Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who are new to FAU. He visits them in their institutions to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. In episode 18, the President visits Prof. Dr. Frank Hechtner. He holds the Chair of Taxation at FAU.
A research team from FAU, KIT and HI ERN has developed a closed workflow that can be used to find optimal high-performance materials for perovskite solar cells (PSC) in a short space of time.
Making the earth a better place with green AI – that is what FAU alumna and doctoral student Nora Gourmelon wants to do. She uses satellite images to analyze glacier ice. She studied computer science at FAU and is now working as a doctoral student at the Chair of Pattern Recognition. In the video interview, she provides insights into her research work, among other things.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)’s fleet is growing: After the reconstruction of two ancient Roman patrol boats, the F.A.N. and the Danuvia alacris, Prof. Dr. Boris Dreyer, professor of Ancient History at FAU, is now building another boat. The boat in question is a flat-bottomed cargo ship or barge.
We warmly invite all members of our FAU Community to take part in our Christmas raffle and, with a bit of luck, get two of four free tickets for the Schlossgartenfest 2025! We are also giving away one of our coveted FAU owls.
“Our rights, our future, right now” is the motto of this year´s International Human Rights Day. It is intended to draw attention to the importance of human rights for the present and the future. But what is the state of human rights and what challenges do research and society face? An interview with Prof. Dr. Grażyna Baranowska.
Dr. Lars Lott, an FAU scientist, is this year's winner of the “Fundamental Academic Values Award”. The academic from the Institute of Political Science receives the second prize of 6,000 euros for his analysis of the phases of growth and decline of academic freedom in historical comparison.
Our FAU Community is about to reach an exciting milestone: we will soon reach 15,000 members! We cordially invite you to become part of our dynamic and diverse community. The 15,000th member will win one of the coveted FAU Owls.
This year, from December 20, 2024 to January 6, 2025 there are no lectures.
FAU is closing its gates for Christmas break from December 23, 2024 to January 6, 2025 to save energy.
What used to be a bleak, deserted space in the Lange Gasse is now the WiSo oasis. However, the path toward the shared garden was anything but easy. It all began with an unusual email and blossomed into a project that made a lasting change to life at our uni.
“It was an ugly piece of land, unuse...
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