Freie Universität Berlin

(IN BRIEF) Elina Weinmann has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the TUM Science and Study Center Raitenhaslach, part of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany. Weinmann aims to expand the center’s role as a conference … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Twente have resolved a paradox between quantum mechanics and thermodynamics using an experiment with photons in an optical chip. In quantum mechanics, time can be reversed and information is always preserved, while thermodynamics … Read the full press release →

(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 12-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Zurich, together with German and Chinese peers have announced they have investigated ancient leather balls discovered in the graves of horse riders in northwest China, near the city … Read the full press release →

STUTTGART, 12-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ruth Schimanowski took over management of the German Centre Beijing, a member of LBBW group. The German Centre has been supporting German companies in China with offices, advice and networks since 1999. She is the … Read the full press release →

Joint press release of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Nine research projects asked to submit full proposals as part of the German government’s Excellence Strategy.  BERLIN, 02-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Freie Universität … Read the full press release →

The Humboldt Foundation grants funding which 41 universities can use to take in threatened researchers. Most of the new fellows come from Turkey and Syria BONN, 13-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has selected the research institutions for … Read the full press release →

Exhibition Opening of Ancient Cast Collection at Freie Universität Berlin on May 11, 2017 BERLIN, 12-May-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — An exhibition of sculptures in an architectural context will open on May 11, 2017, in the Cast Collection of Ancient Sculptures. Using … Read the full press release →

BERLIN, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Lyrical, jazz, classical, or modern: On the World Day of Confucius Institutes on September 26, 2015, the events at the Confucius Institute of Freie Universität Berlin will all be musical presentations or related to music. … Read the full press release →

Scientists from the MPQ, LMU, and the FUB analyse how fast order can appear in a quantum-mechanical system. GARCHING, 13-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — During the freezing of water, the initially unordered molecules start to form an ordered crystal, namely ice. … Read the full press release →

MUNICH, 5-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Burda’s central advertising marketer BCN (Burda Community Network) is expanding its management team: By 1 July 2015 at the latest, Stefan Zarnic will take on the newly created position of Director Next Media. He will … Read the full press release →

The Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft appointed Prof. Ina Schieferdecker as Director and Member of the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS in Berlin on January 1, 2015. As a Director of Fraunhofer FOKUS, she … Read the full press release →

BERLIN,  23-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The balance between democracy, economic growth, and inclusion policies in Brazil is the topic of a symposium to be held at the Latin American Institute (LAI) of Freie Universität Berlin on January 30, 2015. The … Read the full press release →

EIB President Hoyer: EU must tackle the gap in competitiveness – Investment in innovation is key BERLIN, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two internationally renowned European scholars in the field of managerial and technological innovation were awarded the EIB Prize for … Read the full press release →

Public Launch on October 8, 2014 / Panel Discussion with International Experts in Brussels BERLIN, 25-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A comprehensive, English-language, open access encyclopedia of the “Great War” will be presented and released on October 8, 2014, in Brussels. … Read the full press release →

Berlin Group within TARGET Project at Freie Universität Berlin Presents Findings / Researchers Evaluated 126 Attacks Worldwide BERLIN, 28-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of the TARGET project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, researchers at Freie Universität … Read the full press release →

FUmanoids Win in Humanoid League of Robots up to 60 Centimeters / Defeated University of Hertfordshire Team in Finals, 2 to 1 Berlin, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The soccer robots of Freie Universität Berlin reached first place in this year’s German Open … Read the full press release →

Free Server and System Maintenance for Apache Software Foundation 23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Freie Universität Berlin and the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), following an initiative of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, are cooperating in making servers available in the data … Read the full press release →

26-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Volker Roth, a professor of computer science at Freie Universität Berlin, is working in a project called AdLeaks to create a system that would make it possible for an individual to submit data over the Internet while … Read the full press release →

“Biblia Arabica: The Bible in Arabic among Jews, Christians, and Muslims” becomes the first project in the humanities to be awarded the DFG’s DIP (German Israeli Project Cooperation) grant 1.7 million euro grant for study of the Bible in Arabic … Read the full press release →