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December 2003

12 December 2003

• Heidelberg Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 3/2003": Dark Powers
  Title story describes the quest for the force that rules the universe—Also: Zafar, a city and its secrets—Molecular news editors in the cell—Does the Earth have relatives?—"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"—Water dimers in the atmosphere

12 December 2003

• Two New Long-Term Collaborative Research Projects and a New "Transregional" Project at the University of Heidelberg
  Additional 20 million euros for the University in the next four years—Hommelhoff: "Major success in the highly competitive research project programme of the German Research Council"

11 December 2003

• University of Heidelberg Front Runner in Research Ranking
  CHE, the think tank of the German higher education landscape, rates Heidelberg as one of the top research universities—Hommelhoff: "We are on the right road"

9 December 2003

• Unique Healthcare Management Degree at the University of Heidelberg
  Interdisciplinary contact course enables managers in the health sector to obtain an M.Sc. in healthcare management—Course begins 22 March 2004

5 December 2003

• Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer Awarded Germany's Biggest Research Prize
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff congratulated neurobiologist Prof. Monyer on receiving the German Research Council's Leibniz Prize, worth 1.55 million euros—"A fitting token of Professor Monyer's achievements and a great honour for the University of Heidelberg"

November

28 November 2003

• New B.A. Course: Translation Studies for Information Technologies
  Course on offer for the first time —University of Heidelberg cooperates with the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences—A bridge between humanities and engineering

26 November 2003

• Prof. Dr. Michael Grunze Awarded Max Planck Research Prize 2003
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff congratulated the recipient and emphasised his cardinal role in the internationalisation of top-level research in Heidelberg

13 November 2003


• Prof. Micha Ullman's "Echo" on the Neuenheimer Feld Campus Presented to the Public
  Invitation to the media to attend the presentation on 18 November 2003 in the presence of the artist—Art historian Prof. Riedl: "One of the most renowned contemporary artists"

11 November 2003


• Stanislaw Kutzreba Prize Presented in Cracow
  In his speech on the occasion of the presentation of the award to doctoral student Maja Grzymkowska, Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff acknowledged the ineradicable nature of German war guilt—In future, the annual award of the Prize will be a reminder of German guilt

7 November 2003


• Prof. Fotis C. Kafatos member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  Director-General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory — honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg — joins the oldest scientific academy in the modern world

6 November 2003


• Alfred Weber Exhibition at the Museum of the University of Heidelberg
  "Scholarship and Politics. Heidelberg's Political Intellectual Alfred Weber (1868-1958)"—Exhibition at the Museum of the University of Heidelberg until 31 March 2004—The media and the general public are cordially invited to the opening on Tuesday, 18 November 2003 in the Great Hall of the Old University

October

31 October 2003

• New University Council for the University of Heidelberg
  Encouraging a mentality at the University that sees reform and change as a positive challenge—New Chairman: Dr. Dr. Peter Bettermann

29 October 2003


• Erik Dordal: Books in One Hand, a Ball in the Other
  Erik is a student at the "Internationales Studienzentrum" (ISZ; International Studies Centre) of the University of Heidelberg. He also plays basketball in the Federal League: "For me, a day without basketball would be a waste." — The sponsor and supporter of the USC team, Manfred Lautenschläger, backs promotion of the upcoming generation.

22 October 2003


• University of Heidelberg: Cooperation for Top-Level Competitive Sport
  Two years after the signing of the cooperation agreement: the situation has eased—Examples: student and vice world-champion Petra Dallmann; Fanny Rinne, European champion indoor hockey player

16 October 2003


• Heidelberg's Hope
  Fania Oz-Salzberger, University of Haifa, delivered the main lecture at the opening ceremony of the academic year at the University of Heidelberg

16 October 2003


• A 20-Year Partnership
  Ceremony and exhibition to mark the 20-year-old partnership between the University of Heidelberg and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

