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Jan 23 2025

13:15

First step on the way to a video of the black hole

The black hole M87*: What has changed in one year

In 2019, the international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration published the first image of a black hole, of M87* from the center of the galaxy M87. The measurement data on which the image was based was obtained in 2017. The EHT Collaboration has now also analyzed the data from the 2018 measurement campaign. The result: the brighter region in the ring around M87* has shifted, which can be attributed primarily to turbulence in the gas rotating around the black hole – the accretion disk. The researchers were also able to confirm that the axis of rotation of M87* points away from the Earth. In the long term, a kind of video is to show the dynamics of the black hole.

FRANKFURT. Six years after the historic release of the first-ever image of a black hole, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration unveils a new analysis of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87, known as M87*. This analysis combines observations made in 2017 and 2018, and reveals new insights into the structure and dynamics of plasma near the event horizon.

This research represents a significant leap forward in our understanding of the extreme processes governing black holes and their environments, providing fresh theoretical insights into some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena. “The black hole accretion environment is turbulent and dynamic. Since we can treat the 2017 and 2018 observations as independent measurements, we can constrain the black hole’s surroundings with a new perspective,” says Hung-Yi Pu, assistant professor at National Taiwan Normal University. “This work highlights the transformative potential of observing the black hole environment evolving in time.”

The 2018 observations confirm the presence of the luminous ring first captured in 2017, with a diameter of approximately 43 microarcseconds – consistent with theoretical predictions for the shadow of a 6.5-billion-solar-mass black hole. Notably, the brightest region of the ring has shifted 30 degrees counter-clockwise. “The shift in the brightest region is a natural consequence of turbulence in the accretion disk around the black hole,” explains Abhishek Joshi, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “In our original theoretical interpretation of the 2017 observations, we predicted that the brightest region would most likely shift in the counterclockwise direction. We are very happy to see that the observations in 2018 confirmed this prediction!”

The fact that the ring remains brightest on the bottom tells us a lot about the orientation of the black hole spin. Bidisha Bandyopadhyay, a Postdoctoral Fellow from Universidad de Concepción adds: “The location of the brightest region in 2018 also reinforces our previous interpretation of the black hole’s orientation from the 2017 observations: the black hole’s rotational axis is pointing away from Earth!”

Luciano Rezzolla, chair of theoretical astrophysics at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, remarks that “ black holes as gigantic as M87* are expected to change only on very long timescales and it is not surprising therefore that much of what we have measured on 2017 has emerged also with observations made in 2018. Yet, the small differences we have found are very important to understand what is actually happening near M87*. To use an equivalent that may help, we do not expect to see a difference in the structure of the rock when comparing two photos of Mount Everest taken with a separation of one year. However, we do expect to see differences in the clouds near the peak and we can use them to deduce, for instance, the direction of dominant winds or the three-dimensional properties of the rock that we cannot deduce from a simple two-dimensional photo. This is what we have done in our theoretical analysis of the new data, much of which has been done in Frankfurt, and which has allowed us to better understand how matter falls onto M87* and the actual properties of M87* as a black hole. More of these observations will be made in the coming years and with increasing precision, with the ultimate goal of producing a movie of what actually happens near M87*.”

Using a newly developed and extensive library of super-computer-generated images — three times larger than the library used for interpreting the 2017 observations — the team evaluated accretion models with data from both the 2017 and 2018 observations. “When gas spirals into a black hole from afar, it can either flow in the same direction the black hole is rotating, or in the opposite direction. We found that the latter case is more likely to match the multi-year observations thanks to their relatively higher turbulent variability,” explains León Sosapanta Salas, a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam. “Analysis of the EHT data for M87 from later years (2021 and 2022) is already underway and promises to provide even more robust statistical constraints and deeper insights into the nature of the turbulent flow surrounding the black hole of M87.”

The EHT collaboration involves more than 400 researchers from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The international collaboration is working to capture the most detailed black hole images ever obtained by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. Supported by considerable international investment, the EHT links existing telescopes using novel systems, creating a fundamentally new instrument with the highest angular resolving power that has yet to be achieved.

