January
+++ Goethe University App +++
The Goethe University app 2.0 has been available for free download for IOS and Android since January. The app is primarily intended for students.
+++ Oil in particulate matter +++
A study conducted by Goethe University in cooperation with the Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology has revealed that ultra-fine dust at Frankfurt Airport also consists in part of synthetic turbine lubricating oils.
Lubricating oils from aircraft are an important source of ultrafine particles
+++ Profile areas +++
What topics are the profile areas at Goethe University researching? Who belongs to them and how do the profile areas see themselves? The virtual event series "Research@Goethe – inside our profile areas", which began in the winter semester, will be continued with the presentation of "Space, Time & Matter".
+++ "Foundation stone" for Campus Westend +++
Prof. Werner Meißner, President of Goethe University from 1994 to 2000, receives the Hessian Order of Merit. Meißner had campaigned for the purchase of the Poelzig Building by the state and thus created the conditions for the new location of Goethe University, the current Westend Campus.
+++ History in tooth enamel +++
An international team of scientists led by researchers from Goethe University and the Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum Frankfurt explains differences in diet between Homo erectus and apes. Dental analyses revealed that early humans switched from a plant-based diet to a mixed diet with the seasons.
Early humans: Annual cycles in tooth enamel provide insights into life stories
+++ Professions +++
Katrin Böhning-Gaese from Senckenberg, Professor at Goethe University, is to become a member of the German Council for Sustainable Development. The biodiversity expert and winner of the 2021 German Environmental Award has been appointed to the 15-member body, which advises the German government on sustainable development issues.
Katrin Böhning-Gaese appointed to the German Council for Sustainable Development
+++ 100 years of IfS +++
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research celebrates its 100th anniversary with a ceremony: Representatives of the Hessian state government, the City of Frankfurt, Goethe University and numerous academic and civil society institutions and organizations will be in attendance.
+++ Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine +++
Prof. Ivan Đikić has been awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his contributions to research into one of the central regulatory systems of the cell, the ubiquitin system. Đikić is Director of the Institute of Biochemistry II at Goethe University.
Honored: Ivan Đikić from Goethe University receives Swiss Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
+++ New Year's reception +++
The Goethe Welcome Centre (GWC), together with the "Foundation for the Promotion of International Academic Relations", welcomes international academics and staff to Goethe University for the traditional New Year's reception.
+++ Curtain up +++
The Chaincourt Theatre Company, the theater group of the Institute for English and American Studies at Goethe University, is back after the pandemic with two plays: "The Dumb Waiter" by Harold Pinter and Arthur Kopit's "Chamber Music".
The absurdity of power: Chaincourt Theatre Company returns with two plays
February
+++ Franco-German dual leadership +++
The Institut franco-allemand de sciences historiques et sociales will in future be headed by a Franco-German dual leadership: After eleven years, Prof. Pierre Monnet has passed the baton into the hands of historian Prof. Xenia von Tippelskirch and historian Dr. habil. Falk Bretschneider.
Franco-German research as an expression of Franco-German friendship
+++ Emmy Noether +++
Eric Helfrich, Professor of Natural Product Genomics at the LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG) in Hesse and the Department of Biosciences, has been awarded six years of funding for his research in the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for outstandingly qualified young scientists.
+++ Future dialog on teaching +++
The Future Dialogue on Teaching at Goethe University starts with a kick-off event: At the invitation of Vice President Prof. Christiane Thompson, teachers and other employees of Goethe University, whose topic is quality assurance in studies and teaching, as well as students are involved in the development of the new mission statement for teaching.
+++ Funded three times +++
Three Frankfurt specialized information services are entering the next funding phase: The specialized information services (FID) "General and Comparative Literature", "Biodiversity Research" and "Linguistics" at the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library will receive almost 3.5 million euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG).
DFG approves funding for further expansion of information services at the University Library
+++ Therapy for liver cancer +++
Iron death (ferroptosis) of cells can be used to enhance the effect of immunotherapy against liver cancer. Researchers at the Georg-Speyer-Haus, the University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe University have now been able to show this in mice suffering from liver cancer.
Liver cancer research: Iron death of cells could be the key to novel combination therapies
+++ Aptitude test +++
For the first time, the result of an aptitude test will be used in addition to the Abitur grade when allocating study places in psychology for the winter semester 2023/24. Goethe University is implementing this together with 20 other universities nationwide.
+++ Fellow 2023 +++
Prof. Volker Müller, microbiologist at Goethe University, is one of three Germans and a total of 65 scientists from all over the world to be admitted to the Academy of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) as a Fellow.
Volker Müller from Goethe University appointed member of the American Academy of Microbiology
+++ Dug and found +++
A teaching excavation by the Provincial Roman Archaeology Department at Goethe University in Bad Ems disproves previous assumptions. The exciting research story of a military camp, including a silver find, also earned the young archaeologist Frederic Auth first place at the Wiesbaden Science Slam.
200 tons of silver remained hidden from the Romans on the Lahn
+++ 100 years of the student house +++
The Student House at Frankfurt University is 100 years old. An exhibition with various events pays tribute to the history of the building, which is known far beyond Frankfurt.
+++ Culture Prize +++
Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken, Professor of Modern German Literature at Goethe University and Director of the Deutsches Hochstift in Frankfurt, has been awarded the Hessian Culture Prize. With this award, the state of Hesse honors the services of the director of the Goethe House and the German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt for literature and research.
Goethe University congratulates Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken on winning the Hessian Culture Prize
+++ Real crater +++
The marketing stunt of the "Domaine du Météore" winery really turns out to be an impact crater: researchers at Goethe University led by Prof. Frank Brenker and Prof. Andreas Junge determined through rock and soil analyses that the crater was actually formed by the impact of an iron-nickel meteorite.
+++ Equal opportunities +++
The Equal Opportunities Monitor 2021/22 on equal opportunities at Goethe University has been published: The Gender Equality Monitor makes figures, data and facts on gender equality accessible to the entire university public.
