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Animal teamwork: birds, bees and bats working together means more macadamia nuts [06.11.2024]
The interaction of bees, bats and birds has a decisive influence on the quantity and quality of macadamia nuts. This is the conclusion reached by an international research team led by the universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim. The effectiveness of animal ecosystem services - pollination and biological pest control- also depends on the altitude of the area and whether it...more
New Centre of Excellence:
DAAD funds agricultural and nutritional research with South Africa [23.10.2024]
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is supporting the establishment of a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science in South Africa. The University of Hohenheim as well as three South African and one Malawian partner university are involved in the project. Funding totalling almost 6.5 million euros...more
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
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
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