Information portal on the rehabilitation of the library of the University of Konstanz
In the following information portal you can find out about the current status of the renovation of the Library. In addition to answers to frequently asked questions, we have also provided assessments, measurement results, press releases, photos and information about the planning. more...
Top grades for the University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz attained top ratings in the current university ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) in several departments. Students are very satisfied with the support given in the departments of Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science. The Konstanz biologists were in the top group in most categories. more...
Student mobility at the University of Konstanz surpasses Bologna Process target
40 per cent of Konstanz graduates have pursued part of their studies abroad. This gives the University of Konstanz a clear lead over Germany’s nationwide average of 25 per cent. The high mobility level at Konstanz is a sign of success for the university’s internationalistion strategy. more...
Springboard to a Lifetime Professorship
As one of the first German universities, the University of Konstanz established junior professorships in 2002. Meanwhile, a first generation of scientists has successfully completed the young career model and achieved a lifetime professorship. more...
Successful German-Swiss cooperation
Professor Priska Sieber has been in office for 100 days as the new rector of Thurgau University of Teacher Education (PHTG). Her predecessor Professor Ernst Preisig handed over the position to her on 27 January 2012. And in the same spirit as her colleague she expressed her commitment to continue the close cooperation with the University of Konstanz. more...
Professor Brigitte Rockstroh receives the Christian Roller Prize worth 120,000 euros
Professor Brigitte Rockstroh has now been awarded the Christian Roller Prize for her work on cognitive rehabilitation in schizophrenic psychoses. The award of the Foundation “Illenauer Stiftungen”, which is endowed with 120,000 euros, was given to her last Thursday, 3 May 2012, at a ceremony in Achern, Baden. more...
Young Research Team Grant goes to Konstanz Researcher
The Konstanz chemist Dr. Alina Petre will receive funding as of May 1, 2012 from a Young Research Team Grant from the Romanian national science funding body "Consiliul Naţional al Cercetării Ştiinţifice" (CNCS). The scientific employee of the working group Analytical Chemistry will be based at the University Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iaşi, Romania, and will lead her own research group. more...
International Research Team lead by Prof. Dr. Elke Deuerling receives prestigious support
The Konstanz molecular biologist Prof. Dr. Elke Deuerling receives funds from the "Human Frontier Science Program Organization" (HFSPO) amounting to over one million U.S. dollars. The international research team includes Professor Judith Frydman, Ph.D., of Stanford University, USA, and Professor Sheena Radford, Ph.D., of the University of Leeds, England. more...
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for Dr. Denis Gebauer
The Konstanz junior research group leader and assistant professor Dr. Denis Gebauer was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for his outstanding research in the field of physical chemistry, in particular for his pioneering work on early stages of crystallization of calcium carbonate. more...
Honorary Doctorate for Ulrich Rüdiger
The Rector of the University of Konstanz, Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Ulrich Rüdiger, received an honorary doctorate from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow. The Russian university of economics pays tribute in particular to Ulrich Rüdiger’s nearly ten year commitment to the cooperation between the University of Konstanz and the Plekhanov University of Economics. more...
Based on calcium carbonate (chalk), the researchers generate naturally grown surface layers with an ordered position of micrometer sized half spherical chalk lenses. So far, micro lens arrays could only be generated with a sophisticated lithographic process on basis of plastics. more...
The joint project "German Bioimaging" that will build a Germany-wide network for biological imaging over the next three years, for which the DFG will provide € 450,000, will be coordinated from Konstanz by Prof. Dr. Elisa May, head of the Bioimaging Centre (BIC). more...
Research Success Against Autoimmune Diseases
The research groups around the Konstanz immunologist Prof. Dr. Marcus Groettrup and the chemist Prof. Dr. Michael Groll from the Technische Universität München (TUM) have succeeded in crystallizing the so-called immunoproteasome, which plays a central role in the development of autoimmune diseases, for the first time and determined its structure. more...
The chemist Prof. Helmut Cölfen analyzed in cooperation with eleven other international scientists, the structure of sea urchin spines and decrypted a design principle applied by nature for over millions years for high-tech composite materials. more...
Professor Axel Meyer, Ph.D., receives Hector Science Award 2012
On February 3, 2012, Prof. Axel Meyer, Ph.D., received the Hector Science Award, which is endowed with prize money totaling 150,000 euros. The awards ceremony at the Hotel Europäischer Hof in Heidelberg was also used by the Rector of the University of Konstanz, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger to award the title of Honorary Senator of the University of Konstanz to Dr. hc Hans-Werner Hector. more...
New DFG research group of the universities of Konstanz and Berlin
"What if? On the importance, epistemology and scientific relevance of counterfactual statements and thought experiments" is the title of the new research group 1614 based at the University of Konstanz and the Humboldt University in Berlin. [more...]
Library of the University of Konstanz:
Rehabilitation Work Begins
At Monday, January 30, 2012, the large-scale book-cleaning and removal measures will begin in the library of the University of Konstanz as a first step in rehabilitation. Every day, up to 20,000 books and media will be transported to the book areas S and G and then after a special cleaning process they will be stored in a rented space in the industrial area in Constance. [more...]
A German-French research project at the University of Konstanz and Lille examines the utilization of logic for law
“Jurisprudence and Logic” is the title of a German-French research project based at the University of Konstanz and the Université de Lille 3 in France. It will begin in April 2012. [more...]
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