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Katja Gra?l appointed as the new head of administrative services at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg
From the 1st of January 2025, the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg will have a new head of administrative services. Katja Gra?l will join the university executive alongside the president, Prof Sabine Doering-Manteuffel, and the three vice-presidents.
Farida Khalaf awarded the 2024 Mietek Pemper Award
New insights into the risk assessment of rare, aggressive tumours in children
An international team with the significant involvement of Augsburg 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine has made progress in the risk assessment and treatment of extracranial malign rhabdoid tumours. Recently published in the renowned journal “Clinical Cancer Research,”?the study shows how clinical and molecular factors can influence disease progression.
The international doctoral programme “Rethinking Environment” receives second round of funding
A Simple Method to Transform Soft Magnets into Hard Magnets
A team of researchers at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg has discovered a groundbreaking method to turn a soft magnet into a hard one using nothing more than moderate uniaxial stress - pressure applied in a single direction. Their findings were recently published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters.
The Public Climate School at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg
The 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg is once again participating in the Public Climate School from the 4th to the 8th of November 2024. During the PCS week, research institutes from around Germany open their doors to the public in an effort to provide sound scientific knowledge about the climate crisis. In Augsburg, simulation games, lectures, film screenings, and other interactive events will take place.
Ceremonial opening of the new teaching building at Augsburg’s new medical campus
Together with around 400 guests, the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg celebrated a new milestone in the university’s history: the opening of the new teaching building for the Faculty of 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine and its growing number of young medical students. This marked the opening of Augsburg’s new medical campus. Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, Markus Blume, and the founding dean of the Faculty of 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine (2017-2019), Prof Guido Adler, gave keynote addresses.
Heart health: What’s new in research?
To mark World Heart Day on the 29th of September, Prof Philip Raake, Chair of Internal 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine with a Focus on Cardiology at the Faculty of 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】icine at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg and Director of the I. 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】ical Clinic at Augsburg 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 Hospital, gave an interview about current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. He explains what is being researched in Augsburg when it comes to heart health and provides some tips for a heart-healthy lifestyle.
Banning smartphones in schools is meaningful when pedagogically guided
Banning smartphones in schools has a measurable effect on the social well-being and learning of school students. This is the result of a meta-analysis recently published in the journal Education Sciences conducted by the Chair of School Pedagogy at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg.
Course registration
Registration for lectures, seminars, and exercises: The general registration period for courses in the winter semester 2024/2025 at the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg will take place from the 2nd of September to the 7th of October 2024 via the online platform Digicampus. For first-semester students, a later registration period applies. First-semester students should attend the introductory events offered by their respective degree programmes.