Press Releases 2023
- Advancing quantum technology with spintronics
- Sabine Richert awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation
- The Influence of Climate Change on the Syrian Civil War and Cognitive Affective Maps as a Method
- Sophia Hiss and Lisa Reuter receive the 2023 Erasmus Prize of University College Freiburg
- The Student Sustainability Office at the University of Freiburg opens on June 21, 2023
- Office provides support, networking, and information for those involved in sustainability at the university
- Decolonising Global Partnerships in Higher Education
- Sustainable Development Goals University Day at the University of Freiburg under the banner of the United Nations’ 17th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) - Keynote by Science Minister Petra Olschowski
- Best Paper Award for researchers from the Institute of Computer Science
- Oier Mees and his team receive the award from the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
- Network of measuring stations documents differences in weather and climate in Freiburg's urban area
- University of Freiburg data for all city districts now available in real time via app
- Chris Meisinger elected into Academia Europaea
- Biochemist recognised for outstanding achievements in mitochondrial research
- Metropolitan city ranking 2023: People happiest in Hamburg - unhappiest in Leipzig
- Study led by Freiburg economist Bernd Raffelhüschen examines 12 major metropolitan cities as part of “SKL Glücksatlas” (“SKL Happiness Atlas“)
- Aluminium-ion batteries with improved storage capacity
- Research team develops organic redox polymer as positive electrode material for aluminium-ion batteries
- Arnim Wiek selected as Alexander von Humboldt Professor
- Sustainability researcher aims to build a new Centre for Sustainable Food Economy at University of Freiburg with five-year funding
- New findings about human metabolic processes
- Freiburg researchers discover numerous undescribed metabolic processes and their genes by comparing metabolic products in urine and blood
- THE Impact Rankings: University of Freiburg among the top 10 percent for SDG 13 (Climate Action)
- In a Germany-wide comparison, the University of Freiburg ranks second for SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action)
- Light conveyed by the signal transmitting molecule sucrose controls growth of plant roots
- Team of Freiburg researchers shows how information about the quantity of absorbed light passes from the leaves to the roots
- Emergence of solvated dielectrons observed for the first time
- Team in conjunction with the University of Freiburg generates low-energy electrons using ultraviolet light
- Maximilian Haedicke Named Unified Patent Court Judge
- University of Freiburg legal scholar to work in shaping the newly established European institution
- Report on the Name of the University of Freiburg has been published
- “No cause found for changing the name of the University of Freiburg,” according to the commission’s report. The Senate and University Administration have agreed on the report’s findings.
- Lars P. Feld Receives University Medal
- The professor of economic policy and economics of order and director of the Walter Eucken Institute strengthens the University of Freiburg’s reputation with his expertise.
- Distinguished professorship for Freiburg immunologist
- Marta Rizzi has taken on a Heisenberg professorship at the University of Freiburg on April 1, 2023 with a research focus on immunodeficiencies
- Two new Collaborative Research Centre in Medicine approved at the University of Freiburg
- In addition, the German Research Foundation is extending two existing Collaborative Research Centres
- Oldest architectural plans detail mysterious desert mega structures
- An international team of researchers including the University of Freiburg identifies engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history.