10 October 2003


• Lautenschläger Research Prize Awarded to Prof. Krammer
  Federal research minister Bulmahn presented the Lautenschläger Research Prize 2003 to cancer research scientist Prof. Peter Krammer—Frau Bulmahn emphasised that the recipient's work in the field of controlled cell death opens up entirely new perspectives for cancer therapy

9 October 2003


• Multi-Media Service in Connection with the Presentation of the Lautenschläger Research Prize of the University of Heidelberg 2003
  Press Office provides special service: on the internet pages of the University of Heidelberg there are ready-made radio features and original statements for downloading—"Ruperto Carola" web magazine reports on-the-spot—Additional audio material on CD-ROM—The Lautenschläger Prize will be presented to Prof. Dr. Peter Krammer on 10 October 2003

1 October 2003


• Multi-Media Journalism Course Passes the Acid Test
  [HeidelR@d] "on the air" — Baden-Württemberg State Centre for Communication supports the project — What are Guido Westerwelle and Olaf Scholz doing in Room 102?

September

27 September 2003

• Globalisation: A World Without Boundaries?
  Three keynote lectures at the SWR UniForum in Heidelberg (10-12 October) cast light on the matter — "Streams of refugees from the South are an illusion engendered by apprehension"

16 September 2003


• Dr. Marina Frost Proposed for the Post of Registrar at the University of Heidelberg
  Senate proposes the vice-president of the University of Göttingen to the minister-president of Baden-Württemberg for appointment — Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "Dr. Frost's manifold experience will be a major asset to the University of Heidelberg in its quest for greater autonomy and competitive clout"

12 September 2003


• Schools' Day at the University of Heidelberg on 10 October — A First-Hand Impression of Academic Life
  The wide-ranging programme is a unique opportunity for upper-grade secondary school students between Heidelberg, Karlsruhe and Darmstadt

July

28 July 2003

• Lautenschläger Research Prize 2003 Awarded to Prof. Dr. Peter Krammer
  Endowed with EUR 250,000, the Lautenschläger Research Prize 2003 goes to cancer research scientist Professor Dr. Peter Krammer — Edelgard Bulmahn, Federal Minister of Research and Education, will present the prize in the Great Hall of the Old University on 10 October 2003.

23 July 2003


• Heidelberg Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 2/2003": Support for Weak Hearts
  Title story on new approaches to cardiac insufficiency therapy — Molecular Pathfinders: How Proteins Form Heads — Rituals for Getting High — An On-Board Computer for Surgeons — Gravity, Quantum States and Hopping Neutrons — Bronze Age Industrial Regions: The Alps

17 July 2003


• Catalysis: A Technology for the Future
  The Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis 2003 was an international symposium with well over 500 participants — BASF once again a generous sponsor

15 July 2003


• Joint press release by the Universities of Berlin (Free University), Bonn, Bochum, Dresden, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Frankfurt/Main, Freiburg, Göttingen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Mainz, Munich (LMU), Münster, Tübingen and Würzburg.
  Benchmarking G21 – Quality Enhancement Drive by 15 Major Universities
  Opportunities and challenges for major universities. First inter-state initiative to improve quality

11 July 2003


• A Major Asset for German Cultural Policy
  First Jürgen Fritzenschaft Award goes to Kiyoko Nakano from Japan — New Society supports research and teaching at the Institute of German as a Foreign Language (IDF), University of Heidelberg

4 July 2003


• "Language, Power and Language Policy": University Round-Table Discussion Open to All
  10 July 2003, 6 p.m., with Prof. Hélène Merlin Kajman and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant — Simultaneous interpretation by students of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting

3 July 2003


• Campus TV an Internet Crowd-Puller
  Over 200,000 viewers every month — More than 50 TV programmes watchable on the University of Heidelberg media server — Ruperto Online web magazine presents the videos as they appear

1 July 2003


• 37th Rhine-Neckar Physics Brains Trust: A Long-Standing Tradition
  Invitation to the media: on 10 July 2003, the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg hosts the brains trust on "Physics Research in Industry and at the University"

June

27 June 2003

• BASF Catalysis Award 2003 goes to Dr. Stefan Mecking
  Freiburg scientist receives award for outstanding research in the field of catalysis at the Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis

