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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.

Funded by the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) with 180,000 euros, FAU researchers are hoping to develop a new method to examine the brains of newborns by combinging new high-speed ultrasound devices with AI Imaging. The high resolution images could help detect stroke and and aspyhxia in babies.

Since 2016, FAU has awarded the annual University Teaching Award to early career researchers in recognition of excellent achievements in teaching.

The award was presented to five researchers at FAU in 2024: Emel Löffelholz from the Department of Didactics (Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, ...

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