+++ Climate protection +++
Kick-off for the development of the greenhouse gas balance (GHG balance) and a climate protection concept for Goethe University. Based on an initial GHG balance sheet, the university's sustainability office will develop a climate protection concept in a participatory process.
March
+++ Consulting +++
The economist Prof. Raimond Maurer has been appointed to the "Focus Group on Private Pension Provision" set up by the German government. Its aim is to develop proposals for improving funded pension provision in Germany by summer 2023.
+++ Newly rated +++
Goethe University has not extended the cooperation agreement with the Frankfurt Confucius Institute (KIF), which ran until the end of February 2023. Instead, the cooperation with the KIF will be continued on an ad hoc basis and the cooperation with Fudan University will be further developed.
Cooperation with the Confucius Institute Frankfurt on a new basis
+++ Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize +++
Immunologists Prof. Frederick W. Alt and Prof. David G. Schatz will be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2023, endowed with 120,000 euros, in Frankfurt's Paulskirche. Biochemist and physician Dr. Leif S. Ludwig will receive the prize for young scientists for a method he invented to analyze the lineage and development of human blood cells.
+++ Frankfurt Law Review +++
At the cutting edge of legal discourse: students of the Faculty of Law have launched the journal "Frankfurt Law Review".
+++ Critical theory today +++
What does the critical theory of the "Frankfurt School" have to say about the current state of society? In the new series "Frankfurter Schule" of the Research Center "Normative Orders" of Goethe University and the Department of Culture and Science of the City of Frankfurt am Main, current representatives of the famous school of thought are invited to a discussion.
+++ 40 years of U3L +++
The 40th anniversary of the University of the Third Age (U3L) is celebrated at a festive event and the 100th birthday of its Chairman Günther Böhme is honored.
A passion for education: 40 years of the University of the 3rd Age (U3L)
+++ Student counseling +++
On the occasion of 50 years of study guidance at Hessian universities, a virtual action day provides information on study programs at eleven Hessian universities.
"Well advised. Studying in Hessen": 50 years of student counseling
+++ Ideas competition +++
A small forest on the River Main, wild plant biotopes for moths and deadwood islands are the project ideas of three Frankfurt initiatives that will be awarded prizes at a ceremony as part of the "Frankfurt Biodiversity Ideas Competition". The jury had ten projects for more biodiversity and the common good in the city to choose from.
+++ Well communicated +++
The Goethe University Press Office was honored with the press release "Cosmic chocolate chocolates: Inner structure of neutron stars revealed" as one of the three best press releases of 2022. This was the verdict of the idw prize jury.
Cosmic chocolate pralines
+++ Museum Giersch +++
The Giersch Museum of the Goethe University (MGGU) presents the artist Ernst Weil (1919 – 1981) in his native city of Frankfurt am Main with around 120 works.
April
+++ Transfer to school +++
The BMBF-funded joint project "Leistung macht Schule – Transfer in die Schullandschaft (LemaS-Transfer)" starts with the sub-project "Steuergruppe, Regionalzentrum Mitte-West, Sprachen und Partizipative Forschung" based at Goethe University.
+++ RMU reorganized +++
The Alliance of Rhine-Main Universities is reorganizing: With the establishment of an office and a board of directors, the organizational basis for successful cooperation between Goethe University, TU Darmstadt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is being expanded to form the strategic Alliance of Rhine-Main Universities (RMU). On April 1, 2023, Prof. Tanja Brühl from TU Darmstadt will start as the first spokesperson of the RMU.
Alliance of Rhine-Main Universities: new organizational basis
+++ Goethe Media Prize 2022 +++
The Goethe Media Prize 2022 for science and higher education journalism goes to three teams of authors or individual authors from renowned media. Their contributions are dedicated to scientific failure as an opportunity, the dangers of state influence and the role model function of scientific biographies.
Uncomfortable, inquiring and critical: Goethe Media Prize 2022
+++ Peeped into the nest +++
An international research team from Germany, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands and the USA is using a new method for analyzing carbonate on eggshells of dinosaurs, reptiles and birds. This reveals the reproductive system of Troodon, a dinosaur closely related to modern birds.
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nest
+++ First-year students welcomed +++
At UNISTART, more than 2,000 first-semester students are welcomed by the University President Prof. Enrico Schleiff, the Head of Cultural Affairs Dr. Ina Hartwig and the AStA Executive Board in the lecture hall center on the Westend campus.
Off to the summer semester: Goethe University looks forward to welcoming new students
+++ A Japanese in Frankfurt +++
The University Archive receives works by the Japanese painter Miyabe Taro, once a master student at the Städelschule: The Department of Japanese Studies has officially presented a portfolio of works by the Japanese-German painter Miyabe Tarô, who died at an early age, to the University Archive.
+++ In profile +++
On an eight-metre-long wall mosaic with 65 rock samples, students and visitors to Goethe University's Geocenter can now view rock types that characterize the geological profile between the Westerwald and Odenwald. The rock samples have been prepared and arranged to emphasize the typical structures. The profile section is used for teaching purposes and explains the diverse geology of the Rhine-Main region.
+++ Goethe-Uni digital +++
The consultation days of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung take place on the Westend campus. Goethe University successfully applied for this peer-to-peer consultation on digital teaching. Participants from all status groups are encouraged to take part in lectures, discussions and workshops on strategic processes for digitalization in studies and teaching.
+++ Award-winning start-ups +++
The Goethe University start-up center managed by Innovectis, the Goethe-Unibator, is hosting the Goethe SDG (= Sustainable Development Goals) Contest award ceremony for the second time on the Westend campus. Five finalists qualified for the final round: Maple Tales, Save the Grain, Rest:art, FLIPoQ and Phont.