26 June 2003


• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Strube New Honorary Senator of the University of Heidelberg
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "This distinction is an appreciation of the outstanding services Professor Strube has done the University over a long period of years" — Vice-rector Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Meier delivered the speech in honour of the new Senator

24 June 2003


• Heidelberg Financial Location Study in the "Euro Test"
  Study by geographers from the universities of Heidelberg and Loughborough on London and Frankfurt as international centres of finance has a bearing on decisions by the British government &151; Euro has no detrimental effects on the financial services sector in the UK

23 June 2003


• Bangalore and Heidelberg: The Chemistry is Right
  Leading Indian scientist, Prof. Dr. Goverdhan Mehta, teaching and researching at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg

12 June 2003


• Economic Development: Why Some Places Keep Developing and Others Become Blocked
  The Hettner Lecture 2003 in Heidelberg discusses the causes of unequal economic development — General public very welcome to attend — Opening event 23 June 2003, 6.15 p.m., Great Hall of the Old University (Grabengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg)

May

27 May 2003

• Mammoth Reading Event at the Department of English and American Studies
  Complete reading of James Joyce's Ulysses begins on 16 June at 8 a.m. (like the novel itself) and ends in the early hours of 17 June — All interested very welcome to attend

14 May 2003


• Groundbreaking Cooperative Ventures between University of Heidelberg and Mannheim's University of Applied Sciences
  First-ever collaboration between university and applied science institution in the training of outstandingly qualified doctoral candidates: time-limited postgraduate research group "Imaging Procedures for Expression Analysis — From Genes to Proteins" — Also new: joint B.A. course "Translation Studies for Information Technologies"

12 May 2003


• University of Heidelberg Front Runner in the Humboldt Foundation Ranking
  Result indicates the high renown in which the University is held — Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis: "Especially gratifying is the fact that of all the research grant recipients and prize winners from the leading research countries more than half come to us"

8 May 2003


• University of Heidelberg Starts Multi-Media Journalism Course
  Students from all Faculties can sample the world of the media with [HeidelR@d] — Introductory session on 15 May at 4 p.m. — University invites all interested to attend

6 May 2003


• University of Heidelberg: 200 Years in Baden
  On Saturday (10 May) the University of Heidelberg commemorates an historic date — Prof. Dr. Eike Wolgast fills in the details

April

14 April 2003

• New University of Heidelberg Shop Opening Soon
  Souvenirs and accessories promote identification with the University — Shop opens 10 May 2003, in the course of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the restructuring of the University

7 April 2003


• University of Heidelberg: Six New Women Postdocs in the Wrangell Programme
  Women's affairs officer Dr. Agnes Speck in charge of the programme — Postdocs can now concentrate fully on research

3 April 2003


• University of Heidelberg Steps Up "Competition for the Best Minds"
  The University of Heidelberg is such a popular choice with future students that it now has entrance restrictions of its own (the so-called "local numerus clausus") for 19 subjects — Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "We are making determined but responsible use of the new opportunities for selecting applicants"

2 April 2003


• New Results about Small Planets in the Solar System
  Dr. Mario Trieloff (Mineralogical Institute of the University of Heidelberg): Results important for accretion time scales in the early solar system and also for formation of planets around other young stars

March

28 March 2003

• Standing Ovations at the Close of the Harvard WorldMUN Conference in Heidelberg
  The 12th Harvard University World Model United Nations Conference came to its conclusion on 27 March in the Great Hall of Heidelberg University with a highly personal and emotional closing ceremony

28 March 2003


• "Siebenbürgen Institute" Associated to the University of Heidelberg
  The Siebenbürgen Institute is devoted to the study of history and culture of this region (Transylvania) and its neighbours — Both sides stand to profit from the association

24 March 2003


• Heidelberg Research Magazine "Ruperto Carola 1/2003": HIV — Anatomy of a Mass Killer
  The range of other topics extends from astrophysics, radiology and ethnology to Romance studies: A new window on the universe opens in Namibia — Radiation power pack to fight cancer — Non-European world views — Italy unconstituted — Interview with Nobel Prize laureate Osheroff: "I'm an unusual Senator"

