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Climate change and groundwater
In March 2023, the United Nations convened its first Water Conference in 46 years. There is a dire need for action: as a result of climate change, water is threatening
Diplomacy as Storytelling: Ukrainian ambassador visits Goethe University
Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine’s new ambassador to Germany, is currently touring the country. Goethe University was one of the stops he chose for his travels to engage in his heartfelt desire:
Known active ingredient as new drug candidate against “monkeypox”
Mpox – previously known as „monkeypox“ – is currently spreading worldwide. An international research team from Goethe University and the University of Kent has now identified a compound that could
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize: Insights into the Origin, Evolution and Development of our Immune System
The 2023 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, worth €120,000, will today be awarded to immunologists Frederick W. Alt and David G. Schatz in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche for their discovery of
ASCG opens Liaison Hub at Goethe University Frankfurt
In cooperation with Goethe University Frankfurt, the ASCG – Accounting Standards Committee of Germany (ASCG) opened a Liaison Hub to support the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The objective is to obtain scientific evidence for standard setting activities. The focus should
New MOGON high-performance computer in Mainz – Goethe University part of a national consortium
In October 2021, the Joint Science Conference of the federal and state governments (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz, GWK) decided to include the National High-Performance Computing (NHR) South-West consortium – consisting of Johannes
The Tenure-Track Professorship: Is “Cultural Change” the Order of the Day?
There can be no doubt about the fact that the tenure-track professorship has considerable potential. But how could it be better embedded within Germany’s academic system, and how might a
Cause of leukaemia in trisomy 21
People with a third copy of chromosome 21, known as trisomy 21, are at high risk of developing Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), an aggressive form of blood cancer. Scientists led
The Taste of Italy: Lecture series of RMU Italy Forum starting April 24
At the end of last year, the strategic alliance of the Rhine-Main-Universities (RMU) launched the newly established RMU Italy Forum. To consolidate the universities’ joint activities in research and teaching,
Doctoral Researcher from Ukraine Awarded Scholarship for Special Commitment
Mariana Shumliakivska, doctoral researcher and medical student at Goethe University Frankfurt, has been awarded the “Scholarship for Volunteer Work with an International Context at Goethe University.” Shumliakivska, who hails from
News in brief
Download it now: The New Goethe Uni App 2.0
Dear Students, Now you can organize your everyday university life even more easily and conveniently: With the new Goethe University App 2.0, you can, for example, directly access your course
„Turning everyone into a sustainability officer“
To mark its founding year, Goethe University’s Sustainability Office organized an event at the end of 2022 to discuss the current state of sustainability at the university. All told, some
The Powerlessness of the Working Class in the 21st Century
British political scientist Cain Shelley is a fellow at Goethe University’s Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Institute for Advanced Studies working on „A Class For Itself?: The Future of Class Politics.“ Nowadays, the
Hummingbird’s hovering flight likely evolved because of a lost gene.
Hummingbirds, native to North and South America, are among the smallest and most agile birds in the world. Often barely larger than a thumb, they are the only bird species
What really helps in the fight against cardiovascular disease?
A review of the Friedrich Merz Visiting Fellowship Endowment 2022 It is thanks to the research of cardiologists like Joseph C. Wu, professor at Stanford University, that the post-heart attack
Encounters with police violence
The KviAPol research project deals with “Police Use of Excessive Force”. UniReport: Ms. Abdul-Rahman, Professor Singelnstein, the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in particular likely roused people throughout
The full-time job as the (sole) guarantor for social participation? Interview with Carlotta Giustozzi
In her dissertation, sociologist Carlotta Giustozzi examined the consequences of labor market marginalization on social participation. One of the questions that emerged from the results of her work was the
11th ILF Conference on the Future of the Financial Sector
“The Next Systemic Financial Crisis – Where Might it Come From?”: Financial Stability in a Polycrisis World 24 January 2023, Campus Westend, Casino Building and Online On January 24, 2023 the ILF
Researchers @Goethe University: Bodo Ahrens, Meteorologist
Weather is not the same as climate. Weather phenomena include spring weeks with bright sunshine, scorching midsummer heat, autumn storms and snowy winters, as well as a rainy Easter, thundery
Fusion: No quick solution to the climate crisis
Possible future supply for urban centres Scientists from the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced that they have succeeded for the first time in igniting a „solar fire in
