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Opening hours during the festive season -
Nachricht, 19.12.2019
Don't forget: Between Christmas and New Year, canteens, libraries, university sports and the Office of Student Affairs have limited opening hours.
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Together you're less alone -
Nachricht, 19.12.2019
Alone, as a pair or in groups - the diversity in social systems of primates is interesting because it may also provide insights into human social life. An evolutionary biologist from the Germa…
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Fellowship for endangered scientist. -
Nachricht, 13.12.2019
In the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Philipp Schwartz Initiative, the University of Göttingen has once again raised a fellowship for an endangered scientist. With this programme, the Fou…
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Professor Reinhard Jahn takes over as acting President -
Nachricht, 29.11.2019
Starting 1 December 2019, the neurobiologist Professor Reinhard Jahn, Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, has taken over as acting President u…
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Apply now: Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Programme -
Nachricht, 22.11.2019
What are my career prospects following my doctoral degree? What criteria are paramount in deciding to pursue an academic or non-academic career? How should I behave in competitive situations? …
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Statement of the University against extreme right-wing symbols and graffiti on campus -
Nachricht, 21.11.2019
In recent months, buildings of the University of Göttingen have repeatedly been smeared with swastikas and other right-wing extremist, racist, anti-Semitic and trans*hostile symbols and slogan…
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Every year again: Physical Experiments in Advent -
Nachricht, 01.11.2019
"PiA – Physik im Advent" is an Advent calendar of a special kind: a physical Advent calendar. Behind every little door there is some education and fun. From 1st to 24th December 2019, small ph…
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Bomb disposal on Saturday, 12 October 2019: these buildings will remain closed -
Nachricht, 09.10.2019
Due to the disposal of a suspected bomb and, therefore, the evacuation of the Schützenanger area of the City, the buildings around the University’s central campus will remain closed on Saturda…
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Males of a feather flock together -
Nachricht, 14.08.2019
"Birds of a feather flock together" or rather "opposites attract"? A recently published study on male macaques in Thailand speaks for the former: behavioural biologists from the German Primate…
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Internationalisation in an increasingly complex world -
Nachricht, 28.06.2019
As part of the "Germany Today" tour organised by the German Academic Exchange Sercive (DAAD), 22 representatives of US and Canadian universities, research institutions and funding organisation…
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18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered -
Nachricht, 22.05.2019
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), the University of Göttingen, and the Sonneberg Observatory have discovered 18 Earth-sized planets beyond the solar syste…
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Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds -
Nachricht, 03.05.2019
Graphene is celebrated as an extraordinary material. For electronics, however, graphene still has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, since it has no bandgap. By stick…
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"Science is for Everyone" -
Nachricht, 10.04.2019
As in previous years, the University of Göttingen supports this year’s March for Science in Göttingen, which will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019. Under the local banner "Science is for Ev…
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New Edition of Solar System School -
Nachricht, 12.02.2019
The International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science is set to begin a new future now including an additional partner: the University's Geosciences Centre.
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Health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year! -
Nachricht, 21.12.2018
For 2019, I would like to wish health, happiness and personal and professional success to all students, staff, guests and alumni of Göttingen University and Göttingen Campus. I am certainly lo…
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