+++ Return of collection items +++
The collections at Goethe University are testing ways to make African collections more accessible globally: Two projects funded by the Center for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF) will be presented at an exhibition opening in the Schopenhauer Studio of the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library. It is about the exhibition "We are happy to see these things" and the project "Open Africoll GU".
+++ Klemm photos +++
The permanent public exhibition of pictures by Barbara Klemm on the Westend campus is growing: 44 new photographs show motifs from trips abroad by the long-standing F.A.Z. photographer. This means that the existing exhibition in the International Studies Department (SLI) at Goethe University now also includes pictures on the subject of "International Affairs".
+++ Position taken +++
On the fringes of the conference "Managing Migration, Shaping Plurality" organized by Prof. Susanne Schröter, Director of the Frankfurt Research Centre for Global Islam, and the parallel event "Decriminalizing Migration, Living Plurality" organized by the AStA of Goethe University, there is a verbal confrontation between demonstrators and Boris Palmer, Lord Mayor of Tübingen, who was invited by the research center as a speaker. The statement made by Palmer in this context is condemned by the Presidential Board and other university institutions: "Any explicit or implicit statement relativizing the Holocaust is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated at and by Goethe University," reads the university's statement.
May
+++ A plus for the next generation +++
New instruments for tailor-made appointments: Goethe University's new appointment and tenure-track statutes expand its opportunities to promote young academics in the long term.
+++ City cycling +++
Goethe University is once again part of the CITY CYCLING campaign and this year is setting an example for climate-neutral mobility as part of the "Cycling for Science: Goethe, Senckenberg & Friends" team.
+++ Featured +++
Since the beginning of May, Studierendenwerk Frankfurt am Main has been awarding an environmental score to all its menus.
+++ Studierendenwerk turns 100 +++
Studierendenwerk Frankfurt am Main is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a chronicle, a blog and campaign days in the canteens.
+++ Spring is here +++
Goethe University and the Science Garden celebrate their spring festival on the Riedberg campus. Citizens, friends, alumni, staff and students spend the day with music, improvisational theater and artistic excursions. This year, the focus is on biodiversity and sustainability.
+++ Elected for child protection +++
Prof. Sabine Andresen, Professor of Educational Science with a focus on social pedagogy and family research at Goethe University, is elected as the new President of the Kinderschutzbund.
+++ Violence in office +++
The DFG research project "Assault in office by police officers" (KviAPol) presents comprehensive scientific findings on excessive use of force by police officers in Germany and the criminal law treatment of such incidents.
+++ Highest level of third-party funding +++
In 2022, Goethe University increased its third-party funding by 17 percent. With a third-party funding volume of 232.8 million euros, the university raised 33.9 million euros more than in 2021 and grew in all areas of third-party funding. EU-funded projects recorded the strongest growth: Their volume rose by 50% to 27.2 million euros.
+++ A plus for the heart +++
The Collaborative Research Center Transregio 267 "Non-coding RNA in the cardiovascular system" has been extended for a further four years. The research network led by Goethe University and TU Munich, which investigates regulation in the cardiovascular system, started in 2019.
Collaborative research center on heart research at Goethe University to be continued
+++ Green IT ranking +++
The "Goethe NHR" mainframe computer in the National High Performance Computing South-West consortium, which has undergone a major overhaul, is one of the two most resource-efficient mainframes in Germany. According to the official rankings published, the "Goethe NHR" ranks second among the most energy-efficient mainframes and sixth among the fastest. Worldwide, the "Goethe NHR" is in 9th place.
Goethe University's mainframe computer achieves excellent position in Green IT ranking
+++ Science meets Regions +++
As part of the European Commission's Science Meets Regions program and the Mercator Science Policy Fellowship program, ten employees from state ministries, regional councils and city administrations in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate held almost 80 talks with researchers on the topics of green and digital transformation in May and June. The topics ranged from integrated energy systems, resilient digital infrastructures, housing and transport to digital change and green finance.
+++ Mercator-Programm +++
As part of the Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship Program, 45 executives from federal and state ministries and the European Commission will visit Goethe University. There will be further meetings in June and November 2023.
+++ Science meets Regions +++
Goethe University is organizing job fairs for computer scientists, mathematicians, humanities scholars, cultural and social scientists and economists in the summer semester 2023.
+++ The inner workings of the cell +++
An international research team led by Goethe University and Jena University Hospital has discovered a regulatory mechanism for the structure and function of the endoplasmic reticulum. The articles were published in "Nature".
When the cell digests itself: How neurodegenerative diseases develop
+++ Profiled +++
The profile areas of Goethe University will be further enhanced by international expertise: for at least one year, the internationally renowned academics will conduct research in the research focus areas "Dynamics of the Religious" and "Robust Nature" as well as EMTHERA, which are assigned to various university profile areas. The endowed visiting professorships are funded by the Hückmann family.
Jochen Hückmann endowed guest professorships for research excellence support cutting-edge research
+++ University and society +++
At the Senate meeting on May 24, the Executive Board and Senate agreed to set up a commission to develop a self-image of Goethe University for the transfer of knowledge and technology in interaction with society. This was prompted by controversies in the context of the conference "Managing migration, shaping plurality. Challenges of immigration policy in Germany".
+++ Poetry lecture +++
Clemens J. Setz, winner of the 2021 Büchner Prize, will give the first of three poetry lectures on the topic of "Mysteries" at Goethe University in 2023. The lectures will be accompanied by a student exhibition and an academic workshop and will conclude with a reading at the Frankfurter Literaturhaus.
+++ Diversity +++
At Diversity Day 2023, experts from science and culture will discuss the "Racism-critical university" as part of a panel discussion organized by Goethe University's Equal Opportunities Office.
+++ C3S +++
Goethe University is taking a significant step towards the further development of computer-, data– and algorithm-based methods: The "Center for Critical Computational Studies" (C3S for short) begins its work. It creates a pioneering research, teaching and transfer environment. The C3S will revitalize the former Biocampus on Siesmayerstraße.
