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08.02.2013
Neurobiologist Roth corrects BILD article
The news propagated by the German newspaper BILD-Zeitung that the neurobiologist Prof. Roth from Bremen University identified a "central lobe" of the human brain as seat of the evil is wrong and due to a deep... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
11.02.2013
EU Grants Funds for Post-doc Program at the University of Bremen
The University of Bremen continues to expand its support for post-docs. Each year for the next three years, six outstanding international young researchers will be able to take up research at the excellence university within the... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
29.01.2013
Bremen Study Prize and New Year’s Reception in the City Hall
Numerous guests representing business, politics and the academic community attended two receptions held by “unifreunde” in the upper rooms of the City Hall. On 28th January 2013 there was the presentation of the Bremen Study... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
29.01.2013
New Research Training Group “System Design” Takes up Work
The University of Bremen’s new research training group entitled “System Design” (SyDe) has officially started work. It is the result of a cooperation project involving the University of Bremen and two non-university research... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
28.01.2013
Ten Years University Choir
The choir of the University of Bremen is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It all began in 2003 with a performance of Carl Orff’s “Camina Burana” (Songs from Benediktbeuern) under the direction of Dr. Susanne Gläß. There was a... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
24.01.2013
Day of Remembrance at the University of Bremen
“Never again have to say ‘Never again!’” was the motto of this year’s Day of Remembrance at the University of Bremen. In modern-day Germany, commemoration of the victims of National Socialism is a firmly established feature of... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
18.01.2013
Almut Satrapa-Schill Receives the University Medal
The University of Bremen honors a faithful supporter: In January 2013, Dr. Almut Satrapa-Schill was awarded the University Medal in recognition of her services to the alma mater. The medal was presented during a reception held in... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
17.01.2013
Excellence in Academic Teaching: Donors’ Association Funds Bremen Robotics Project
Incorporating excellent research within academic teaching: That is the basic idea behind the “research-based” learning concept that is gathering new impetus at the University of Bremen. Within the context of an initiative called... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
10.01.2013
Experimenting with “LEGO” Blocks and Dancing Electrons to Produce the Smallest Stable Nanomagnet
Researchers from Hamburg, Bremen and Jülich are now able to produce the smallest-possible stable magnets: They comprise just five atoms. The current issue of “Science” carries an article entitled the “Current-driven spin dynamics... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
07.01.2013
Cooperation with a University of Excellence in Rostow, Russia
The University of Bremen is strengthening its cooperation with universities in Russia. The latest step in this direction was taken right at the end of 2012 when Prof. Christoph Auffarth, Dean of the University of Bremen’s Faculty... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
21.12.2012
Dr. Martin Mehrtens Takes over as Acting Head of Finances and Administration
Just recently, the University’s long-serving Head of Finances and Administration, Gerd-Rüdiger Kück (SPD), accepted an appointment as State Councilor for Education and Science. He is moving to the Senate for Education after... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
17.12.2012
Macaque Experiments: University Wins Legal Battle
In 2008 the Bremen health authority rejected an application from Prof. Andreas Kreiter for a license to carry out experiments on living animals. Now the Higher Administrative Court in Bremen has overthrown that ruling. The court... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
10.12.2012
University of Bremen Voted “International University 2012”
Always the good host, the University of Bremen takes care that visitors from all over the world are well looked after. In recognition of its efforts in this respect, the Bremen alma mater has been awarded the enviable title... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
10.12.2012
International Guest Lecturer Program
Not every student has the chance to spend a semester abroad. The International Guest Lecturer Program of the International Office now brings international experience to the students: Guest lecturers from outside of Europe come to... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
06.12.2012
Former Rector is Crowned University Manager of the Year
In cooperation with the CHE Center for University Development, the ‘Financial Times Deutschland’ has voted Prof. Wilfried Müller “University Manager of the Year 2012” in appreciation of his long term as former Rector of the... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
27.11.2012
University of Bremen Allocates 110 Deutschland Stipends
Since the start of this winter semester, a total of 110 talented young students have been granted a Deutschlandstipendium [German stipend]: 72 of them are first-time recipients. On 20th November 2012 the University invited the... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
27.11.2012
Rectorate Announces 6th Semester Summit Meeting
Examinations and mandatory attendance are the items on the agenda of the 6th Semester Summit Meeting that will take place in building GW2, room B3009, on Wednesday 28.11.2012. The Rectorate is looking forward to an open exchange... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
19.11.2012
AS Nominates Kurosch Rezwan as the New Vice Rector for Research and Young Academics
Continuity and change in the Rectorate of the University of Bremen: On 14th November 2012, the Academic Senate (AS) of the University of Bremen moved that the University Rector, Prof. Bernd Scholz-Reiter, be recommended to... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
19.11.2012
DFG Awards the University of Bremen Two New Research Training Groupsen
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German research foundation] has approved funding for the University of Bremen to set up two new Research Training Groups. “This is a further reinforcement for the young researchers a... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
14.11.2012
Room of Silence now open at the University
The University of Bremen now has a “Room of Silence”, officially opened to the university public by Professor Yasemin Karakaşoğlu, Vice Rector for Intercultural and International Affairs. The room is meant to serve as a place of... more »
Publisher: Universität Bremen
