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News from NYU

European Physical Journal D published a Special Issue honoring DWIH NY Advisory Board Chair Kurt H. Becker

The European Physical Journal D “Atomic, Molecular, Optical, and Plasma Physics” published a Special Issue entitled “Electron-Driven Processes: From Single Collisions to High-Pressure Plasmas” that honored Professor Emeritus Kurt H. Becker (Applied Physics, MAE, CUSP) on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

#DWIHzeitgeist February 2024

Three Questions for Ekkehard Strauss

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Prof. Ekkehard Strauss, speaker at our online event #DWIHzeitgeist – Science Diplomacy in Practice on February 1, 2024, and a professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), part of UAS7 – German Universities of Applied Sciences, one of the DWIH main supporters with an office in New York.

News from the University of Cologne

ERC Synergy Grant for University of Cologne’s Professor Björn Schumacher: Bats as a Guide to Extend Healthspan

The European Research Council (ERC) is funding the project ‘BATPROTECT’ with 11.9 million euros over a period of six years.

News from Campus OWL

WestAI – New Service Center for AI in NRW

WestAI is one of four service centers across Germany that offer companies and research institutions access to AI applications. The service center “WestAI” is a consortium of scientific organizations in North Rhine-Westphalia led by the University of Bonn. Paderborn University, TU Dortmund, Fraunhofer, FZ Jülich, RWTH Aachen are part of the consortium. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds “WestAI” from November 2022 to December 2025.

News from Universität Hamburg

Universität Hamburg Delegation Visits Strategic Partner Universities in the United States

President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and a delegation from the University visited strategic partner universities in the United States from 6 to 10 November. The focus of the visit to Indiana University in Bloomington and Northwestern University in Evanston was on new international cooperation formats and projects for students, research, and administration.

Study at the University of Governance in Berlin!

Join Hertie School Berlin online 4-8 December 2023 for its Open Week!

News from UA Ruhr

Regulating Emotions Under Stress

How do men and women regulate their emotions under stress? A new study in cognitive psychology that makes use of the socially evaluated cold-pressor test has answered this question.