"Center for Critical Computational Studies" founded
Just Computation – Can AI do justice or is it just about calculating?
June
+++ LOEWE top professorship +++
Political scientist Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff has been awarded a top LOEWE professorship, which is based at Goethe University and the PRIF – Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research. The top professorship comes with a grant of 1.8 million euros.
Nicole Deitelhoff receives LOEWE top professorship at Goethe University and HSFK
+++ ERC Grants +++
Prof. Tobias Berg starts his ERC Consolidator Grant "Banking and Climate Change" at the Department of Economics. Also on 1 June, Dr Sebastian Eckart will begin the ERC Starting Grant-funded project "Tunnel ionization in three-dimensional tailored light fields".
ERC Starting Grant for Sebastian Eckart from Goethe University
+++ Reinhardt Koselleck projects +++
Professor Dr. Achim Geisenhanslüke has been awarded Reinhart Kosellek project funding for his research into the "Poetics of Rhythm". This funding from the German Research Foundation offers scientists the opportunity to carry out a particularly innovative or, in a positive sense, risky research project within five years.
+++ ExStra +++
Goethe University is participating in the Excellence Strategy competition of the German federal and state governments with four new and one existing research cluster. The applications combine the competencies of Goethe University with those of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) and other partners from the four major non-university research organizations.
+++ A plus for the child +++
The Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE) supports 30 doctoral students, postdocs and scientists in the R3 qualification phase with children who are doing research at Goethe University with funds from the Franz Adickes Foundation Fund.
Financial support for early career researchers with children
+++ German Study Award +++
Dr. Samira Akbarian, research assistant to Prof. Dr. Uwe Volkmann, has been awarded the German Study Prize (Section Humanities and Cultural Studies, 1st place) of the Körber Foundation 2023, the Werner Pünder Prize 2023 and the Merkur Prize (3rd place) of the Klett Foundation 2022 for her dissertation on "Civil Disobedience as Constitutional Interpretation".
+++ Honored +++
The University of Magdeburg awards Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln an honorary doctorate for her research into the economic impact of reunification on private households.
+++ Academic celebration +++
1,300 guests, including around 400 graduates, gathered at the first state examination ceremony for teacher training courses since the start of the pandemic.
+++ Digital trade fair +++
At the invitation of CIO and Vice President Ulrich Schielein, a digital fair for the central IT and digital projects at Goethe University will take place on the Westend campus as part of the nationwide Digital Day. On the one hand, the fair is an exchange forum for the IT and digitization projects of Goethe University, while at the same time offering the opportunity to present your own projects.
+++ Research in the dark +++
After a three-year break, Frankfurt's Riedberg will once again be the venue for the Night of Science: students from Goethe University are organizing a brilliant programme of lectures, guided tours and hands-on experiments for pupils, students and interested members of the public.
+++ App Hackathon +++
After the relaunch is before the relaunch: the new version of the Goethe app was launched in January 2023. Now students from all disciplines and Goethe University staff can develop an improvement concept in the hackathon organized by the University Computing Center at the Riedberg campus.
+++ RMU-Career Weeks +++
The digital "RMU Postdoc Career Weeks" of the Rhine-Main Universities serve to inform, qualify and network Early Career Researchers (ECR).
+++ Outstanding +++
Dr Sarah Neuwirth from Goethe University has been awarded this year's PRACE Ada Lovelace Award by the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE). She receives the award for her outstanding achievements in the development of High Performance Computing (HPC).
+++ Research reflected +++
Artificial intelligence with prejudices or incorrectly assigned graves of female Vikings: Goethe University wants to anchor reflection on gender and diversity even more firmly than before in its research activities. A ten-point paper has been drawn up to this end.
+++ Schaefer Award +++
Biochemist and structural biologist Prof. Robert Tampé is the only European recipient of the 2023 Schaefer Scholar Award. The research grant of 250,000 dollars (230,000 euros) is awarded annually by Columbia University to scientists for outstanding academic achievements in human physiology.
+++ Images for Human Rights +++
An open-air exhibition on the Westend campus of Goethe University is showing 30 works of art on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
+++ Laokoon goes Frankfurt +++
The Sculpture Hall at Goethe University is to receive a true-to-original copy of the monumental group of Laocoon figures for its collection of antiquities. This unique project was made possible by a donation from the donors York Thiel and Anni Heyrodt, who are closely associated with classical archaeology in Frankfurt.
+++ DenkMal +++
What role do works of art and monuments in public spaces play for democracy? To kick off its series of events "DenkMalDemokratie: Dialogische Spaziergänge zur Kunst", the Citizens' University invites you to take a walk around St. Paul's Church.
+++ Forensic medicine +++
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Mexico and Goethe University sign a cooperation agreement to support the Mexican government in the identification of disappeared persons in Mexico.
+++ Summer party +++
The Goethe University summer party invites students, staff, citizens, friends, alumni, residents and other interested parties to the Westend campus.
+++ Uni-Music +++
The ensembles of the Collegium Musicum of Goethe University present the results of their semester rehearsals in three final concerts: Works on the theme of "Water Worlds" and world premieres by composer Christian Ridil (University Music Director at Goethe University 1984 – 2009) will be presented.
+++ Mobility plan +++
Goethe University is developing a mobility plan as part of its sustainability strategy. It is supported in this by the "Better to work" program of the Society for Integrated Traffic and Mobility Management (ivm).
+++ 75 times +++
A commemorative event recalls that on July 1, 1948, the Allied military governors presented the "Frankfurt Documents" to the West German minister presidents in the room now known as the "Eisenhower Hall" in the IG Farben building. The event, which now marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, gave the starting signal, so to speak.
+++ Study on biodiversity +++
Chemicals in the environment are not sufficiently recognized in science as one of the causes of biodiversity loss: Researchers from the RobustNature research network at Goethe University and cooperation partners have identified this in a study.
