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17OCT 2022
FAU news
New: Erlangen PODCASTIVAL
Listen to this! The first ever Erlangen PODCASTIVAL starts in October, bringing the ever popular format of podcasts to the stage providing the audience a visual as well as audible experience. “The idea behind podcasts captures the spirit of our times and there has been a huge increase in audience numbers during the past few […]
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17OCT 2022
FAU news
“I see human rights work today as a resistance to injustice.”
Germany has a new human rights award, presented by FAU. The FAU Human Rights Award honours internationally distinguished individuals who are committed to human rights research, teaching and practice. The inaugural recipient is the Indian human rights scholar and practitioner Dr. Harsh Mander. In this interview, Dr. Mander talks about his work. Dear Dr. Harsh […]
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17OCT 2022
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Dr. Harsh Mander from India Receives Human Rights Award from FAU
Germany has a new human rights award, presented by FAU. The FAU Human Rights Award honours internationally distinguished individuals who are committed to human rights research, teaching and practice. The inaugural recipient is the Indian human rights scholar and practitioner Dr. Harsh Mander. FAU’s Vice President Research, Prof. Dr. Georg Schett, presented the award and […]
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12OCT 2022
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Among the top 200 in the world
FAU retains its place among the best 200 universities in the world in the annual THE World University Rankings for 2023. Over 1,200 universities across the globe were assessed, with FAU finishing 196th, moving up one place from the year before. Compared to other German universities, FAU came in 22nd. FAU once more proved its […]
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07OCT 2022
Research
“It opened a completely new door in quantum physics”
It doesn’t happen every day that your own doctoral supervisor receives the Nobel Prize. No wonder, then, that FAU quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Joachim Zanthier was a little taken aback when he learned that the Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded this year to Alain Aspect, from whom Zanthier received his doctoral degree in […]
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07OCT 2022
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All you need to know about the beginning of the semester 2022/23
The lecture period has started. For our new students, it marks the beginning of a new chapter. We are very pleased that we will be able to welcome you on campus and that FAU will once again be a meeting place for sharing experiences and academic discourse. We look forward to getting to know you […]
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06OCT 2022
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“There is no telling what will happen in an authoritarian system once the dam breaks”
The raid is usually on Thursdays: In Iran the morality police are very strict at checking that women are wearing the hijab correctly and impose punishments of varying severity on those who are not, sometimes even resorting to violence. The young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died in jail on September 16 after being detained by […]
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04OCT 2022
Research
Pain relief without side effects and addiction
New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and addiction. This is the result of research carried out by an international team of researchers led by the Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at FAU. Their findings, which […]
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30SEP 2022
Research
Preserved in amber
Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, is plagued by political and economic crises. The fall of a president, a military putsch and the crackdown on religious minorities have had an impact not only on life but also on research in the country. One area that has been particularly affected is research into fossils preserved in […]
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29SEP 2022
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FAU spin-off ATLANT 3D Nanosystems lands a major investment
The patterning of semi-conductors has entered a new age, becoming quicker and more energy and resource efficient thanks to precise atomic 3D printing. This is the technology focused on by the start-up ATLANT 3D Nanosystems (ATLANT 3D) – a spin-off from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Technical University of Denmark and the Institute of Electrical Engineering […]
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27SEP 2022
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Mahsa Amini: University President meets FAU students from Iran
FAU President Prof. Joachim Hornegger met FAU students from Iran to discuss the current situation in their home country and to learn more about how they are personally affected by it. FAU is a platform of freedom on which people can make their visions a reality. It stands for peaceful and free community for everyone, […]
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27SEP 2022
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FAU saves Energy
The topic of energy and energy costs will inevitably affect FAU in the coming months. First of all, however, we would like to reassure everyone, and our students in particular, that FAU will do everything it can to ensure that the university continues to operate over the winter without any major restrictions, especially when it […]
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