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Discover and Enjoy the University:
The University of Hohenheim invites the curious and merry to the Dies Academicus and Open Day. [01.07.2013]
A beautiful summer party in front of the baroque palace, along with exciting, real-life science, lots to enjoy and cultural events... a programme including 95 points at 26 stations at the University of Hohenheim. On 6th July, everyone is invited to the most beautiful campus in the State of Baden-Württemberg in order to discover science and research and just enjoy. For...more
Biodiversity Day at Germany's Most Biodiverse Campus
[11.06.2013]
Everybody who loves nature and would enjoy experiencing the diversity of species at our doorstep is welcome. Biodiversity Day is about finding as many plant and animal species within a self-selected area over the course of 24 hours. The target: to tally 1,000 species on the university campus with the help of zoologists, botanists and landscape ecologists of the University of...more
10-year Jubilee:
Life Science Fair of the University of Hohenheim Offers Career Start [07.06.2013]
For two days, companies and students, as well as soon-to-be graduates will be showing their best side. To this end, Hohenheim Palace will be transformed into a gigantic networking platform with information booths and lively conversation about careers, career paths, internships and thesis work. For the University of Hohenheim the Life Science fair is a success story that...more
Pipes, snuff and medicinal remedies:
Exhibition illustrates the past and future of tobacco [31.05.2013]
Formerly often used as a cure-all, discovered by native Americans, snorted, smoked, chewed, cultivated - and even applied in modern genetic engineering. The exhibition "Tobacco, a warm but sadly abused by us plant" at the Museum of History of the University of Hohenheim explores the checkered history of the cure-all agent and its current usage. The museum is located in the...more
Fish in Orbit:
Researcher explores why travellers often feel queasy [16.04.2013]
Between 10 to 15% of travellers are effected by motion sickness: in cars, busses, trains, and on board ships and planes, sometimes leading to spells of vomiting. Since fish also suffer from motion sickness, a biologist from the University of Hohenheim plans to send 40 fish of the species cichloid into space, more specifically to the Russian space station Baikonur on 19th April...more