How the use of chemicals and the loss of biodiversity are linked
July
+++ RMU funding +++
The Strategic Alliance of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) of Goethe University, Technische Universität Darmstadt and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has included a total of 13 further RMU-wide interdisciplinary cooperation projects in the RMU's project funding program as part of the latest calls for proposals of the RMU Teaching Initiative Fund and the "ECR" and "Networking" funding lines. Across all universities, 418,000 euros were approved, of which 138,000 euros will benefit the work of researchers at Goethe University.
+++ New Chancellor +++
The chemist is leaving, the physicist is coming: Dr. Ulrich Breuer is the new chancellor of Goethe University. He succeeds Dr. Albrecht Fester, who is retiring after more than five years as Chancellor. Ulrich Breuer was previously Administrative Director of the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe (FAIR) in Darmstadt.
+++ Equal opportunities put to the test +++
For the first time, Goethe University's equal opportunities work will be evaluated externally. In consultation with the Executive Board, an agency was commissioned to carry out the project for the period from July 2023 to February 2024.
+++ 1822 University Prize +++
This year's 1822 University Prize for excellent teaching goes to dentist PD Dr. Puria Parvini, the coordinator of a Goethe orientation course Dr. Bianca Bertulat and Professor of Religious Education Prof. David Käbisch. The prize is awarded by Goethe University together with the Frankfurter Sparkasse Foundation.
+++ Netiquette +++
Goethe University has a new netiquette that replaces the previous "Netiquette – Rules of conduct in the social networks of Goethe University" from 2018. The netiquette contains rules of conduct for good and respectful behavior in all areas of digital communication.
+++ Main-Study +++
Thousands of high school graduates, students from upper secondary schools and technical colleges get to know Goethe University on site during the "MainStudy".
+++ The lessons of St. Paul's Church +++
A prominent panel discussion on the lessons of the history of St. Paul's Church for the future of democracy concludes the Deutsche Bank Endowed Guest Professorship "Science and Society" series.
+++ Sustainability +++
The first event organized by the Sustainability Office as part of the Sustainability University Forum, which is aimed at university members, is dedicated to the topic of "Sustainable and transdisciplinary research". The second Sustainability University Forum on July 27 will focus on sustainable laboratory operations.
+++ Awarded +++
Prof. Frederike Middelhoff receives the 5,000 euro prize from the Goethe University Scientific Society. The award goes to academics with a doctorate who have already qualified for further academic work in a special way through their independent work.
+++ Comprehensive partnership +++
The exchange of students between the National Taiwan Normal University and Goethe University is to become even more extensive from now on. This was decided by both universities in July during a visit by a high-ranking delegation from the Taiwanese partner university. Just last year, the two universities signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding, expressing their interest in a university-wide partnership.
+++ Pungent stimulants for the immune system +++
Researchers from Goethe University, Max von Pettenkofer Institute and Hannover Medical School are elucidating the molecular players of the MHC-I loading complex in dendritic cells. As part of the immune system, dendritic cells are essential for fighting virus-infected and malignant body cells.
The sharpeners: How dendritic cells activate the immune system
+++ Environmental Award +++
This year, the "Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability 2023" goes to four young researchers at Goethe University. The prize is awarded for qualification work in the field of environmental and socio-ecological sustainability research.
Awarded: "Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability 2023" goes to young scientists
+++ Competence Center +++
At its meeting, the University Council supports the process of establishing a "Transfer and Competence Center Islam". As part of this project, Prof. Susanne Schröter will receive a Goethe Research Professorship. The new center is to bundle the existing expertise of Goethe University in Islamic research issues.
+++ Doctoral College +++
The Hans Böckler Foundation is funding the new doctoral program "Broken Traditions?" at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and the University of Music Weimar. It researches the intellectual and artistic activities of Jews in National Socialist Germany.
+++ Climate gases measured +++
Goethe University starts measuring halogenated hydrocarbons on the Kleiner Feldberg near Frankfurt: For the first time in Germany, the concentrations of gaseous substances containing halogens such as chlorine or fluorine are being monitored continuously and with high accuracy as part of an international network.
New measuring device from Goethe University: Halogen greenhouse gases are also emitted in Germany
+++ Power plants of the cells +++
Researchers at Goethe University discover central switching point in the misfolding stress signaling chain of mitochondria. Using the example of a mitochondrial stress response, the scientists have investigated the extent to which their metabolism has become intertwined with that of their host cells over the course of evolution.
Cell biology: How cellular power plants call for help under stress
August
+++ Antibiotic resistance +++
A Frankfurt research team shows how the hospital germ Acinetobacter baumannii can achieve major functional changes in protein complexes over short evolutionary periods and is therefore particularly resistant to common antibiotics. This could result in treatment strategies that are specifically tailored to a particular germ.
How the hospital germ Acinetobacter baumannii quickly adapts to new environmental conditions
+++ Gender in figures +++
The Equal Opportunities Office has updated the gender profiles for all 16 departments. The study provides information on the proportion of women among students, academic staff and professors at Goethe University and in a nationwide comparison.
+++ Covid viruses +++
SARS-CoV-2 viruses succeed in hijacking human cells with a minimum of their own proteins. Researchers at Goethe University clarify a crucial part of the RNA binding mechanism of the nucleocapsid protein (N) and recognize how SARS-CoV-2 uses the human body temperature as an incubator for reproduction.
+++ Trainees +++
In the 2023 training year, a total of ten new trainees and one trainee inspector started their careers at Goethe University.
+++ Balancing act +++
Dr. Alexandra Stolz from the Institute of Biochemistry II at Goethe University is looking for substances that can be used to restore cellular balance. She has been awarded an "Exploration Grant" of 161,000 euros from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.
+++ Museum Giersch +++
The Museum Giersch of Goethe University (MGGU) invites you to the Museumsuferfest 2023 with guided tours and an open studio for children on the traditional antiquarian bookshop mile.