The individual telescopes involved are ALMA, APEX, the IRAM 30-meter Telescope, the IRAM NOEMA Observatory, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), the Submillimeter Array (SMA), the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT), the South Pole Telescope (SPT), the Kitt Peak Telescope, and the Greenland Telescope (GLT). Data were correlated at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) and MIT Haystack Observatory. The postprocessing was done within the collaboration by an international team at different institutions.

The EHT consortium consists of 13 stakeholder institutes: the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Arizona, the University of Chicago, the East Asian Observatory, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Large Millimeter Telescope, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, MIT Haystack Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Radboud University, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Publication: Kazunori Akiyama et al. The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87. Astronomy and Astrophysics (2025) https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451296

Picture download: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/165538818

Caption: Observed and theoretical images of M87*. The left panels display EHT images of M87* from the 2018 and 2017 observation campaigns. The middle panels show example images from a general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulation at two different times. The right panels present the same simulation snapshots, blurred to match the EHT's observational resolution.

Further information:
Professor Luciano Rezzolla
Institute for Theoretical Physics
Goethe University Frankfurt
Phone: +49 (69) 798-47871
rezzolla@itp.uni-frankfurt.de
https://astro.uni-frankfurt.de/rezzolla/

Jan 22 2025

14:37

Olena Fedchenko appointed to new Gisela and Wilfried Eckhardt endowed professorship for experimental physics – Funding provided by the estate of former physics student Gisela Eckhardt – City of Frankfurt names central square after Raman laser’s inventor

One of late laser pioneer Gisela Eckhardt’s legacies: A new endowed physics professorship at Goethe University

Until a few years before her death, it was unthinkable that laser specialist Gisela Eckhardt, inventor of the Raman laser, would one day bequeath about €11.5 million to Goethe University Frankfurt. After all, Eckhardt had turned her back on the university with resentment after completing her doctorate here in 1958 and emigrating to the U.S. Sixty years later, however, the erstwhile physics student designated “her” Goethe University as her heir, thereby laying the foundations for an endowed professorship in experimental physics – to which solid-state physicist Prof. Olena Fedchenko was appointed this month. The city of Frankfurt has honored the late laser pioneer by naming one of the squares in its Bockenheim district after Gisela Eckhardt. Fedchenko will give her inaugural lecture as part of the honorary celebrations on January 30.

FRANKFURT. It is thanks to the legacy of late laser specialist Gisela Eckhardt that Goethe University was recently able to establish a professorship for experimental physics in the field of the solid-state spectroscopy of electronically correlated materials and now fill it with solid-state physicist Olena Fedchenko. A Frankfurt native, Gisela Eckhardt is the first alumna whose bequest – in addition to signifying a late reconciliation with her alma mater – has enabled the university to set up an endowed professorship. When Gisela Eckhardt, née Elsholtz, began her longed for physics studies in 1947, she was the only female student in her year, and soon experienced the everyday obstacles encountered by a woman in a male-dominated research environment. A delayed diploma exam, a delayed doctoral thesis – even decades later, Gisela Eckhardt still lamented the time she lost during her studies as a result of her doctoral supervisor. By that time, she had long since moved to the U.S.A., where she emigrated in 1958 with her husband – whom she had met during their common student days. In Malibu, California, the Mecca of physics research at the time, she was not only able to fulfill her dream of conducting research. Thanks to a discovery in laser research in 1962, her renown spread far beyond her own institute: Harvard University named her one of the early pioneers of laser physics.

A feature in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about precisely this discovery – the Raman laser, which is still widely used in medicine, chemistry and biology today – brought Gisela Eckhardt back in touch with her university in 2017. At age 90, at the invitation of Goethe University, she visited her former faculty – which meanwhile had three female professors and several female young researchers. Childless and already widowed, Gisela Eckhardt decided to leave to her university the funds for an endowed professorship in experimental physics. The laser physics pioneer passed away on January 30, 2020, at the age of 93. In her last will and testament, she bequeathed more than €11.5 million to Goethe University: The long-term financing of the new endowed professorship, which bears her name and that of her husband Wilfried Eckhardt, is made possible by an endowment fund’s earnings.

