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19 December 2001

• Seven Grants for International MCB Students
  C.H.S. Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service award grants to seven students on the international Master's course in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Heidelberg

17 December 2001


• Generous Donation from USA for New Hall of Residence in Heidelberg
  $ 450,000 from the American Max Kade Foundation — Shortage of accommodation for students has peaked this term

8 December 2001


• Hope, Wisdom, Genius
  Honorary senator Manfred Lautenschläger: "I see the triad of hope, wisdom and the genius of science and scholarship as symbolic of a special kind of tradition. And I would like this prize to be part of that tradition." The speech by the donor of the Lautenschläger Research Prize at the presentation ceremony

4 December 2001


• Prominence for Universally Acclaimed Beacons of Excellence
  Rector Peter Hommelhoff's interview with the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung newspaper — Comparisons with US invidious / Interviewer: Heribert Vogt

3 December 2001


• Incentive Budgeting at the University of Heidelberg
  Green light University Council for new budgeting model — Incentives for departments: resource allocation coupled to performance — Central element of the "Impulse" budget reform process — In force as of 1 January 2002

November

30 November 2001

• "Declaration of intent" very favourably received by the University Senate on 20 November 2001
  Ten days after the presentation to the Senate of the University of Heidelberg of his priority concerns as Rector for the coming years (2001-2004), Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff has now made this "declaration of intent" available to the public (see text following). The reception accorded by the Senate to his objectives was extremely favourable.

26 November 2001


• New Member of the University Council: Prof. Regine Kahmann
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "Immensely pleased to have a personality of Prof. Kahmann's renown and expertise on the University Council" — Prof. Kahmann former chairwoman of the advisory council of the Molecular Biology Centre

17 November 2001


• Computer-Aided Search for Unidentified Terrorists: What were the Criteria?
  Police give indications at a panel discussion on "The University of Heidelberg after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11"

17 November 2001


• Rectorate of the University of Heidelberg on the Consequences of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11
  As an institution dedicated to academic excellence and higher learning the University of Heidelberg refuses to tolerate any kind of discrimination on ethnic, cultural, religious, gender or age grounds

14 November 2001


• Heidelberg Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 3/2001": Stem Cells — Fascinating All-Rounders
  New issue just out — Title story by Anthony Ho and Konrad Beyreuther: The arduous quest for the stem-cell "miracle" — Other topics: Unique medieval manuscripts new on the internet — What papyri tell us about everyday life 2000 years ago — Molecular midfielders: an unusual family of growth factors — Heidelberg in four dimensions

7 November 2001


• Two Wolfgang Paul Award Winners Coming to the University of Heidelberg
  More lavishly endowed than the Nobel Prize — Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards Dr. Hilmar Bading 3.5 million and Prof. Dr. Joachim Herz 2.8 million marks — Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "A token of supreme international excellence"

6 November 2001


• President of the Republic of Malta Visits University of Heidelberg
  Prof. Guido de Marco, President of the Republic of Malta, at the University of Heidelberg with a high-ranking delegation — Cooperation agreement on the promotion of student exchanges — Speech: "The Mediterranean — Europe's Reluctant Agenda?"

6 November 2001


• Neuroscience at University of Heidelberg Top-Ranking in Germany
  New ranking by the Institute for Scientific Information — Citation count puts neuroscience at University of Heidelberg well ahead in Germany over the last 10-year period — Rector Prof. Hommelhoff: "A shining light in the profile of the University"

2 November 2001


• Panel discussion: "Uproar in the Ivory Tower?"
  The University of Heidelberg after the terrorist attacks of 11 September — Panel discussion on Saturday, 17 November, 5 p.m. in Hall 1 of the Heuscheuer — University of Heidelberg directly affected by the attacks

October

31 October 2001

• Man's Place in Nature: Evolutionary Past and Genomic Future
  The speech delivered by the President of the Max Planck Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Hubert Markl, at the Heidelberg Forum on the Biosciences and Society at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg) on 31 October 2001.

