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15 December 2000

• Latest Issue of Heidelberg University's Research Magazine Showcases the Heidelberg Simple Taxation System
  "Ruperto Carola" 3/2000 reports on ongoing research projects at Heidelberg University — Title story by Prof. Dr. Manfred Rose on his Simple Taxation System combining fairness with market-orientation — Other topics: The development of democracy in Latin America — The history of Spanish in the New World — The biology of trypanosomes — Slimming yourself to death — Addiction for kicks

8 December 2000


• Leibniz Prizes for Two Members of the University of Heidelberg
  Prof. Dr. Eduard C. Hurt of the Biochemistry Centre Heidelberg receives 3 million marks, Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies of the Department of Theology 1.5 million — Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "For two members of this University to be receiving Germany's most highly endowed research award at the same time is a very special and gratifying honour."

4 December 2000


• New Study Grant Programme for English-Language "Molecular and Cellular Biology" Course at the University of Heidelberg
  International Master's degree course in "Molecular and Cellular Biology" launched in the winter semester 2000 at the University of Heidelberg — Today seven foreign students received a study grant joint-funded by the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service

1 December 2000


• Manfred Lautenschläger Donates Major Research Prize for the University of Heidelberg
  As of 2001 the University of Heidelberg will be awarding one of the highest research prizes in Germany — The Lautenschläger Research Prize of the University of Heidelberg is worth 500,000 deutschmarks and will be awarded every two years

November

29 November 2000

• 1,000-Page Opus by Prof. Nohlen "Outstanding Academic Book of the Year"
  Prestigious distinction for "Elections in Africa" by Heidelberg political scientist Prof. Dr. Dieter Nohlen and co-authors Dr. Michael Krennerich and Dr. Bernhard Thibaut

24 November 2000


• Biophysicist Prof. Kenneth Holmes Awarded the European Latsis Prize
  66-year-old British scientist receives prize worth 100,000 Swiss francs for outstanding work in structural biology — Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "Also an honour for the University of Heidelberg"

16 November 2000


• Alumni.med.Live an Example to be Emulated
  World-wide contact maintenance with former students on the agenda of the Standing Conference of Rectors in Higher Education in Bonn — Prof. Christian Herfarth's (Heidelberg University Surgical Hospital) virtual medical faculty warmly acclaimed

1 November 2000


• GIs in Germany: The Social, Economic, Military, and Political History of the American Military Presence, 1945-2000
  Sponsored by the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C./ Department of History, University of Heidelberg (Germany) / Internationales Wissenschaftsforum / Stiftung der Universität Heidelberg

October

23 October 2000

• Last Chance to See the Codex Manesse in the Original
  Exhibition "Treasures from the Historical Collection" at Heidelberg University Library closes 28 October — Unique show must close on time — Last guided tour Thursday

19 October 2000


• New from Heidelberg: Digital Trustmark for Health Information on the Web
  University of Heidelberg coordinates European project to introduce trustmarks for health information on the World Wide Web — European Union takes the lead in assuring quality of medical information on the Internet — International experts meet in Heidelberg for a consensus workshop

18 October 2000


• Exhibition: "Women at the University of Heidelberg: A 100-Year History"
  To mark this anniversary, the University's Commissioner for Women's Affairs is devoting an exhibition to study and professional opportunities for women at the University over the last 100 years: 20 October 2000 to 20 January 2000

18 October 2000


• Exhibition at the University Museum: Marie Baum
  20 October 2000 to 20 January 2001 in the Old University (Grabengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg) - Marie Baum was a prominent figure in Germany's women's rights movement

18 October 2000


• "Nightwalk" — A Present from the Heidelberg Department of Chinese Studies for Nobel Prize Laureate Gao Xingjian
  The department of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg has thought up a special gift for the literature Nobel Prize laureate 2000 — Professor Dr.Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik presented the Chinese author Gao Xingjian a German version of "Nightwalk" containing Gao's reflections on the theatre — A group from the department worked day and night to translate the work

September

20 September 2000

• CLF and ISSCOM promote Indo-German cooperation in the IT sector
  Panel discussion about Green Card

11 September 2000


• "Millennium Course" Graduation Ceremony at the University of Heidelberg
  University of Heidelberg organises celebratory farewell for graduates from Master of Science course in Community Health and Health Management in Developing Countries

August

4 August 2000

• Starry Line-Up of Politicians and Statesmen for University of Heidelberg's "Studium Generale" Programme
  Topic: "Peace. Germany's Role in Europe and Tomorrow's World"—Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke invites the public to the "Studium Generale" lectures in the coming winter semester—Series begins on 23 October 2000 with former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and closes 29 January 2001 with former Federal President Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker

