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Combating the climate crisis:
Plantations bind CO2 and bring rain to the desert [04.09.2019]
Large-scale plantations in desert regions offer several advantages. Firstly, plants bind carbon dioxide and thus help to store carbon. Secondly, large plantations can lower the mean temperature and trigger precipitation in arid regions. This special bio-geoengineering method is particularly relevant to the climate crisis, as the plantations can thus counteract water scarcity...more
Contract Signed:
European universities join forces to create a new generation of experts [03.07.2019]
JOINT PRESS RELEASE from the Universities of Hohenheim, Bologna, and Eastern Finland, AgroParisTech, BOKU Vienna, and Wageningen University and Research Centre In a bid to educate a new generation of experts, six European universities combine their strengths. The official start of the cooperation was the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels. Under...more
Agricultural Research and Food Sciences:
University of Hohenheim Remains Germany’s #1 [24.06.2019]
At the top for the sixth time in a row: The National Taiwan University (NTU) ranking once again confirms that the University of Hohenheim has the highest level of agricultural and food science research in Germany. Last Monday, the NTU Subject Ranking for 2019 was published. Throughout Europe, the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart is ranked 6th and in the worldwide...more
Research-based learning:
Innovative teaching needs freedom, equipment, and more staff [07.06.2019]
Students should be actively involved in research from the very beginning, instead of just reproducing memorized knowledge: This is the central postulate of the international conference "focus Undergraduate Research Experiences (focusURE)," which is taking place today at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. Students, universities, employers, and society would benefit...more
Privacy online:
Conference discusses state of the art and need for action [29.04.2019]
With the use of the Internet, social media and smartphones, privacy is no longer an individual matter, but must be negotiated at the social level - this is the credo of Prof. Dr. Sabine Trepte, media psychologist at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. And this has consequences: for democracy, IT security and personal development. On 16 and 17 May 2019, experts will...more