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Lower Saxony against antisemitism -
Nachricht, 14.11.2024
The University of Göttingen has joined the ‘Niedersachsen gegen Antisemitismus’ (Lower Saxony against antisemitism) campaign. The aim of the campaign is to recognise antisemitism in everyday l…
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Millions in funding for interstellar astrochemistry research -
Nachricht, 05.11.2024
Professor Alec Wodtke, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Göttingen and Director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences in Göttingen, is involved in …
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Culture Award goes to Professor Metin Tolan for outstanding communication achievements -
Nachricht, 20.09.2024
Professor Metin Tolan, President of the University of Göttingen, is awarded the Cultural Award of the Eduard Rhein Foundation, which is endowed with €10,000.
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Otto Haxel Award for Dr Yuto Bekki -
Nachricht, 30.07.2024
Dr Yuto Bekki of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has been honored with the Otto Haxel Award for Physics for his doctoral dissertation. In collaboration with the German…
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Young Scientist Award for Professor Viola Priesemann -
Nachricht, 03.04.2024
During this year's spring conference of the German Physical Society (DPG), Professor Viola Priesemann received the Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics. The physicist conducts res…
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Long-period oscillations control the Sun’s differential rotation -
Nachricht, 02.04.2024
The interior of the Sun does not rotate at the same rate at all latitudes. The physical origin of this differential rotation is not fully understood. A team of scientists at the Max Planck Ins…
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April fool - Astrophysicists detect whiskey in the atmosphere of a distant planet -
Nachricht, 01.04.2024
A research team from the University of Göttingen and the University of St Andrews in Scotland has succeeded in detecting whiskey in the atmosphere of the distant planet known as "GJ1132b".
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Health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year! -
Nachricht, 28.12.2023
For 2024, we would like to wish health, happiness and personal and professional success to all students, staff, guests and alumni of Göttingen University and Göttingen Campus.
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In memory of Professor Rebekka Habermas -
Nachricht, 21.12.2023
The University of Göttingen mourns the loss of Professor Rebekka Habermas, who passed away on 21 December 2023. Habermas held the post of Professor of Modern History at the Faculty of Humaniti…
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WirtschaftsWoche ranking: Göttingen's economics department in the top ten -
Nachricht, 21.12.2023
In the 2023 ranking of the universities with the strongest research in economics in German-speaking countries, the University of Göttingen ranks tenth. If only universities in Germany are cons…
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Seasonal greetings -
Nachricht, 21.12.2023
Dear Students, Staff, Guests and Alumni of Göttingen University and Göttingen Campus,
As an eventful and productive year comes to an end, we hope you enjoy a peaceful time surrounded by fam…
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Opening times during the holiday break -
Nachricht, 20.12.2023
Many establishments will have a limited range of services or will be taking their winter break until early January 2024. Some offices and canteens won't re-open until Monday 8 January 2024. Ma…
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Preliminary results of the DFG Review Board election 2023 -
Nachricht, 29.11.2023
According to the preliminary results of the DFG Review Board election 2023, ten researchers from the University of Göttingen and four researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen h…
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New research centre for artificial intelligence in medicine -
Nachricht, 15.11.2023
Improving healthcare while promoting personalised medicine: The new research centre CAIMed for artificial intelligence (AI) and causal methods in medicine will be established in Lower Saxony. …
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Why some worms regenerate and others do not -
Nachricht, 20.10.2023
Why can only few species in the animal world regenerate injured or missing body parts, even though this offers advantages for survival? A research team with the University of Göttingen has inv…
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