2 August 2000


• University of Heidelberg International Vacation Course 2000: "Images of Germany"
  The University cordially invites the media to the opening ceremony on 6 August 2000, 10 a.m., Great Hall of the New University (Am Universitätsplatz, 69117 Heidelberg)—4 to 30 August: Biggest international university vacation course—Central theme: "Images of Germany: Myths—Realities—Perspectives"

1 August 2000


• Latest Issue of Heidelberg University's Research Magazine Featuring New Laser Technology for Detecting Cancer Cells
  "Ruperto Carola" 2/2000 reports on ongoing research projects at Heidelberg University—Vice-rector Prof. Dr. Jochen Tröger warns of undesirable consequences from the current reform of university medical research and care—Other topics: Henry David Thoreau—The unsolved mysteries of glass—The "regression fallacy" and its error potential—What can intelligent bioinformatic systems really do?—How the nervous system takes shape

July

10 July 2000

• Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "German Research Council Confirms Heidelberg University's Top-Ranking Status"
  Who gets the most research funding? The German Research Council reports on awards to higher education and non-university institutions from 1996 to 1998 – University of Heidelberg comes fourth in the ranking, receiving 165 million marks in all – Rector: "The keen competition from the technical universities makes our success even more notable"

7 July 2000


• University of St Petersburg Awards Honorary Doctorate to Heidelberg Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer
  For services to philosophy – Rector Prof. Ludmilla A. Verbitskaya: "In Russia Gadamer is a name to conjure with" – Dean Prof. Solonin: "There is no professional philosopher in Russia who is not familiar with Gadamer's works"

June

30 June 2000

• 10th Heidelberg South Asia Symposium: "Fundamentalism in South Asia"
  Friday, 7 July 2000—South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University hopes to contribute to stepping up cooperation between Germany and South Asia—Is the relationship between politics and religion in South Asia really so different?

26 June 2000


• Alfred Krupp Research Prize for Heidelberg Chemist
  Prof. Bernhard Breit
  1 million marks in research monies spread over 5 years—Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "Further recognition of oustanding work in the field of stereoselective catalysis"

23 June 2000


• Does Globalisation Make Nation States Obsolete?
  The Hettner Lecture: world-class scholars provide inspiration for gifted students—Professor John Agnew lectures on 26 and 27 June—Joint organisers: Institute of Geography of the University of Heidelberg and the Klaus Tschira Foundation

20 June 2000


• University of Heidelberg's Manfred Lautenschläger House Officially Opened
  Honorary senator Manfred Lautenschläger hopes that his donation will be "a contribution to a more modern form of tax legislation for Germany"—Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke expresses the gratitude of the University: "A patron in the best and most profound sense of the term"

16 June 2000


• "Heidelberg Alumni International" Starts Continuing-Education Programme for Lebanese Doctors
  First German-Lebanese conference on occupational and environmental medicine in Byblos and Beirut—Rector Prof.Dr. Jürgen Siebke at the opening: "Good example of the life-long learning so important in the medical field in particular"

15 June 2000


• Doctors Go Virtual
  First-ever German "virtual medical faculty" to be established on 17 June—Important milestone for "Alumni.med.Live"— Project organised by the University of Heidelberg and funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation

13 June 2000


• How the Nervous System Takes Shape
  Prof. Klaus Unsicker is the official spokesman of a new German Research Council-funded Long-Term Collaborative Research Project (in the following the German abbreviation SFB—for Sonderforschungsbereich—is used for convenience) at the University of Heidelberg. In an interview with Michael Schwarz he talks about the objectives of the Heidelberg research team.

13 June 2000


• University of Heidelberg Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (IZN) officially opened
  Opening ceremony on 16 June—Research topics range from questions of molecular organisation and the development of the nervous system to the synchronisation of nerve networks and the question of how complex brain functions come about and what can disrupt them

7 June 2000


• Heidelberg Author in Residence 2000: Eckard Henscheid
  From 7 to 30 June 2000—Focus on the comical in literature—Author will give lectures, talk about his work and initiate students in the art of writing "supplement style"

6 June 2000


• University of Heidelberg Enhances its Presence in the Middle East
  International surgical congress in the Lebanon assembling top-ranking medical experts from the US, Germany and the Middle East—Heidelberg's Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke attended in honour of Michael DeBakey, the nestor of modern-day cardiovascular surgery

