Press Releases
Lecture Series “Planetary Health” will start at the University of Freiburg
Starting October 25, 2021, 6:15pm in the large lecture hall at the Women’s Hospital on six different Monday evenings
Start of the Academic Year: University of Freiburg awards prizes for research, teaching, social commitment and start-up ideas
Awarded were University Teaching Award, 39 young scientist awards, Special Award for Student Involvement, Bertha Ottenstein Prize, Pfiffikus Award for Start-Up and the Alumni Award for Social Involvement
Two new research areas at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
Concurrent public lecture series on “Diversity in Language and Cognition.”
Lecture Series “Auf Jahr und Tag” Is Starting
Beginning on October 25, 2021, this lecture series will focus on historical sites in Freiburg that have helped shape the lives of people in the city since the Middle Ages
The “One University – One Book” program slated to begin
The project illuminates the issue of hate from the perspectives of science, self-reflection and public discourse
Historian Jörn Leonhard to Explore the “World Crisis of 1918–1939/41” with Funding from the Volkswagen Foundation
Continuation of his project on World War I and Treaty of Versailles
“We hope to provide groundbreaking insights into the sustainable development of our forests”
State Secretary Sabine Kurtz on the ground-breaking ceremony for the Umwelttechnikum (Environmental Technical Center) at the University of Freiburg
New Course Offerings in the 2021/22 Winter Semester
Two new degree programs - new additional subjects for teacher education programs - adjustments in Environmental Natural Sciences and Psychology
Experiencing literature with all the senses
The Otium museum of literature, a cooperation between the University of Freiburg and the Baden-Baden city library, is open
New measurement method enables more precise investigation of ultrafast processes in matter
Freiburg physicists have developed a new spectroscopy method
The University of Freiburg is launching an interdisciplinary teaching program on sustainable development
“Sustainability Certificate” will begin in the 2021/2022 winter semester
Funding atlas demonstrates outstanding research strength at the University of Freiburg
German Research Foundation awarded a total of more than 250 million euros to Freiburg researchers from 2017 to 2019
University of Freiburg Completes Investigation of Suspected Cases of Misconduct in Research
The University’s Investigative Commission has concluded its probe and presented a status report
Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation professorship for forest genetics established at the University of Freiburg
Dr. Katrin Heer appointed as the first professorship holder
Crucial step identified in the conversion of biomass to methane
Researchers find the enzymatic link in the formation of methane from fatty acids by cooperating microorganisms
Emma Goldman Award goes to Anelis Kaiser Trujillo
Freiburg psychologist for innovative gender research in neuroscience receives award of recognition
Bacteria can boost the fitness of their host
Freiburg researchers are studying relationship of Gluconobacter bacteria and fruit flies
How the brain differentiates between planned and actual movement
Freiburg biologists have developed a new method for determining neuronal motor signals
Antibiotic levels measurable in breath for first time
Freiburg researchers are testing a biosensor for personalized dosing of medications
University Library closed for maintenance for one day
Routine checks on Thursday, September 16, 2021