Goethe University President Prof. Enrico Schleiff is very grateful for the alumna’s late reconciliation with her alma mater, which was made possible by the initiative shown by Private Hochschulförderung [the Private University Funding Office] and the physics faculty. “There is one thing Gisela Eckhardt, donor of the new professorship for experimental physics, wanted all her life: to conduct research as a physicist, freely and without restrictions – something that was hardly possible for her as a woman in post-war Germany. I am certain it would give her twice the joy to see that not only were we able to fill the professorship with a woman, but we were able to specifically recruit Olena Fedchenko to it – a brilliant scientist who conducts research in a similar field to Gisela Eckhardt herself. Olena Fedchenko is a great asset to our physics faculty, where she strengthens our experimental expertise in solid state physics.”

Experimental physicist Olena Fedchenko receives Gisela and Wilfried Eckhardt endowed professorship

The thematic proximity of experimental physicist Olena Fedchenko's area of expertise to laser pioneer Gisela Eckhardt would certainly have been in line with the wishes of the new Gisela and Wilfried Eckhardt endowed professorship’s donor. On January 1, 2025, this professorship was assumed by Olena Fedchenko, an expert who is particularly renowned in the field of electron spectroscopy, which holds great potential for use in modern solid-state research. “With this expertise, Olena Fedchenko strengthens one of our faculty’s three scientific research foci, that on 'condensed matter and quantum materials',” says Prof. Cornelius Krellner, managing director of the Institute of Physics. “Here in Frankfurt, we already have broad theoretical and experimental expertise when it comes to analyzing the complex problem of interacting particles in solids. With Olena Fedchenko's research group in experimental electron spectroscopy, we have now added a crucial link bridging theory and experiment – providing us with the key that is essential to unlocking important future technologies.”

Olena Fedchenko studied and completed her doctorate in physics and mathematics at Sumy State University (Ukraine), specializing in solid-state physics. After working as a research associate at that university’s Institute of Applied Physics, she moved to Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2015. As a postdoctoral researcher here, she was involved in two collaborative research centers and several projects run by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research, contributing to the development of photoemission technology at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron). In 2019 and 2024, her work was nominated as DESY Highlight of the Year; the latter year she was also nominated for the Charles S. Fadley Award for outstanding contributions to basic research in photoemission spectroscopy with hard X-rays.

Inauguration of Frankfurt’s new Gisela Eckhardt Square: Festive event held January 30 also features Prof. Olena Fedchenko’s inaugural lecture

Gisela Eckhardt will also receive a special honor in the city where she was born: At the suggestion of the Bockenheim local advisory council and the Physikalischer Verein, the City of Frankfurt is naming a previously nameless square on Ohmstraße after the Frankfurt native. Gisela Eckhardt Square will be officially inaugurated on January 30, the fifth anniversary of Gisela Eckhardt's death.

Prof. Dr. Olena Fedchenko will give her inaugural lecture during the subsequent festive event organized by the Physikalischer Verein, of which Gisela Eckhardt has been an honorary member since 2018 (time and place: 7 p.m., Robert-Mayer-Straße 2, 60325 Frankfurt; https://www.physikalischer-verein.de/veranstaltung/a-microscope-for-the-reciprocal-space.html).

Further information on the inauguration of the new Gisela Eckhardt Square is available here (in German): https://www.physikalischer-verein.de/veranstaltung/einweihung-des-gisela-eckhardt-platzes.html

You can find a more detailed account of how Goethe University came to endow a professorship for experimental physics here (in German): https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/forschung/wie-die-goethe-universitaet-zu-einer-stiftungsprofessur-fuer-experimentalphysik-kam/

Images for download: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/165284209

Caption 1:
Frankfurt native Gisela Eckhardt studied at Goethe University and is considered one of the pioneers of laser physics after discovering the Raman laser. (Photo: private)

Caption 2:
As the incumbent to the new Gisela and Wilfried Eckhardt endowed professorship, Olena Fedchenko decisively strengthens the experimental competence in solid state physics at Goethe University’s Faculty of Physics. (Photo: Kateryna Fedorenko)

Jan 20 2025

14:54

Prof. Kevin Bauer researches human-machine interaction / Funding provided by the cross-university center “hessian.AI”

New professorship for artificial intelligence in business informatics

Goethe University Frankfurt is further expanding its research and teaching on artificial intelligence: On January 1, 2025, Kevin Bauer, who served as junior professor at the University of Mannheim until the end of 2024, took up a professorship for “Game-Theoretic and Causal AI". Based at the Faculty of Economics and Business' Department of Information Systems, the professorship is funded by the cross-university Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence hessian.AI.