May

15 Mai 2000

• 7. Jacob Gould Schurman Public Lecture at the University of Heidelberg: "The Idea of the American Century"
  Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke welcomed Professor Alan Brinkley of Columbia University (New York), who accepted the invitation of the Society to Promote the Schurman-Library for American History at the University of Heidelberg: "We are honored to have you here"

8 May 2000


• University Senate Announces Members of New University Council
  Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "We have succeeded in putting together a first-class University Council for Heidelberg"—"The selection of the members is fully in line with the significance of this new council, which will now be the University's most important supervisory body"

5 May 2000


• Museum of Ancient History at Heidelberg University's Institute of Archaeology Reopens
  Permanent exhibitions at Marstallhof 4—Archaeological relics of ancient cultures in the Mediterranean area—Open Day on 14 May

April

18 April 2000
• New Karl Feuerstein Chair of Medicine for the University of Heidelberg at Mannheim
  Chair sponsored by the DaimlerChrysler AG – Vice-rector Tröger: "Together with the work being done at the Heidelberg Faculty this new Chair will make the University of Heidelberg a major international centre for pain research"

18 April 2000

• "Legacies of History" Exhibition at Heidelberg University Library
  Exhibition to run from 28 April to 28 October 2000

13 April 2000

• Cooperation Agreement between University of Heidelberg and Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  Both institutions in favour of extending the successful cooperation—Prospects for the establishment of a Centro di Lingua e Cultura Italiana at the University of Heidelberg

11 April 2000

• THE PRINZHORN COLLECTION
  Museum and Research Centre
  Statement by the Prinzhorn Collection Centre of the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Heidelberg on the controversy with the Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener (Federal Association of Psychiatry Experts; in the following "BPE") over the appropriate location for the Collection (Heidelberg/Berlin)

6 April 2000

• Web Magazine "Ruperto Online" Features Technology Transfer at the University
  Wide-ranging cooperation offer from Technology Transfer liaison officer—Three transfer centres (earth sciences, biotechnology, Centre for Interdisciplinary Scientific Computing)

March

30 March 2000
• President of the Max Kade Foundation Visits Heidelberg
  Dr. Hans G. Hachmann in Heidelberg at the invitation of the University and the Studentenwerk—Max Kade a name indissolubly linked with the fostering of German-American relations at the higher-education level

12 April 2000

• Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IÜD) Stays at the University of Heidelberg
  Minister von Trotha: "Modernisation of curricula a major priority"—Special commission to elaborate recommendations—Study proves that the IÜD is the foremost institution for the education of university-level interpreters in all Europe

5 April 2000

• "Biodiversity Day" in Heidelberg, 3 June 2000
  Citizens of Heidelberg and environs cordially invited to take part—Interesting activities—10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: demonstrations with microscopes, binoculars and film material—Excursions headed by biology experts

29 March 2000

• New Book: Memories of Traumatic Experiences in the Nazi Era Significantly More Acute in Old Age
  Heidelberg gerontologists Andreas Kruse and Eric Schmitt present their new book: "Wir haben uns als Deutsche gefühlt" – Findings of a study involving 248 holocaust survivors

27 March 2000

• Prinzhorn Collection on Show in New York and Los Angeles
  "Traces Upon the Wunderblock" opens at the New York Drawing Center 13 April – Inscriptions of injury and distress – Traces visible and decipherable

22 March 2000

• Senate of the University of Heidelberg Approves New Master's Course in Physics
  Vice-rector Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: "With internationalisation on the increase this new course is of major significance for the University of Heidelberg" – For applicants with a Bachelor's degree – Heidelberg's Faculty of Physics and Astronomy gears course to the requirements of renowned British and American universities

21 March 2000

• Rector's Office Adamant: Institute of Translation and Interpreting Must Stay at the University of Heidelberg
  The Institute of Translation and Interpreting provides market-oriented education and training for budding translators and interpreters – Globalisation involves increasing demand for professional multilingual communicators – New Bachelor/Master's courses to make the Institute even more attractive – Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke appeals to Research Minister Klaus von Trotha to support the University in its efforts to keep the Institute

7 March 2000

• Heidelberg University Hospitals Offer Comprehensive Service on New-Look Internet Pages
  Information, knowledge, questions, research, presentation, communication at http://www.med.uni-heidelberg.de – University hospitals have an increasing number of internet visitors – At present 2,000 visitors every day

