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01JUL 2025
FAU news
Healthy Erlangen quadruplets discharged from hospital
The thrilled parents and treatment team from Uniklinikum Erlangen agree: “It could hardly have gone any better!” In April 2025, two months before their due date, quadruplets were born in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Uniklinikum Erlangen (director: Prof. Dr. Matthias W. Beckmann). When they were born, the children weighed between 1,130 and […]
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30JUN 2025
University
Schlossgartenfest 2025 – the best pictures of the evening
A perfect summer weekend: In perfect weather, more than 5,000 guests enjoyed themselves on Saturday at the 69th FAU Schlossgartenfest. An extensive program awaited the visitors: they were greeted by the stilt walkers. The Oldies Big Band played at the north entrance near the Orangery, in front of the Geozentrum Nordbayern the Jazz combo K36 Big […]
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17JUN 2025
Alumni
BR “alpha uni”: FAU alumna already a notary at the age of 29
At the age of just 29, Christina Herbst was able to take over her own notary’s office. She completed her law degree at our FAU. Only those with extremely good grades can take over a notary’s office. Christina struggles with the enormous responsibility she has for her employees as a very young notary. And the […]
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17JUN 2025
FAU news
High-tech at high altitudes: An MRI scanner from Erlangen reaches the Andes
Scanner donated by the winners of the German Future Prize has arrived at a hospital in Peru – three teams from Uniklinikum Erlangen are helping in South America When Dr. Christine Hauer, Laura Schwarzfärber and Frederic Balling arrive in the city of Curahuasi in the Andes after traveling more than 24 hours, the MRI scanner […]
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12JUN 2025
FAU news
Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation: A new round of funding
Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation supports food research at FAU The Food Safety and Quality research unit at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is to receive support from the Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation for a further three years. The foundation has decided to continue the existing funding awarded in 2019 until the end of 2027. The […]
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10JUN 2025
Alumni
Alumni raffle: Tickets for the Schlossgartenfest 2025
Considered one of the most beautiful and largest garden festivals in Europe, the FAU Schlossgartenfest is truly a special event! With its unique atmosphere, the Schlossgartenfest at FAU is a remarkable experience that draws distinguished guests from politics, business, culture, and science, along with alumni, students, staff, and friends of FAU. Join us on Saturday, […]
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10JUN 2025
FAU news
Prize for mathematics: FAU awards Staudt Prize
One of the most prestigious German awards for mathematics goes to Wolfgang Lück Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, […]
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06JUN 2025
FAU news
FAU student wins 1st place in “High North Scenario Competition”
Future scenario competition in Norway: The Arctic in 2050 Master’s student Dheeraj Kumar has won 1st place in the future scenario competition of the “High North Dialogue Conference”. Every year, the High North Center for Business and Governance of Nord University in Bodø, Norway, holds a conference where participants discuss the development of the Arctic. […]
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04JUN 2025
FAU news
Investigating milestones of nuclear policy and radiation safety
Results to be presented in the exhibition “Living with radiation“ The use of radiation has a long history, with areas of application in medicine, research, industry, and the military. However, people were not aware of the toxic nature of radiation from the outset. Over time, it became apparent that guidelines were necessary for working with […]
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23MAY 2025
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 25: Prof. Dr. Siow Woon Ng
Visiting Prof. Dr. Siow Woon Ng, Professorship for Physical Chemistry of Interfaces. Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series introduces you to the […]
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08MAY 2025
FAU news
Professor Xu Zhangrun receives Human Rights Award
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) honors Chinese legal scholar Xu Zhangrun, formerly a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, is this year’s recipient of the Human Rights Award from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The award has been presented every two years since 2022 to international researchers who have made significant contributions to human rights. For many years, […]Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) honors Chinese legal scholar Xu Zhangrun, formerly a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, is this year’s recipient of the Human Rights Award from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The award has been presented every two years since 2022 to international researchers who have made significant contributions to human rights. For many years, […]
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02MAY 2025
FAU news
The FAU Writing Center: Support for English and German texts
The deadline for an important writing project is approaching: whether it is a paper, a written assignment, a doctoral thesis, or a language examination, the Writing Centre at the FAU Language Centre is on hand to help students, doctoral candidates and staff with their writing. Individual writing consultations can give you the inspiration you need […]
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