January
01.01.2021
+++ In the starting blocks +++
At the beginning of the year the university’s new president, Professor Enrico Schleiff, takes up office. His vision for Goethe University Frankfurt: to be an excellent, international university in the digital age. Schleiff, a molecular biologist, replaces economist Birgitta Wolff after six years in office.
01.01.2021
+++ Film partners +++
The international collaborative project “Digital Cinema-Hub” (DiCi-Hub) brings together the RMU partners Frankfurt and Mainz with the University of Marburg. They are developing new conceptual principles and methods for film and media studies.
01.01.2021
+++ Data storage +++
The HeFDI project – Hessian Research Data Infrastructures – within which eleven Hessian universities are working together, enters the second funding phase. At Goethe University Frankfurt, this means the start of an institutional storage system for research data (GUDe).
15.01.2021
+++ Labour market East Asia +++
Together with partners, East Asian Studies researchers from the universities in Frankfurt are examining the competition for qualified specialists in East Asia. For this purpose, the junior research group is receiving over €2 million from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the “Small Disciplines” funding initiative.
19.01.2021
+++ Epochs +++
Geoscientists led by Professor Jens Fiebig are exploring how conclusions can be drawn about the temperature of past epochs on Earth by analysing the carbonate composition of specific rocks. The Reinhart Koselleck project has been awarded funding of approx. €1 million.
27.01.2021
+++ Prize for Young Researchers +++
Der mit 60 000 Euro dotierte Paul Ehrlich- und Ludwig Darmstaedter-Nachwuchspreis 2021 geht an die Entwicklungsbiologin Prof.in Elvira Mass von der Universität Bonn. Das Vermögen der Stiftung wird von der Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Goethe-Universität treuhänderisch verwaltet.
28.01.2021
+++ Optimised active ingredients +++
In cooperation with the universities of Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Oxford and Dundee, scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt have investigated how the structure of certain active ingredients can be optimised for a stronger pharmacological effect, using the example of kinase inhibitors.
28.01.2021
+++ Focus on democracy +++
“Democratic Vistas. Reflections on the Atlantic World”: the new focus area at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften is exploring the potential and entanglements of democracy in the Atlantic World.
February
01.02.2021
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15.02.2021
23.02.2021
24.02.2021
25.02.2021
25.02.2021
March
10.03.2021
12.03.2021
24.03.2021
25.03.2021
April
08.04.2021
13.04.2021
14.04.2021
14.04.2021
May
10.05.2021
10.05.2021
15.05.2021
17.05.2021
18.05.2021
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25.05.2021
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27.05.2021
31.05.2021
June
01.06.2021
08.06.2021
30.06.2021
30.06.2021
July
01.07.2021
01.07.2021
01.-31.07.2021
02.07.2021
02.07.2021
06.07.2021
07.07.2021
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11.07.2021
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15.07.2021
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20.07.2021
August
05.08.2021
25.08.2021
September
01.09.2021
02.09.2021
08.09.2021
13.09.2021
22.09.2021
22.09.2021
October
01.10.2021
06.-07.10.2021
11.10.2021
15.10.2021
18.10.2021
20.10.2021
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22.10.2021
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28.10.2021
29.10.2021
November
03.11.2021
04.11.2021
08.11.2021
09.11.2021
09.11.2021
15.11.2021
16.11.2021
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25.11.2021
30.11.2021
December
01.12.2021
06.12.2021
08.12.2021
08.12.2021
13.12.2021
13.12.2021
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31.12.2021