Traditional university, new perspectives: Rector Claudia Becker in the foyer of the Auditorium Maximum
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05.05.2025 in Campus, Science

“Science must engage with societ much more closely”

At MLU, 2024 was marked by major successes when it came to acquiring third-party funding for research, but also by the process revolving around the University Development Plan. In this interview, Rector Professor Claudia Becker looks back and talks about how she sees the university positioned for the future. Read more

Special nanostructures are produced in a clean room at the university.
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15.04.2025 in Science, Research

Storage technologies of the future

A team of scientists at the Institute of Physics are carrying out basic research into a new type of electronics using various quantum phenomena and customised nano-materials. For many years now, some of the world’s finest research into solid-state physics has been conducted at the University of Halle. Read more

Elisabeth Décultot is the spokesperson for the new Research Training Group “Politics of the Enlightenment”.
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01.04.2025 in Science, Research

Enlightenment, power and truth

How does politics shape the Enlightenment – and how does the Enlightenment shape politics? A new Research Training Group, coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) is looking at this complex relationship. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing five million euros for the first phase. Read more

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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30.06.2023 in Featured, Science, Research

All 17 goals in view

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals play a major role at the university. A new research atlas lists more than 450 projects that deal with them - from education, to medicine and physics. Read more

The art installation by Pedro Marzorati entitled "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" draws attention to the rising sea level.
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21.10.2022 in Featured, Science

The art of change

The climate crisis and energy transition are a topic for many different scientific disciplines. A German studies scholar at the university is examining how art and literature are tackling these issues. Read more

Ingo Uhlig directs the digital atlas “artwork.earth”
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21.10.2022 in Featured, Science, Research

Cultural Atlas of Change

Climate change and the energy transition are two of the defining issues of our time. The literary scientist and sociologist, Professor Ingo Uhlig, explores how art and literature are able to contribute to this debate and to a greater acceptance. Read more

Acrylamide is produced during the preparation of certain foods such as french fries and is considered as probably carcinogenic to humans. However, its levels have been reduced with the help of food chemistry.
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05.10.2022 in Science, Context

Nature isn’t always on our side

For many people, food and chemicals just don’t belong together. But does a long list of ingredients and additives mean that our food is unnatural or even unhealthy? Professor Daniel Wefers, a food chemist from the University of Halle, advocates a more pragmatic view of things. Read more

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