30 October 2001


• Sensational archaeological discovery
  Researchers discover Pepouza, the "Mecca" of the Montanists - The "new Jerusalem" of the early Christians finally located after centuries of speculation

23 October 2001


• Upswing for Physics in Heidelberg
  38 percent more new students than last winter semester — Vice-rector Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Meier: "Public events, TV programmes, open days and enhanced media presence have successfully presented physics as a key science" — Still a shortage of budding physics teachers

22 October 2001


• Talgat Daniyarof first to complete new Master of Science course in physics
  Course enables foreign students with a bachelor degree to obtain an MSc in two years at the most — Applicants must be outstanding

19 October 2001


• Scientists from Heidelberg and Grenoble describe part-structure of the "cellular postman" SRP
  In the latest issue of Science magazine, Dr. Klemens Wild and Prof. Dr. Irmgard Sinning (Biochemistry Centre of the University of Heidelberg) and Dr. Stephen Cusack (EMBL, Grenoble outstation) report on the high-resolution crystal structure of a protein-RNA complex of the human signal recognition particle (SRP)

15 October 2001


• New Study: Excellent Results for Heidelberg's Faculty of Medicine
  Rector Professor Hommelhoff: "The study conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Development and the University of Bielefeld comes up with outstandingly positive results for the University of Heidelberg."

11 October 2001


• Work starts 2002 on new therapy unit at the University of Heidelberg for the treatment of cancer with ion beams
  Federal government today approved the 31st framework plan for higher-education construction investments at national and state level - Investments in Heidelberg total 141.7 million marks

11 October 2001


• Latest Edition of Heidelberg Alumni Revue
  Features: Public-private partnership at Heidelberg University: new advances in the dialogue between science and business — A career centre for the alma mater — New Heidelberg Latin America Centre in Santiago de Chile — Singing for science

9 October 2001


• "The Nobel Prize for Wolfgang Ketterle is also a major honour and token of recognition for the University of Heidelberg"
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff congratulates physics Nobel Prize laureate — From 1988 to 1990 Wolfgang Ketterle was on the scientific staff of Heidelberg University's Institute of Physical Chemistry, where he conducted first-ever experiments on the visualisation of pollutant formation in motor engines

September

5 September 2001

• Prof. Dr. Johanna Stachel awarded Lautenschläger Research Prize
  Prof. Dr. Johanna Stachel, Director of the Institute of Physics of the University of Heidelberg, is the first recipient of the new Lautenschläger Research Prize of the University of Heidelberg — The prestigious prize is to be awarded every two years and with a value of 500,000 marks is one of the best-endowed research awards in Germany

August

21 August 2001

• Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis 2001
  Young scientist receives BASF Catalysis Award

15 August 2001


• Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 2/2001": New Approaches to Therapy for Osteoarthritis
  New research projects from the University of Heidelberg in the latest issue — Title story by Wiltrud Richter on the latest developments in cell therapy for damaged joints using stem cells from adult donors — Other topics: The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment on board the ERS-2 European research satellite — India: Rural democracy and political elite — The Prinzhorn Collection: Beauty from troubled minds — What is a space? — Religions on the Internet

13 August 2001


• New in Heidelberg: European Centre for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies
  Service centre now open — New European Center for Digital Resources at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg (ChinaResource.org) — A bid to improve access to information on China in Germany and Europe

July

24 July 2001

• University of Heidelberg Strengthens its Commitments in Latin America
  "Heidelberg Center" in Chile an innovative departure — Support from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Higher Education — Cooperation with the leading Chilean universities — Rector Professor Jürgen Siebke: "The University of Heidelberg thus enhances its already excellent standing in Latin America."

