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Gute Stimmung, jede Menge Information und ganz viel Sonne gab es am 16. März 2013 beim Hochschulinformationstag (HIT) auf dem Campus der Martin-Luther-Universität. Hunderte Studieninteressierte besuchten Vorträge, Instituts- und Stadtführungen und ließen sich an Info-Ständen zum Studienangebot beraten. Fast doppelt so viele Interessenten wie im Vorjahr verfolgten die Angebote im Online-Stream.
Jahr 2012
A new look for UniTV
Since 2006 the MLU has had its own TV station called UniTV. Its producers have not gone down the conventional route - they broadcast their latest programme once a month as a podcast on their Internet site. Despite the transition to bachelor’s and master’s programmes, the popular format remains. However there have been many changes: new editors-in-chief, a new web presence and, starting summer semester, participating in UniTV will count towards “General Key Qualifications”.
Prof. Dr. Ulla Bonas Receives Leibniz Award
Prof. Dr. Ulla Bonas from the Institute of Biology at the MLU received the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) 2011 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award. Ulla Bonas is a genetic researcher at the MLU who studies the interaction between pathogenic bacteria and plants. Among other things, she and her research team wrote about the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas that became the cover story in the journal “Science” in December 2009. The article describes how the pathogen manipulates the genes of important crops such as rice, peppers and tomatoes which leads to high crop loss. The 2.5 million euro Leibniz Award is the most important research award in Germany.
Top Ranking for Halle’s Law Programme
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg offers the best conditions to study law of all the state universities in Germany. This was the finding of the Center for Higher Education’s University Ranking which was published in the DIE ZEIT’s 2011/12 Study Guide on 3 May 2011. The MLU’s law programme ranked high in student services, revision courses and study conditions. Only Bucerius Law School, a private institution, ranked higher.
Millions in funding for polymer research
A great success for the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has pledged around seven million euros over the next four years for the project “Polymers under multiple constraints: restricted and controlled molecular oder and mobility”. The MLU is partnering up with the University of Leipzig as part of the new collaborative research centre (SFB/Transregio) approved of by the DFG at the end of May 2011. The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials Halle is also participating.
Focus on nanostructures: SFB receives an additional ten million euros
The next stage in excellence research into oxide interfaces has been secured. The collaborative research centre (SFB) 762 “Functionality of Oxide Interfaces”, based at Martin Luther University, will receive millions in funding from the German Research Foundation for a further four years. The MLU is working on this together with its partners the University of Leipzig and Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle.
Halle’s university celebrates International Week
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) will be gazing out across international borders at the beginning of May: The International Office at MLU is hosting an International Week from 8 to 10 May. For the first time 9 May will be celebrated as a lesson-free “Dies Internationalis”. The programme will include a range of global topics from workshops to trial language lessons and expert discussions.
Protein time travel for researchers in Halle
5 March 2012. Without knowing it, they took a trip back in time to more than three billion years ago. Biochemist Milton T. Stubbs and his team at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg observed a reaction within an enzyme which, in a similar form, can be encountered in all organisms. The conclusions they have drawn: it is an archetype which existed when life first formed. These new findings could aid in the development of antibiotics – and have already led to the publishing of a VIP “Very Important Paper” in the journal “Angewandte Chemie International Edition”.
Women's nutritional habits better for the environment
When it comes to the question of which eating styles are kinder on the environment, women come off far better. This has been shown by studies carried out by scientists at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Egyptian papyri – wound in protective nanofibres
Antique textiles and writings and paintings on papyrus are very susceptible to attack by microorganisms, insects and fungi. Scientists at the Martin Luther University are studying how these things can be protected with the aid of electrospun nanofibres as part of a joint German-Egyptian project. The underlying idea was to incorporate antimicrobial active particles into the polymer fibres and to coat the artwork with this.
Smaller degree programmes: rare and exotic
They bear long, sometimes exotic sounding names, but carry little weight statistically: the small and very small degree programmes at Halle’s university. Exotic disciplines like “Archaeology and Art History of the Pre-Islamic Orient”, “Intercultural European and American Studies” or “Indology” mostly have an enrolment of less than 50 students. Yet they are often unique and attract attention by their rich traditions or innovative approaches.
Studying and volunteering at the shelter
For the fourth year, Halle’s university and the Freiwilligen-Agentur Halle-Saalkreis e. V. are offering students the chance to volunteer this winter semester in the project “Engagiert.Studiert! – Service Learning für Studierende“ (Volunteering.Studying! – Service Learning for Students) as part of the module Allgemeine Schlüsselqualifikationen (ASQ) (General Key Qualifications). This year there was a change: “For the first time we explicitly tried to attract international students,” explains Ines Jaschinski-Kramer who is responsible for the project at the volunteer agency.