+++ Heart with nerves +++
Recent research results from the Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration and the Cardio-Pulmonary Institute at Goethe University provide new insights into the ageing processes of the heart, which also affect the nerves. The study was published in Science Magazine.
September
+++ Weather researched +++
The German Weather Service is funding two initiatives at the Institute for Atmosphere and Environment as part of the Hans Ertel Center (HerZ): Prof. Jürg Schmidli is being funded for a further phase of four years for his HErZ working group. Dr. Anna Possner has acquired a HErZ junior research group with a duration of six years. Both projects have a volume of around EUR 1 million.
+++ More networking +++
The COST Action "CROPWISE: Conservation and Research for Optimization of Utilization of Cereal Wild Relatives for Sustainable and Enhanced Agriculture", coordinated by Goethe University, was newly approved. COST enables the establishment and expansion of scientific networks and thus bundles national research initiatives in transnational "COST Actions".
+++ International promovieren +++
In the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Program, Goethe University is coordinating the newly approved Doctoral Network "Natural Traces in forensic investigations – how the analysis of non-human evidence can solve crime" for international, structured doctoral training.
+++ Horizon Europe +++
At the Department of Social Sciences, a new project coordinated by Goethe University was acquired in the "Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society" work program in Horizon Europe (Prof. Geißel). In addition, Goethe University was successful with four new project participations in the last call for proposals of the "Health" work program in Horizon Europe. There is also a new Horizon Europe project in the field of climate research.
+++ Honored +++
Prof. Jan-Henning Klusmann, Director of the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Frankfurt University Hospital, receives one of the highest honors in the scientific community: he is accepted as a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences.
Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic becomes a member of the National Academy Leopoldina
+++ Canon with gaps +++
Because works by women and marginalized texts are severely underrepresented on reading lists, the #breiterkanon network is developing a "gap list". An exhibition at Frankfurt University Library presents it.
+++ Goethe is running +++
The Goethe Run has become a favorite event of the Goethe community: 471 people celebrated together on the Sportcampus after the 5.8 km run between the Sportcampus and Campus Westend.
+++ Awarded +++
Together with Prof. Lars P. Feld and Prof. Christoph M. Schmidt, Prof. Volker Wieland has received the Regulatory Policy Award 2023 from the Wirtschaftsverband der Familienunternehmer.
Prof. Volker Wieland awarded the Regulatory Policy Prize 2023
+++ Horizon Europe + UK +++
The UK will be associated with the EU framework program for research and innovation called Horizon Europe. The association of the 15 leading medical universities in Germany (German U15), of which Goethe University is a member, expressly welcomes this.
German U15 / Association of the United Kingdom with Horizon Europe
+++ Ukraine aid +++
Practical experience for Ukrainian medical students: Prof. Miriam Rüsseler and her team from the Frankfurt Institute for Emergency Medicine and Simulation Training (FIneST) at Goethe University are offering Ukrainian medical students a Summer School Emergency Medicine. It is financed by the Goethe-Ukraine Fund.
+++ UN and sustainability +++
Physicist Prof. Luciano Rezzolla from Goethe University will speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City about possible contributions of science to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
+++ Future regional +++
The skilled labor initiative of the Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration, together with the Institute for Economy, Work and Culture (IWAK) at Goethe University, is presenting the initial results of its regional future workshops.
Skilled labor initiative focuses increasingly on regionality
+++ Teddies at the dentist +++
After a long corona break, the Center of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine (Carolinum) at Goethe University is once again inviting kindergarten groups to the popular Teddy Tooth Clinic.
+++ Paul Ehrlich Prize +++
The Board of Trustees of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation announces the 2024 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize winner: It is the physician and immunologist Prof. Dennis L. Kasper from Harvard Medical School for his discovery of the language in which gut bacteria educate the human immune system.
Dennis L. Kasper is awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2024
+++ New computer science and mathematics building +++
With the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Computer Science and Mathematics building on the Riedberg campus, the relocation of the department of the same name at Goethe University from the Bockenheim campus to the Riedberg campus is now within reach.
October
+++ ERC Grant +++
Prof. Maxim Bykov's ERC Starting Grant at the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy entitled "High-pressure nitride materials: towards the controllable and scalable synthesis in a diamond anvil cell" starts on October 1.
+++ Children's University +++
Goethe University invites children aged 8 to 12 to the Westend campus. The 20th Frankfurt Children's University is all about stardust, AI and talking hands.
20th Frankfurt Children's University: About stardust, AI and talking hands
+++ Awarded +++
Dr. Jennifer Engler and Dr. Dania Schütze from the Institute of General Medicine at Goethe University receive the prestigious Wilfried Lorenz Health Services Research Award from the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF) in Berlin.
Research prize for palliative care for children and adolescents
+++ DAAD Award +++
Master's student Farbod Eslami Khouzani from Tehran (Iran) will be honored at the DAAD Prize 2023 for international students with outstanding academic achievements and social commitment.
+++ DFG Research Units +++
Goethe University has been successful with two research groups at the German Research Foundation (DFG): Research Group 5643 "HERZBLUT" in medicine, which deals with mutations in white blood cells (clonal haematopoiesis), has been newly established. The collaborative research group 2774 "LawFin" in economics and law on the interplay between (financial) markets and the legal system is entering its second funding phase. The consortia are being funded with a total of around 9 million euros.
+++ Romantic Prize +++
The art historian Dr. Miguel A. Gaete receives the Klaus Heyne Prize awarded by Goethe University for research into German Romanticism.
+++ Best cared for +++
During a ceremony, the prize for the best doctoral supervision is awarded to the professors Prof. Bernd Skiera, Prof. Sarah Speck and Prof. Eckhard Boles.
+++ First Generation +++
The GROW@Goethe mentoring program launched in summer semester 2023, a sub-project of Goethe University's "Successful Teaching and Learning – Diversity and International Studies" (ELLVIS) project, is being continued. The number of students participating in the project and their mentors, who support first-generation students through career guidance and networking, has increased significantly.