FRANKFURT. Kevin Bauer, born in 1991, is no stranger to Goethe University, where he studied economics and earned degrees in quantitative economics and business informatics before completing his doctorate with a thesis in the field of applied microeconomics. Following his PhD, he first gained industry experience and worked as an AI specialist at Frankfurt startup hub TechQuartier. Bauer then took up a postdoctoral position at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, where he researched the implications of AI on the financial sector. Two years ago, he was appointed junior professor for e-business and e-government at Mannheim University. His research focuses on the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence as well as the practical application of causal AI systems. At Goethe University's Faculty of Economics and Business, he will combine cutting-edge research in the field of AI with economic research.

“The best results often emerge from the combination of man and machine. To realize this potential, we need to understand both the technical characteristics of AI as well as the psychological and organizational factors that determine the efficiency and quality of the collaboration between humans and machines. That is exactly where the focus of my research lies," Bauer explains. It is important to him that users understand how AI works and can utilize the possibilities it opens up responsibly. What he has observed so far, he says, is a great lack of knowledge about AI's capabilities and limits: While on the one hand, many have exaggerated expectations, on the other, the approach to the technology is uncritical and sometimes even thoughtless. As such, he points out, many people do not realize that modern AI systems ultimately only calculate statistical probabilities. Answers obtained from language models such as ChatGPT in particular need to be critically scrutinized, Bauer explains: “These systems do not provide any real insights or truths, but instead generate texts that only appear conclusive on the basis of probabilities. That is why it is so important to understand their limitations." This is where he sees a particularly great need for educational work – including in schools and companies. In addition to researching the scientific basis for optimal human-machine interaction, which should also promote its practical application in organizations, Bauer would also like to use the professorship to raise awareness for the topic.

Kevin Bauer, who already completed research stays in Michigan, Hong Kong, Queensland and Hawaii, has received numerous awards for his research. Most recently, in December 2024, he received the prestigious Senior Scholar Best Publication Award, together with Prof. Oliver Hinz and Dr. Moritz von Zahn (both Goethe University Frankfurt), for their article “Expl(AI)ned: The Impact of Explainable Artificial Intelligence on Users' Information Processing". The Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence, hessian.AI, is jointly supported by 13 Hessian universities and currently comprises more than 60 academic members.

“One of the key drivers of the current changes in our society and economy is the application of artificial intelligence methods. Beyond that, the further development and use of these methods are central to the future viability of science, whose research findings also must be systematically transferred to society and the economy. With Mr. Bauer, we are gaining an expert in two fields – in research with and on methods of artificial intelligence as well as in the application of AI. We are delighted that he will use his expertise to strengthen both Goethe University Frankfurt and hessian.AI in the fields of research, teaching as well as the transfer of knowledge into application," says Goethe University President Prof. Enrico Schleiff.

“In Kevin Bauer, we have been able to recruit one of the most promising young scientists in this field. With his training as a behavioral economist and his expertise in the field of machine learning, he holds an exceptional position in the German-speaking world. Research into artificial intelligence is crucial for the economy, as it promotes innovation, increases efficiency and allows companies to make data-driven decisions," says Prof. Oliver Hinz, who teaches business administration, with a focus on business informatics and information management, at Goethe University Frankfurt and is also one of the founding members of hessian.AI.

“The appointment of Kevin Bauer strengthens hessian.AI in a key future field: the responsible research and integration of AI into our everyday lives. His research on human-machine interaction is crucial to our vision of using artificial intelligence to improve people's living conditions in the long term," says Prof. Mira Mezini, deputy director of hessian.AI. “His holistic approach is particularly valuable: in addition to developing the technical foundations for trustworthy AI systems, he also researches how people and organizations can use these technologies in a meaningful way. This combination of technical innovation and social responsibility is key to using AI for the benefit of all and establishing Hessen as a pioneer for human-centered AI development," emphasizes fellow hessian.AI deputy director Prof. Kristian Kersting.