3 March 2000

• Video of Ceremony in Honour of Hans-Georg Gadamer now Showing on the Internet
  The video of the ceremony marking the 100th birthday of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Georg Gadamer on 11 February 2000 can now be watched on the Internet-Address: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/magazin/index_gadamer.html

Februauy

29 February 2000
• Was Homo heidelbergensis a dab hand with spears and slings? At what range could he hit an elephant?
  Invitation to the media: Spear-throwing demonstration on 10 March 2000 (4 p.m.) at the place where Homo heidelbergensis was found, the Grafenrain sandpit in Mauer, near Heidelberg – Part of colloquium "Early Humans in Central Europe – Chronology, Culture, Environment"

18 February 2000

• The University of Heidelberg at CeBIT 2000
  Six projects from the Kirchhoff Institute of Physics on show at booth B35, hall 16 – Front-edge application-oriented research – From sight simulation for the blind to the pipeline selector chip – Also featuring CD-ROM: physicist are sought-after all-rounders

16 February 2000

• Leimer Foundation Research Prize for Professor Dr. Dieter Nohlen
  Award from the University of Augsburg in recognition of Heidelberg political scientist's outstanding research work on Spain and Latin America – Prize money DM 10,000

11 February 2000

• Hans-Georg Gadamer 100 years old
  Today is the 100th birthday of Hans-Georg Gadamer, the University of Heidelberg's most renowned living scholar and one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. The following text is an abridged version of an appreciation by Prof. Dr. Dieter Borchmeyer of Heidelberg University's Department of Germanic Studies.

9 February 2000

• Dresdner Bank Donates Precious Historical Documents to the University of Heidelberg
  Executive director Heinz-Jörg Platzek presented two letters from the 17th and early 18th century to Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke for the University Library – On view from 28 April to 28 October 2000

4 February 2000

• Hans-Georg Gadamer, the University of Heidelberg's most renowned living scholar, will be 100 years old on 11 February 2000
  University, Academy of Sciences and Department of Philosophy are organising a festive ceremony and colloquium in his honour

4 February 2000

• University of Heidelberg Honours Outstanding Sporting Achievements
  Vice-rector Prof. Dr. Jochen Tröger awarded prizes to champions from Heidelberg's joint University and College of Education squad at the German Higher-Education Championships—Heidelberg traditionally one of the most successful university teams

February 2000

• New: "Ruperto Online"—University of Heidelberg's First Electronic Magazine
  Magazine foregrounds interesting material tucked away on the University's 40,000-plus internet pages and highlights latest additions—Web magazine preceded by complete reconstruction of the University's Internet presence in December 1999

January

27 January 2000
• ZONTA Prize 1999 for Ute Karaus (Biology)
  Prize for budding women scientists of the University of Heidelberg worth 5,000 marks—Aim of the ZONTA Club: strengthening the legal, political, economic and professional status of women—Prize first awarded in 1996

19 January 2000

• Workshop in Heidelberg on "Plant Biotechnology – Bioactives, Production, Rational Phytotherapy"
  11-12 February 2000 at the International Science Forum of the University of Heidelberg

17 January 2000

• Amendments Necessary to the Statutes of the University of Heidelberg
  Greater Senate forms advisory committee to prepare the amendments – One of the last official acts of this body before it disbands in the autumn – Amendments necessitated by the new University Law

17 January 2000

• German Study Prizes for 3 Heidelberg Students
  NTwo prizes from the Körber Foundation's research competition for students go to Heidelberg: one first prize for Katja Eichler and a second prize for a joint entry by Regina Schmidt and Bert Brückmann

17 January 2000

• Studying Physics and Astronomy in Heidelberg: New CD-ROM Designed to Arouse Interest in this Fascinating Subject
  New: studying physics in Heidelberg presented in a multimedia form – CD to be sent to 1,500 grammar schools in Germany over the next few weeks for distribution to interested students – Information Day 6 May 2000

13 January 2000

• Formal Cooperation Agreement between the University of Delhi and the University of Heidelberg
  Heidelberg University's first major partnership with India – Signing of the agreement creates a basis for cooperation with one of India's biggest universities

13 January 2000

• Significant Step Forward for University of Heidelberg Reform Project
  No problems encountered as University of Heidelberg's "Impulse" project installs new SAP R/3 software – Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "This means we have established a sound footing for achieving the ambitious goals the project has set itself" – Innovative concept for distributing financial resources now in place

12 January 2000

• Foreign Ministry Prize for ´Studentenwerk´ Heidelberg
  10,000 marks for its outstanding achievements in the service for foreign students - All-inclusive ´Service Paket´ package can be booked from your homeland via Internet