23 March 2003


• Opening Ceremony of the WorldMUN Conference at the University of Heidelberg
  Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff, finance minister Gerhard Stratthaus, mayor Beate Weber and other speakers welcomed almost 1,000 student delegates from all over the world

20 March 2003


• Symposium in Heidelberg: "The Changing World of Work — Is Germany an Underdeveloped Country?"
  From 8 to 10 May 2003 the Heidelberg Business and Culture Club is organising its anniversary symposium at the University of Heidelberg

20 March 2003


• Harvard WorldMUN Live on the Internet
  Opening ceremony of the Harvard University World Model United Nations Conference at the University of Heidelberg on 23 March at 6 p.m. can be seen live on the Internet

19 March 2003


• International Molecular Catalysis Forum in Heidelberg
  BASF Catalysis Award 2003 — Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Analysis planned for 27 June 2003 at the University of Heidelberg — Lectures by leading scientists

19 March 2003


• Baden-Württemberg Showing the Flag in South America
  Minister-President Erwin Teufel visited the Heidelberg Center in Santiago de Chile—Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff signed cooperation agreements for law and medicine

13 March 2003


• 7th Heidelberg Sport Business Forum
  Students bring the sport business world to Heidelberg on 8 May—Organisers are the University of Applied Sciences (Heidelberg) and the Institute of Sport and Sport Science of the University of Heidelberg

11 March 2003


• Model UN Conference Coincides with a Period of Heightened International Tension
  950 international delegates debate on the present political situation at the WorldMUN in Heidelberg, 23 to 27 March

7 March 2003


• Minister-President Erwin Teufel To Visit Heidelberg Latin America Center
  The Rector of the University of Heidelberg, Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff, and the rectors of the Universidad Cátolica and the Universidad de Chile will be signing new cooperation agreements

February

24 February 2003

• University of Heidelberg Lautenschläger Research Prize 2003: 250,000 Euros for Top-Flight Research
  The "Lautenschläger Research Prize" is one of the most generously endowed international research awards—Top-level international scientists and scholars from all disciplines eligible—Nomination deadline: 15 April

21 February 2003


• Franco-German Colloquium in Heidelberg: "Universities Today— What are they about? What are they for?"
  "Penser l'université aujourd'hui" 3-5 April 2003—Organised by the University of Heidelberg and the Franco-German University Cooperation Office

13 February 2003


• University of Heidelberg Gymnastics Squad Nominated for Lisbon Gymnaestrada
  Heidelberg students to represent the German Gymnastics Association for the first time at the World Gymnastics Festival 2003 — Selection on the basis of an outstanding performance at the closing evening of the German Gymnastics Festival — Intensive preparations for Lisbon under the supervision of Erika Groos

11 February 2003


• University of Heidelberg Invites General Public to Commemoration Ceremony for Prof. Gadamer
  Next Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Great Hall of the New University — Address by Minister-President Teufel, lecture by Prof. Jacques Derrida — Video transmission to lecture halls 13 and 14

6 February 2003


• Research by University of Heidelberg's South Asia Institute at Colombo on Young People and Conflict Prevention
  Wide range of projects based on a major survey of young people by the University of Colombo in collaboration with the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg

January

30 January 2003

• Heidelberg Model United Nations Conference Set to Break All Records
  Huge response to 12th Harvard University WorldMUN Conference — 20-27 March 2003 at the University of Heidelberg

23 January 2003


• New from the University Archives: A History of the University of Heidelberg in Pictures
  The University extends a cordial invitation to the media to attend the presentation — "The University of Heidelberg: Views — Insights — Retrospectives" by Sabine Happ and Werner Moritz

22 January 2003


• University of Heidelberg: Humboldt Foundation Sponsors Three New International Cooperative Research Ventures
  Secretary General of the Humboldt Foundation, Dr. Manfred Osten, and Rector Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff: "This success is an eloquent token of the attractiveness of the University of Heidelberg for the global academic elite"