Kevin Bauer's professorship is the third of the new professorships to be established at Goethe University Frankfurt. Following the appointment of Prof. Gemma Roig, who researches artificial intelligence and its relationship to human intelligence, to the first, Prof. Marcel Schulz took on Goethe University's second hessian.AI professorship. The founding members of hessian.AI at Goethe University Frankfurt are Visvanathan Ramesh, Professor of Software Engineering, Oliver Hinz, Professor of Information Systems and Information Management, and Andreas Hackethal, Professor of Finance.

The Center focuses on basic research with a practical relevance, with a view towards finding answers to the important challenges of our time, and at the same time transfers research and knowledge to business and society – thereby helping to ensure that Hessen will remain internationally competitive in the core technologies of artificial intelligence in the future. The state of Hesse has made available €38 million in funding over an initial five-year period to establish and operate hessian.AI. Beyond that, the Center will receive another approx. €10 million for its AI innovation lab and around €3.7 million from the Federal Ministry of Economics to support a start-up and transfer project. In 2022, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research selected hessian.AI to become one of four AI service centers nationwide, which comes with a further €17 million in funding. https://hessian.ai/

Photo of Kevin Bauer for download: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/165252497

Caption: Prof. Kevin Bauer researches and teaches human-machine interaction. (Photo: private)

Further information
Prof. Dr. Kevin Bauer
Institute of Business Informatics
Goethe University Frankfurt
E-Mail bauer@wiwi.uni-Frankfurt.de
LinkedIn Dr. Kevin Bauer
Homepage: https://www.old.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/de/abteilungen/business-informatics/professuren/professur-bauer/professur-bauer.html

Jan 17 2025

15:50

Seeking participants for new sports science study at Goethe University Frankfurt

Suffering from (nocturnal) muscle cramps?

Whether after physical exertion, during work or sleep – muscle cramps often occur suddenly and have a significant impact on one's well-being. Although many people experience such cramps, there are still no reliable methods for their prevention. Several innovative approaches are being researched at Goethe University's Institute of Sports Science, which is urgently seeking test subjects for a study.

FRANKFURT. What is the best way of effectively reducing muscle cramps? This is the focus of a study led by Christoph Skutschik, research associate at the Department of Sports Medicine and Performance Physiology at Goethe University's Institute of Sports Science. The study researches the effectiveness of electrostimulation training carried out at home, comparing it to conventional approaches, in particular the intake of magnesium supplements. The neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) developed by Prof. Michael Behringer, who heads the research area, stimulates nerve and muscle fibers using electrical impulses. The technique is intended to prevent or reduce the occurrence of muscle cramps, the cause of which has not yet been fully clarified. Recent research results indicate that the main root is to be found in the nerve fibers.

The study lasts a total of 16 weeks, during which participants must be physically present in the laboratory four times: first to collect basic data on health and muscle cramps and for an introduction to the methodology; then for initial measurements and allocation to one of the test groups; subsequently and following four weeks of therapeutic use once again for measurement; and finally, after a further six weeks, to document the long-term effects.

The study is open to anyone between the age of 18 and 69 who regularly suffers from muscle cramps and is willing to participate over a period of 16 weeks in the home applications (magnesium intake or NMES therapy) and the four laboratory visits mentioned above. Prospective participants should not suffer from any serious health restrictions (injuries to the lower extremities within the past six months, neuro-psychiatric diseases such as multiple sclerosis, dementia or epilepsy, kidney disease, acute cardiovascular disease or pacemakers).

