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News from UA Ruhr

New Emmy Noether Group Researches Interstellar Ice Mixtures

A team from the Chair of Organic Chemistry II at Ruhr University Bochum plans to explore exactly how chemical processes in ice mixtures contributed to the emergence of life on Earth. The research group has set out to gain insights into how the building blocks of life were created by recreating conditions from space on Earth.

News from TU Berlin

International Alumni Workshop “Sustainable Food Cultures”

Apply now to attend TU Berlin’s international alumni workshop on “Sustainable Food Cultures” taking place from 2 to 8 June 2024 at TU Berlin in Germany.

News from Campus OWL

HSBI and the University of Tübingen Are Developing an Alternative to Glyphosate

Glyphosate reliably destroys unwanted plants, is used worldwide – and has been hotly disputed for years because of its negative effects on the environment and health. A ban on the herbicide in Germany and possibly even in the whole EU has hung in the air for a long time. A better alternative is in sight: in a cooperation project with the University of Tübingen funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), doctoral candidates at Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI) are working on an environmentally friendly herbicide based on a natural sugar from cyanobacteria.

News from Universität Hamburg

Universität Hamburg Achieves Third Place in Germany in QS Sustainability Rankings 2024

Universität Hamburg placed outstandingly well at both the national and international level in the renowned QS Sustainability Rankings 2024. The University achieves third place in Germany, forty-eighth place in Europe, and ninety-first place worldwide. In the categories “Impact of Education” and “Environmental Sustainability,” Universität Hamburg secured second place in Germany. The rankings underline the University’s great efforts in the fields of sustainability and in comparison to others in the German university landscape.

News from our Partners and Network

Job Openings December 2023

A service for everyone looking for a new job in the US with ties to Germany and/or the German language.

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.