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Wind energy:
Misinformation about wind farms is widespread [21.10.2024]
Wind turbines are harmful to health and economically inefficient - such misinformation undermines the social acceptance of wind turbines. However, they are widespread and meet with great approval: over a quarter of respondents in representative studies involving the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart agree with a variety of misinformation. This mainly depends on the...more
"Science" publication:
Ants have been farming – for 66 million years [17.10.2024]
Humans are not the only ones who farm – ants have been practicing this art for much longer. They cultivate fungi. For more than 66 million years, as demonstrated by researchers with the support of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. This was made possible by gene sequencing, from which an evolutionary tree of the fungi could be generated. By combining this with the ants'...more
Invitation:
Public memorial service for Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert [17.10.2024]
Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert passed away on 1 October 2024 after a serious illness. The University of Hohenheim will commemorate its exceptional president on 8 November 2024 at 3 p.m. It cordially invites you to the public memorial service in the university’s Audimax and asks you to register by 31 October 2024 at https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/memorial-service.more
FEI Research Funding Summary:
University of Hohenheim at the forefront of food research [09.10.2024]
A university with cutting-edge food research: 38 of the 210 (sub-)projects funded by the Research Association of the German Food Industry (FEI) are located at the University of Hohenheim. This means first place in Germany with a total of 8.2 million euros in funding. The Technical Universities of Munich and Berlin took second and third place. The ranking can be found in the...more
Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert has passed away:
University of Hohenheim shocked by the death of its President [02.10.2024]
He was instrumental in shaping the University of Hohenheim and setting it on the road to success. Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert was voted the most popular university president in Baden-Württemberg seven times, and was even voted the most popular university president in Germany in 2016. In him, the University of Hohenheim has not only lost a levelheaded leader who worked to...more