The study is intended to result in new and better ways of preventing muscle cramps, from which the participants themselves may already benefit. Participation is voluntary and can be terminated at any time without providing any reasons. The data will be pseudonymized and processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Contact:
Christoph Skutschik
Research Associate|
Institute of Sports Science
Goethe University Frankfurt
Tel.: +49 (0)69 798 244 89
E-Mail: skutschik@sport.uni-frankfurt.de

Background information:
https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/118615181.pdf

Jan 10 2025

11:23

Social media platform no longer offers a meaningful environment for fact-based communication by academic, research and scientific institutions

Goethe University Frankfurt and numerous other German universities withdraw from “X”

FRANKFURT. Goethe University has joined more than 60 other German-speaking universities, science and research institutions, who, in response to developments on the social media platform, have together decided to discontinue their activities on X (formerly Twitter). To engage in meaningful communication, such institutions require an environment in which discourse takes place in a fact-oriented, transparent and democratic manner, with respect for diversity, freedom and openmindedness. The only way for them to contribute to such discourse is if the platform mechanisms allow it. This is no longer the case on X.

Since being taken over by Elon Musk, not only have X's reach and interaction rate seen a steady decline. The platform’s algorithm has also been manipulated to favor content that corresponds to its owner's worldview. X has evolved from a place of constructive exchange into a tool used for disinformation. Studies and observations document that the platform deliberately discriminates against democratic voices. Evidence of meddling in democratic processes in the USA gives rise to fears of similar developments in Europe. These and other changes make X’s continued use unacceptable for institutions committed to fact-based knowledge and democratic values.

Scientific, factual and fact-based communication does not have it easy on other social networks either; dealing with their mechanisms in a meaningful way poses a daily challenge for anyone involved in science communication. However, whereas on LinkedIn or Instagram, for example, they can counteract this with well-founded, fact-based content, at X, the owner’s corporate policy is aimed precisely at making such content invisible.

Goethe University recommends that all its faculties, affiliated institutes and facilities, as well as the researchers and scientists employed by the university check whether they still consider an account on X to be useful. The social media team of the Office of PR and Communication, part of the University’s Executive Office, will be happy to advise you both on this and/or in the search for alternatives. The university itself operates accounts on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube, and is examining whether a presence on other platforms such as Bluesky, Mastodon or Threads makes sense.

The universities involved in this coordinated exit will leave their X accounts in a “frozen” state – i.e. without active content, but still visible, also in order to prevent the misuse of their account names by third parties.

The universities know of many scientific and science-related organizations that are currently considering similar steps and would be pleased if others followed their example.

The following universities and institutions of higher learning are part of the joint campaign:

• Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences

• Anhalt University

• Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

• Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)

• Berlin University of the Arts

• Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

• Catholic University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia (katho)

• Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development

• Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

• Fachhochschule Dortmund

• FernUniversität in Hagen

• Freie Universität Berlin

• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

• Furtwangen University

• German Ornithologists’ Society

• German Sport University Cologne

• University of Music and Drama

• HAWK Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

• Heidelberg University

• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

• Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

• Hochschule Darmstadt

• Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar

• Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU)

• Hochschule München

• Hochschule Neubrandenburg

• Hochschule Osnabrück

• Hochschule RheinMain

• Hochschule Ruhr West

• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Institut für Vogelforschung "Vogelwarte Helgoland"

• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

• Justus-Liebig-Gesellschaft

• Justus Liebig University Giessen

• Kiel University (CAU)

• Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

• Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde

• Medical University Innsbruck

• Munich School of Philosophy

• Philipps-Universität Marburg

• Protestant University Wuppertal

• RWTH Aachen University

• Saarland University

• Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola

• Technische Universität Braunschweig

• Technical University of Darmstadt

• TH Köln

• Trier University

• TUD Dresden University of Technology

• Ulm University

• University of Bamberg

• University of Bayreuth

• Universität Duisburg-Essen

• University of Erfurt

• University of Greifswald

• University of Innsbruck

• University of Münster

• University of Potsdam

• University of Siegen

• Universität Würzburg

• Universität zu Lübeck

• Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau

The joint press release issued by all participating universities/institutions is available here in German: http://n.idwf.de/845520.

Press releases

Goethe University PR & Communication Department

The black hole M87*: What has changed in one year

One of late laser pioneer Gisela Eckhardt’s legacies: A new endowed physics professorship at Goethe University

New professorship for artificial intelligence in business informatics

Suffering from (nocturnal) muscle cramps?

Goethe University Frankfurt and numerous other German universities withdraw from “X”