University of Freiburg

Your back hurts from studying for hours, nothing new is happening in the kitchen of your shared apartment, and the stress during the semester just won’t end. Many students are struggling with physical and mental challenges. The Student…

The previously held notion that caravans transported luxury goods along a long trade route leading directly from China to Rome to sell them there at high prices is a myth. A research project by the historian Prof. Dr. Sitta von Reden from…

Dr. Asifa Akhtar points to an image of a tangle of deep blue strings, the chromosomes. One of them stands out in bright yellow. “This here is the X chromosome,” says the biologist. “Do you see the yellow markers? We say it’s decorated.”…

What are the benefits and drawbacks of certain chemicals and materials? Which applications promise the most technologically and societally? When technological developments begin there is very little data available about possible…

The European Commission has selected the new doctoral programme for immunology, a project to be established by Eucor – The European Campus. Within the "Eucor Upper Rhine Immunology doctoral programme" (EURIdoc), 28 researchers will…

The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl has followed Melanie Arndt, Professor of Economic, Social, and Environmental History at the University of Freiburg, since she was a child. When she was still in school, she helped children who had been…

The term “sustainability” comes originally from forestry and is used today in all sorts of contexts. The question is what it actually means. Dr. Sabine Sané is responsible for the field of environmental and sustainability sciences at the…

Rempartstraße 11, a modest office room on the second floor, white walls, carpeted floor. Dieter Nutto is sitting at the computer. His fingers gently stroke the lower edge of the keyboard. Everything is quiet, there’s no tapping of keys.…