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24JUN 2026
University
Obituary for Prof. Dr. med. Stephan von Hörsten (1966-2026)
Prof. von Hörsten devoted 20 years of service and dedication to running PETZ, the central animal facility of the Faculty of Medicine at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen.
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23JUN 2026
Research
Were Neanderthals really so different from us?
New fossil finds indicate that early childhood development was surprisingly similar to that of modern humans.
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23JUN 2026
Study
Sustainability Award and second place in the 5 Euro Business competition
With their startup “MapleScrape” and their concept for a tongue scraper made of maple wood, three FAU students impressed the jury of the 5 Euro Business competition.
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23JUN 2026
Research
Reading the language of numbers
FAU Professor Andrea Bréard receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for research on statistics in China’s times of crisis.
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22JUN 2026
Artificial Intelligence
AI to make social services fairer, faster and more accessible
FAU-coordinated project makes social services more transparent with AI.
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22JUN 2026
University
Appeasing the football god
Football thoughts on the World Cup from FAU historian adjunct Prof. Nicole Grochowina
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19JUN 2026
University
University of Technology Nuremberg visits FAU
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) met in Erlangen to discuss topics on regional higher education.
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18JUN 2026
University
FAU ranks in the world’s top 15 percent of universities
QS Ranking confirms strong research impact and growing international visibility.
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18JUN 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Humanoid robots: How human-like machines could change our daily lives
FAU presents future technology with significant economic potential.
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18JUN 2026
University
A leading light in Germany: FAU is the university with the most research training groups
FAU is the university with the most research training groups (RTG) in the whole of Germany. Currently, the German Research Foundation is funding 14 RTG at FAU.
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17JUN 2026
Research
AI needs a label
FAU computer scientist Christian Riess explains why the labeling of AI-generated content is so difficult.
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17JUN 2026
FAU news
“Meet and Mingle”: Lunch in the cafeteria with the President of FAU
FAU President Joachim Hornegger is inviting 10 students to lunch in the cafeteria on July 3. The new format is called “Meet and Mingle” and gives FAU students the chance to ask the FAU President anything they’ve always wanted to know. German version What do students want to know? FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger […]
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