+++ Dormant germs +++
Scientists from Goethe University, Robert Koch Institute and Georg August University Göttingen discover a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital germ Acinetobacter baumannii to survive.
+++ Climate and law +++
A public panel discussion and two lecture series with international experts are dedicated to the topic of the climate crisis and the law, in particular criminal law.
+++ Heart up close +++
Knowledge in action: The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute at Goethe University invites interested parties to take a look at its day-to-day research.
+++ Uni at the movies +++
How do films deal with abuse in religious contexts? This is the question posed by a film series of the "Schnittstelle Religion" science platform at Goethe University, which is being shown in cooperation with the Cinéma am Roßmarkt.
+++ CampusChange +++
The new format CAMPUS WANDELN at Goethe University invites you to take a walk and visit places related to sustainability. CampusWANDELN is organized and carried out by the Sustainability Office of Goethe University together with the art and cultural scientist Prof. Verena Kuni.
+++ Moving mantle +++
An international team of geologists led by the Institute of Geosciences at Goethe University is challenging a previous theory about the movement of plates in the Earth's mantle. This was achieved by precisely analyzing an Alpine slate using computer modeling.
Alpine rocks reveal the dynamics of plate movements in the Earth's interior
+++ World class +++
The world's largest nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for biomedical science is inaugurated at Goethe University. The costs for the device and its own building, totaling 30 million euros, were borne by the Federal Republic of Germany, Hesse and Goethe University.
November
+++ Therapeutics +++
The High-Performance Center Innovative Therapeutics (TheraNova), which aims to establish a scientific-industrial cluster in the Rhine-Main region, continues to receive funding from the state of Hesse. In this cluster, Goethe University cooperates with the two Fraunhofer Institutes for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP in Frankfurt/Main and for Computer Graphics Research IGD in Darmstadt as well as with the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim.
+++ Art in architecture +++
The new building for linguistics and cultural studies at Goethe University will receive an art installation by the "Raqs Media Collective" for its linguistics and cultural studies building.
+++ Cooperation Frankfurt-Jerusalem +++
Goethe University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish the "Center for Childhood and Child Welfare in Context".
Giving children a voice: joint research on childhood and child welfare
+++ Environment and Sustainability Prize +++
The Bruno H. Schubert Foundation is awarding one of the most highly endowed German environmental prizes, the Frankfurt Conservation Award 2023 (Bruno H. Schubert Prize) in the three categories of teaching, research and applied nature conservation to Prof. Meike Piepenbring (Goethe University Frankfurt), Prof. Beth Kaplin (University of Rwanda) and José Carlos Nieto Navarrete (Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado – SERNANP, Peru).
+++ Lifeworlds +++
The first cohesion report by the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) shows: Large sections of the population in Germany have homogeneous circles of acquaintances – this also influences their world views and experiences.
+++ Day of the RMU +++
The 5th Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) Day is being held under the motto "Region Matters for U – Shaping innovative science in the Rhine-Main region together". It is organized by the Technical University of Darmstadt.
+++ Time machine +++
An AI model developed by a team of scientists from Goethe University and the University of Birmingham shows how water pollution, extreme weather events and rising temperatures can irreversibly damage the ecosystem of a freshwater lake over many decades.
AI shows species loss in swimming lake: researchers develop "time machine for biodiversity"
+++ Cancer research +++
German Cancer Aid is funding two projects at Goethe University and the University Hospital for "preclinical drug development": The University Hospitals of Frankfurt and Würzburg are leading the "CAR Factory" project, in which genetically modified immune cells could fight tumors. In the TACTIC project, which is coordinated at Goethe University, small molecules are to help genetic switches in cancer cells to function properly again.
German Cancer Aid supports two projects at Goethe University and the University Hospital
+++ GU at CERN +++
Physicists and computer scientists at Goethe University are involved in the first data collection and analysis after five years at the large accelerator LHC at CERN. A new record for collisions of lead ions is measured, as well as the highest energy and highest collision rate.
+++ Living in transition +++
The German Research Foundation is funding a joint research training group on housing research at Goethe University and Bauhaus University Weimar with over seven million euros.
+++ Cancer in children +++
Doctors at Goethe University identify a promising target for new therapeutic approaches in the DNA of leukemia cells.
Pediatric oncology: New Achilles heel of leukemia cells discovered
+++ Opportunity for schools +++
The Frankfurt Campus Schools program is officially launched. The aim is to systematically bring school practice, educational research and teacher training into a constructive and lasting exchange for all sides. The program is supported by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and Goethe University.
+++ Muslims in Germany +++
The Academy for Islam in Science and Society (AIWG) publishes its expertise on Islamic burials: More and more of the approximately 5.5 million Muslims in Germany want to be buried here after their death.
+++ Awarded +++
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors the economist Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln for her outstanding research work in the field of quantitative macroeconomics with this year's Carus Medal.
+++ Honored +++
Astrid Erll, Professor of English Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Copenhagen. Astrid Erll is one of the leading and fundamental forces in the research field of "Memory Studies", which focuses on our collective memory.
+++ ERC Grant +++
Dr. Christian Münch from the Institute of Biochemistry II receives a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for further research into a mechanism he discovered that the cell uses to operate its recycling system.
Biochemist Christian Münch from Goethe University receives ERC Consolidator Grant
+++ SFBs funded +++
Goethe University is getting a new Collaborative Research Center (SFB): The SFB 1629 deals with negation in language and cognition. The spokesperson is Prof. Cecilia Poletto. The SFB 1177 from biochemistry, which is researching selective autophagy, is already in its third funding phase. The spokesperson is Prof. Dr. Ivan Đikić.
