Top German research prize goes to Freiburg cancer researcher
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize 2025 goes to Prof. Dr Robert Zeiser for his outstanding research in haematology and immunology. Zeiser’s research at the University of Freiburg and the Medical Center – University of Freiburg have led, among other things, to new types of cancer therapy that has increased survival rates and the patients’ quality of life.
The state of Baden-Württemberg is funding research into environmentally friendly agriculture at the University of Freiburg
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science is extending funding for three innovative projects by three years each. The topics are biological plant protection, the integration of trees and shrubs into viticulture, and the interaction between bacteria and plants, for example during floods. The second research phase, which begins in January 2025, will focus on its practical implementation.
A warm welcome to 33 newly appointed professors
Rector Prof. Dr Kerstin Krieglstein invited the newly appointed W3 professors for 2023 and 2024 to an official welcome reception at the University of Freiburg.
Holger Reinecke is the new chair of the University Council of the University of Freiburg
At its inaugural meeting on 18 December 2024, the University Council, which was newly appointed on 1 October 2024, elected Prof. Dr. Holger Reinecke as its chair and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas Voßkuhle as his deputy.
‘Thinking About What Objectivity Means in Concrete Terms’
“Feministische Epistemologien” is the title of the current book by Prof. Dr. Frieder Vogelmann from the University of Freiburg and Dr. Katharina Hoppe (University of Frankfurt am Main). The reader contains basic texts on feminist epistemologies from the 1970s to the present day. In the interview, Vogelmann talks about what these approaches can mean for science today.
Message at the end of the year from Rector Prof Dr Kerstin Krieglstein
Prof Dr Kerstin Krieglstein addresses the university members with a review of 2024 and an outlook for the new year.
Holiday opening hours
The buildings of the University of Freiburg will be closed from Friday, 20 December 2024, from 10 p.m. up to and including Wednesday, 1 January 2025, until midnight. The University Library (UB) Freiburg will be closed from Saturday, 21 December 2024, up to and including Wednesday, 1 January 2025.
Jörn Leonhard is a new member of the Leopoldina
Professor Jörn Leonhard, who holds the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History of Western Europe at the University of Freiburg, became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in December 2024. The Presidium of the Academy hereby recognised the excellence of his academic work. As a historian, he is now in the Cultural Sciences Section.
Researchers succeed in controlling quantum states in a new energy range
A team of scientists headed by Dr. Lukas Bruder of the University of Freiburg controlled special quantum states in helium atoms with the FERMI free electron laser.
The DFG Funding Atlas 2024 confirms the University of Freiburg’s consistently high performance
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have acquired a total of 287.8 million euros in DFG funding for 2020-2022. The University of Freiburg performs particularly strongly in the life sciences. With DFG funding of 122.3 million euros, the Medical Center – University of Freiburg ranks third in Germany.
444 professors
31 junior professors
21 tenure track professors
… work at the University of Freiburg (status 2023)
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