20 July 2001


• University of Heidelberg Confers Honorary Doctorate on Prof. Dr. Ferenc Mádl
  In appreciation of the outstanding academic oeuvre of the President of the Hungarian Republic — A prime mover in the partnership between the Law Faculties of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest and the University of Heidelberg

June

26 June 2001

• APIEL Conference in Heidelberg, 29 June to 1 July 2001
  International conference of the College Board, New York on the Advanced Placement International English Language test (APIEL) - Dr. Hirsch (Central Education Office): "High success ratio indicates excellence of foreign-language teaching"

19 June 2001


• Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke Presents Review of the Academic Year 2000/2001
  Extracts from the Review — Complete text available (in German) at http://www.rektorat.uni-heidelberg.de/00_01 or in print from Pressestelle der Universität Heidelberg, Postfach 105760, D-69047 Heidelberg

1 June 2001


• University of Heidelberg Disconcerted by Decision on Future Location for Nibelungenlied Manuscript
  University of Heidelberg expresses great regret about decision — Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "The University of Heidelberg is extremely disconcerted that the strong arguments in favour of Heidelberg's unique claims in this respect have gone unheard"

May

31 May 2001

• University of Heidelberg Top Choice for Highly Qualified Visiting Scholars and Scientists from Abroad
  Humboldt Foundation presents new evaluation results for German universities — Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "Heidelberg University's international standing impressively reaffirmed" — "Nation-wide top ranking is both a distinction and an obligation "

29 May 2001


• Excellent Prospects for Heidelberg
  An interview between the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung newspaper (RNZ) and Ulrich Cartellieri, the chairman of the new Heidelberg University Council on the future of the University. By Heribert Vogt

22 May 2001


• 70 Million Marks Funding for New Heavy Ion Therapy Unit for Cancer Treatment at Heidelberg's University Hospital Complex
  Minister-President Erwin Teufel and higher education minister von Trotha welcome decision by Science Council — Project closes gap in medical care in Germany — "The recommendation by the Science Council reaffirms the fact that Heidelberg University's Hospital Complex is a top-ranking medical institution"

18 May 2001


• Finance Minister Gerhard Stratthaus at Topping-Out Ceremony for New Physics Building: "Investments in Education Assure the Future of Upcoming Generations"
  Minister Stratthaus: "The University of Heidelberg is a decisive factor in the status of Baden-Württemberg as a centre of education and research. With its 15 Faculties and over 150 courses of study it is doing sterling work for the state and rightly enjoys an excellent reputation in Germany and abroad"

14 May 2001


• From Heidelberg at the Envitec: Trace metal analysis in process gas of combustion plants
  Heidelberg University offers a fast-responding, ultrasensitive on-line measuring method for the determination of alkalis and heavy metals in industrial flue gases. The measurement technology will be presented at ENVITEC for the first time (Hall 9, F07)

4 May 2001


• Heidelberg: International Forum on Research in Brain Disease
  The University's Molecular Biology Centre (ZMBH) has scheduled this year's Forum for 17 to 19 May 2001 — Title: "Genes, Proteins and Brain Disease" — Also an appreciation of the work of Prof. Dr. Konrad T. Beyreuther on the occasion of his 60th birthday

April

26 April 2001

• CHE Ranking Confirms Research Excellence at the University of Heidelberg
  Top rankings on selected research criteria for chemistry, education studies, English studies, Germanic studies, history, law, mathematics, physics, psychology

25 April 2001


• Opening Ceremony at Otto Meyerhof Centre for Outpatient Care and Clinical Research in Heidelberg
  Unique in Germany — Centre named after Nobel Prize laureate Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951), one of the greatest biochemists of the 20th century — Hounded out of Germany in 1938 by the National Socialists

5 April 2001


• Heidelberg Historian Presents Unique Work: USA and Germany in the Cold War
  On Monday, 9 April editor Prof. Dr. Detlef Junker presents the two-volume opus at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin: "The United States and Germany in the Cold War Period 1945-1990"

5 April 2001


• University of Heidelberg Enhances Relations with Vietnam
  Collaboration on the increase since start of reform policy — Prof. Dr. Heinz Horner, vice-rector for research, and Prof. Dr. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, vice-rector for international relations, visited Vietnam with Profs. Bock and Sauerborn

March

29 March 2001

• Exhibition: Famous Alumni of the University of Heidelberg
  Exhibition at the University Library presents famous former Heidelberg students — Illustrious names ranging from Hannah Arendt and Hilde Domin to Helmut Kohl and Golo Mann

22 March 2001


• New Film: Studying in Heidelberg
  Multi-media project by Deutsche Welle advertising places to study in Germany - Project supported by the Standing Conference of German University Rectors, German Student Exchange Programme and the Donors' Association for the Promotion of the Sciences and Humanities in Germany