+++ Groundwater quality test +++
As part of the joint project "gwTriade", six scientific institutes – including Goethe University as the coordinating body – are investigating the quality of groundwater in Germany. "gwTriade" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Groundwater research network: Searching for pollutants underground
+++ JuCo +++
Global crises continue to make young people look to the future with concern: This is one of the findings of the fourth JuCo study conducted by the Research Network Childhood – Youth – Family in the Corona Era at the Universities of Frankfurt and Hildesheim. Around 1,200 young people took part in the study in spring 2023.
+++ Toxic +++
Frankfurt researchers refute hypotheses on the evolution of venom genes in bees, wasps and ants and show that typical venom components already evolved in the earliest ancestors of Hymenoptera before the development of the sting.
The venom was there before the sting: Genetic analysis sheds light on the origin of bee venom
+++ Max Planck Humboldt Medal +++
Amy Buck, Professor at the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded the Max Planck Humboldt Medal for her research into the role of RNA in mammalian intestinal communication. Amy Buck's discoveries, which were made in cooperation with Goethe University, could form the basis for new methods of administering RNA-based drugs to cells.
+++ Germany Scholarship +++
At the award ceremony for the Deutschlandstipendium, 550 new scholarship holders will meet their sponsors. 990,000 euros have been raised at Goethe University in 2023, so 1,980,000 euros will be available for the Deutschlandstipendium, doubled by the federal government.
+++ Pupil +++
The exhibition "Throwing Pictures" in the Schopenhauer Studio of the University Library explores the history of student film culture at Goethe University from the founding of the "Film Studio" in 1951 to the current Pupille-Kino. The exhibition is the result of the research seminar of the Master's course "Film Culture: Archiving, Programming, Presentation".
Throwing pictures: Excavation work on student film culture in Frankfurt
+++ Quantum computing +++
Goethe University will soon install its first quantum computer, placing it at the forefront of German universities in the field of applied quantum computing: Frankfurt's first computer, called "Baby Diamond", will be launched as a pilot system with five qubits and is based on the technology of nitrogen vacancies in an artificial diamond.
+++ Three times award-winning +++
The "Scientist of the Year Prize" and the "Public Service Fellowship Prize" of the Alfons-Gertrud Kassel Foundation as well as the New Horizon Prize of the President of Goethe University are awarded jointly to scientists at Goethe University for the first time: Microbiologist Prof. Inga Hänelt, law professor Indra Spiecker and educational scientist Lukas Gerhards were awarded the prizes.
December
+++ Endowed professorship +++
Biochemist Dr. Christian Münch takes up the Lichtenberg Endowed Professorship for Molecular Systems Medicine. The permanently funded professorship was made possible by the Volkswagen Foundation together with the Alfons and Gertrud Kassel Foundation, the Dr. Rolf M. Schwiete Foundation and the Johanna Quandt University Foundation.
+++ Cancer research +++
Scientists led by Prof. Stefan Müller from the Institute of Biochemistry II at Goethe University have identified a mechanism in leukemia cells that could be a suitable starting point for new drugs.
+++ Science Talk +++
Two researchers, a presenter, a bar and live music: this is all part of the ensemble of the new series "Wissen angezapft" (Knowledge tapped), to which Goethe University is inviting guests beyond the lecture hall. The first Science Talk will be opened by a political scientist and a chemist at the Montez Family Art Association.
+++ Honored +++
Frankfurt heart researcher Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern. She received the award in recognition of her scientific achievements in understanding the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases.
+++ Goethe Innovation Award +++
The Goethe Innovation Award for research projects with start-up potential honors therapeutic approaches against antibiotic resistance and for the treatment of chronic itching as well as an innovative bio-printer technology. Five teams qualified for the pitch competition organized by Innovectis, the university's technology transfer company, to select the winning teams. The three winning teams won prize money as well as participation in the Unibator start-up program.
+++ Tested water +++
With a kick-off event at Goethe University, Environment Minister Hinz launches the Hesse-wide Hessian Water Competence Center (KWH), in which stakeholders from science and education, administration, politics and water management are networked.
+++ Donated +++
Two projects coordinated by Goethe University were approved as part of the Volkswagen Foundation's call for proposals "Challenges and Potentials for Europe: Intergenerational Futures": Dr. Anamaria Depner (Interdisciplinary Aging Studies, Department of Education) is researching the project "Wasteland Futures. Intergenerational relations in abandoned places across Europe". In addition, Dr. Anna Wanka (Interdisciplinary Aging Science, Department of Education) received approximately 360,000 euros for her project "Intergenerational care relations: Challenges and potentials for reconciliation of education and care in ageing knowledge societies (InterCare)".
+++ Endowed professorship +++
Prof. Mathias Munschauer from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg takes up the "Willy Robert Pitzer Endowed Professorship for Molecular Virology of Human Pathogenic RNA Viruses", strengthening research and teaching at the Institute of Medical Virology at Frankfurt University Hospital.
Virus research: Goethe University appoints Mathias Munschauer to Pitzer Endowed Professorship
+++ Former Dondorf printing works +++
Following the end of the occupation of the former Dondorf print shop, Goethe University is focusing on a return to democratic dialog. Since June 2023, the vacant building had been occupied twice by the collective "Die Druckerei". Originally, after the last Goethe University institutes moved out to the Westend campus, the plan was to construct a separate building for the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) on the site of the Dondorf print shop.
+++ Transfer +++
Researchers at Goethe University, together with partners from the life science and pharmaceutical industries, are launching a project to develop a new class of active substances against flaviviruses that cause infectious diseases such as dengue fever. The project is being funded as part of the belBA2122 collaboration between the life science company Evotec and the pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb.
Development of RNA agents against the dengue fever virus
+++ Bundesverdienstkreuz +++
Prof. Dr. Sandra Ciesek receives the Federal Cross of Merit. The Director of the Institute of Medical Virology at Frankfurt University Hospital was honored for her significant work in the search for drugs and the clarification of SARS-CoV-2.
Prof. Dr. Sandra Ciesek was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit