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News from Universität Hamburg
Social Change More Important than Physical Tipping Points

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS).
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News from TU Berlin
Call for Applications: International Alumni Workshop “EDSusChoice”

Apply now for TU Berlin’s international alumni workshop “Enabling the dietary shift towards sustainable food choice decisions (EDSusChoice)” taking place from September 10 to 16 in Berlin, Germany.
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News from UA Ruhr
Ruhr University Bochum’s Bi-National Doctorate

To facilitate the bi-national doctorate, the Rector of Ruhr University Bochum has signed a so-called Cotutelle Agreement with Carleton University. The jointly awarded doctorate is equivalent to the European Joint Doctorate Programme, which is becoming more and more relevant within the EU.
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2-week Summer Academy for International Early Postdocs
Research Explorer Ruhr: Prepare Your Postdoc Stay in the German Ruhr Area

Get to know the top-notch researchers and research environment, profit from professional workshops on the German research and funding landscape, work on your own research proposal, return with your own funding or apply for job offerings.
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News from the University of Freiburg
Development of the Immune System Before and After Birth

New Collaborative Research Center – Transregio PILOT under the auspices of the University of Freiburg.
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New Event Series
#DWIHzeitgeist series

#DWIHzeitgeist is a virtual, interactive and participatory series brought to you by the DWIH New York.
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News from Campus OWL
How can robots act autonomously but safely in space?

Where robots and humans work together, they should not get in each other’s way. That’s why robots have to recognize and adhere to boundaries. And not only on the ground, but also in three-dimensional space: A DFG research project at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences at the Minden campus is developing interactive methods so that everyone can easily delimit a robot’s working area.