heidelberg University Library establishes the date of Leonardo’s most famous painting and the identity of its model as Lisa del Giocondo – Handwritten note on the margin of an early print removes all doubt
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