2024

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04NOV 2024
FAU news
On first name terms with robots
Research consortium investigates robots’ potential social skills Robots and AI are growing in importance – in industry, services, medicine and in private settings. The Bavarian Research Foundation and a Bavarian consortium from industry will jointly invest almost four million euros in the coming two years in the research consortium FORSocialRobots that is aimed at significantly […]
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30OCT 2024
FAU news
Survey: Investigation of Discrimination at FAU
The Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin invites you to participate in a survey on workplace discrimination. The survey is aimed at employees and student employees who identify as People of Color and/or are not of German origin.Your experience can help us understand and combat workplace discrimination. For employees and working students of […]
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25OCT 2024
FAU news
The 2024 FAU Awards
Before the Dies academicus, the University honors high achievers, academic achievements and services in teaching at FAU every year with the FAU Awards. Further information: www.dies.fau.de The FAU Awards The prize winners of the 2024 FAU Awards were honored in a special ceremony on October 22, 2024. An overview of the individual awards: Honorary Senator […]
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25OCT 2024
FAU news
FAU celebrates its birthday
Developers of educational computer games, racing car designers and a collection manager who writes comics are at the forefront of this year’s celebrations for the 281st anniversary of FAU, the Dies academicus, on November 4. All members of FAU are invited to attend: members of staff and students, and anyone who feels connected to FAU […]
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24OCT 2024
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Top of the league when it comes to patents
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is top of the league when it comes to innovation: The European Patent Office (EPO) reviewed academic patent applications filed between 2000 and 2020. FAU ranks second place for universities in Germany for the number of patent applications and ranks 13th from a total of 1200 universities in Europe in the study. Study […]
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23OCT 2024
FAU news
Number of students at FAU on the rise again
FAU is starting the new lecture period with a slight increase in student numbers. A total of 39,697 students have registered for winter semester 2024/25 (as of October 11, 2024). The number of international students has risen by just under 8 percent – with a total of 9,164, international students now account for approximately 23 […]
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22OCT 2024
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How FAU is becoming a pioneer for climate action
How can FAU reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and set an example for climate action? How exactly can each individual member of FAU play their part? The answers are in the first Integrated climate action plan of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, which has just been published. New: Climate action plan at FAU The Integrated climate action plan […]
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21OCT 2024
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Series of workshops for start-ups
The Digital Tech Academy at FAU is offering a series of workshops to prepare students with a business idea for launching a start-up. The series “Starting Business Ideas @ FAU” focuses on topics such as drafting a business model, price planning and prototyping. In the pitching workshop, participants will pitch their planned business concept and […]
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17OCT 2024
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Online photo exhibition “Aesthetics of Seeds”
The seeds in the teaching collection at the Botanical Garden in Erlangen have a very special aesthetic. Photographer Danièle Dugré shows them in an unexpected light. Founded in 1851, the “Museum Botanicum Erlangense” has an eventful history. Time and again, the plants, seeds and fruit it contains were examined by specialists, supplemented by specimens from […]
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16OCT 2024
Alumni
Community Raffle: The Official FAU Bag!
The official FAU bag has become a cult item – stylish dark blue with a large FAU logo. Every year during the freshman welcome in October, around 7,000 newcomers to our FAU look forward to receiving this coveted welcome gift. Not only do students carry their laptops and study materials in the bag, but they […]
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14OCT 2024
FAU news
How immune cells really migrate
In order to reach their target, for instance a tumor, immune cells have to leave the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and migrate through connective tissue. Until now, scientists presumed that immune cells migrated through tissue by constantly changing their shape and therefore squeezing through the smallest pores and openings. FAU researchers use new method to […]
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10OCT 2024
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 15: Prof. Dr. Gregor Fuhrmann
Visiting Prof. Dr. Gregor Fuhrmann at the Division for Pharmaceutical Biology Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who have just recently joined FAU. At their respective institutes, he gets to know them better as they talk about their research and share what is important to them. This series serves as a brief […]
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