14 March 2001


• Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 1/2001": Hope for Alzheimer Patients
  New research projects from the University of Heidelberg in the latest issue — Title story by Tobias Hartmann and Konrad Bayreuther of the Molecular Biology Centre on new hope for Alzheimer patients — Other topics: Preventing child violence — Rites and rituals: a cross-cultural comparison — How 200 billion neurons make a brain — A research project on the economics of health in Burkina Faso — Long-term collaborative research project "Controlling Tropical Diseases"

12 March 2001


• Heidelberg at the CeBIT Fair — "med.Live", the Multi-Media Medical Library
  Central coordination in the hands of the University of Heidelberg — System revolves round an Internet-based multi-media knowledge base as a further-education platform for medics — Project on show at CeBIT 2001 (Hall 16, B 35)

9 March 2001


• Dr. Michael Frank New Honorary Senator of the University of Heidelberg
  Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke confers title of Honorary Senator on former Senior Vice President of Deere & Company — "The University of Heidelberg has benefited greatly from Dr. Michael Frank's help and advice and his long-standing commitment to its concerns."

8 March 2001


• Walther von der Vogelweide on the World Wide Web
  All miniatures from the Codex Manesse now on the Internet — Document equal in rank to the Nibelungenlied manuscript

February

13 February 2001

• Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff Next Rector of the University of Heidelberg
  Law professor elected by University Senate on 13 February — Selection committee chaired by Dr. Ulrich Cartellieri — Prof. Hommelhoff outlined his main priorities for his period in office (2001 to 2007) in the Great Hall of the Old University

9 February 2001


• State Research Prize for Heidelberg Historian Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis
  Discovering new facets in the history of Ancient Greece

8 February 2001


• New Hans-Georg Gadamer Chair of Humanities at the University of Heidelberg
  First incumbent Karl-Heinz Bohrer as of June 2001 — Chair at the Department of Philosophy in honour of the renowned contemporary philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, who celebrates his 101st birthday on 11 February 2001

7 February 2001


• Multi-Media Project on the Advantages of "Studying in Heidelberg"
  Media welcome to attend the presentation of the project on Wednesday, 21 February 2001, 3 p.m., at the Weber-Haus, Ziegelhäuser Landstrasse 17, 69120 Heidelberg

January

30 January 2001

• Heidelberg Research Scientist Prof. Konrad Beyreuther to Advise State Government in BSE Crisis
  Rector Prof. Dr. Jürgen Siebke: "University of Heidelberg sees the honourable appointment of Prof. Beyreuther as a handsome vindication of its policy of profile enhancement" — Siebke expressed the "justified hope" that the transfer of knowledge from the University to society at large will now be even more immediate than before

29 January 2001


• New Media Didactics Centre Planned for Heidelberg
  Joint press release from the Baden-Württemberg ministry of higher education, research and art, the University of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg Education College — Rectors gratified at the favourable reception accorded by the ministry to unconventional ideas

26 January 2001


• Heidelberg Prinzhorn Collection in Barcelona
  The showing of the Prinzhorn Collection Barcelona opened on 25 January 2001 — Prestigious critics' award for exhibition in New York — New Prinzhorn Museum in Heidelberg to open in September 2001

24 January 2001


• Heidelberg: "Ritual Dynamics" Official Contribution to United Nations International Year
  UNESCO accepts interdisciplinary project "Ritual Dynamics. Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Socio-Cultural Processes" at the University of Heidelberg — Project spokesman is Prof. Dr. Dietrich Harth of the Department of Germanic Studies

12 January 2001


• Rethinking Cultural Revolution Culture
  International Science Forum Heidelberg, 22.-24.2.2001
  A workshop in conjunction with the exhibition Picturing Power: Art and Propaganda in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 1.-28.2.2001 University Museum Heidelberg

11 January 2001


• China in Heidelberg: The Cultural Revolution Revisited on Neutral Ground
  Exhibition "Pictures of Power — Art and Propaganda of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)" opens at Heidelberg University Museum 1 February 2001 — Symposium 22 to 24 February 2001