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News from HU Berlin

Empowering At-Risk Scholars in Displacement

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin will host its second Academic Freedom Week from July 1st to July 5th, 2024.

News from the GHI Washington

GHI hosts Symposium “Trust in Museums: Potential, Challenges, and Societal Importance”

As a part of the BMBF’s “German Science Year 2024 – Freedom,” the German Historical Institute (GHI) Washington hosted a symposium together with the German Embassy focusing on public trust in museums with a particular focus on research museums and how this relates to a broader trust in science.

Events in March 2024

Five Questions for Natascha von Hirschhausen

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Natascha von Hirschhausen and thereby coming back to the 2022 DWIH Focus Topic “Sustainable Innovations”. Natascha is a Berlin-based zero-waste fashion designer and founder.

News from UA Ruhr

Research Explorer Ruhr 2024

Call for applications: Research Explorer Ruhr (RER) is a program in June 2024 for international early postdoctoral researchers (to-be) interested in exploring the research landscape of the University Alliance Ruhr. Application deadline is 24 February.

News from the Hasso Plattner Institute

HPI Sets a Sign for More Diversity in IT: empowerHER+ Conference at HPI in January 2024

In January 2024, the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) invites you to Potsdam for the second empowerHER+ conference. The conference to promote women in IT was launched with the aim of bringing together young talent and experts in the industry to discuss how to shape a more diverse tech future.

#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 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.