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Laughing Art
The Hugo Friedrich and Erich Köhler prize goes to Niklas Bender for his book on humor in classical modernism
Researching immune defects
Marta Rizzi is awarded the Mathilde Wagner Prize for her habilitation investigating defects in the body’s defence cells
Senate elects new equal opportunity representative
Medical doctor and member of the staff council, Regina Herzog will take up her new role on 1st November 2018
Jörg Rüdiger Siewert receives the University Medal
University of Freiburg pays tribute to outstanding service by the Medical Center’s Chief Medical Officer.
New professors at the University of Freiburg
Reinforcements for the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Engineering
New leadership in the University Council
The committee is starting its new term with six external and five internal members
Prize for excellent dissertation
Valentina Vitali receives the Göttinger Prize for Forest Ecosystem Research
Freiburg computer scientist advises German parliament
Hannah Bast appointed to commission on artificial intelligence
University of Freiburg Biologist Honored
Linnea Hesse receives the Camillo Schneider Award for her dissertation on technical fiber-reinforced ramifications inspired by biological structures
EUR 1.64 Million for Depression Research
The psychologist Fritz Renner receives the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award for 2018
Transfer, Scientific Expertise, Accessibility
Presentation of the University Teaching Award and the Special Award for Student Commitment
Award for outstanding dissertation
Hanna Wagner from the Spemann Graduate School receives the Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch Prize
Back to the Lab
Margit Zacharias has decided to resign from her post as Vice President for Innovation and Technology Transfer as of 1 October 2018
New adjunct professors at the University of Freiburg
Richard Schenk teaches at the Theology Faculty, Bernd Schütze at the Faculty of Law
Outstanding dissertations
Two Freiburg doctoral candidates receive awards for medical systems biology
One Million Euros for Narrative Research
The German Research Foundation supports the work of a University of Freiburg English language and literature specialist with a Reinhart Koselleck Project
New faces at the University of Freiburg
Engineer Frank Balle and physicists Johann Bollmann and Joachim Dzubiella take up their professorships
Kerstin Krieglstein named the new rector at the University of Konstanz
Dean at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg will enter her new office on August 1, 2018
Faculty of Theology Awards Honorary Distinctions
Boris Böhmann named honorary professor, Kurt Kramer receives honorary doctorate
A New Project Manager for MuseOn
Art historian expands Freiburg’s training program for Museum Studies