International Press Releases
Through press releases, Freie Universität Berlin informs journalists about current events within the university. This could include new degree programs, international cooperation, the conferral of an honorary doctorate, newly approved collaborative research centers, or outstanding research results.
The list of international press releases comprises a subset of those published in German. You may subscribe to our German press releases. The English press releases are available as RSS feed.
Current Press Releases in English
October 2024
- № 206 from Oct 17, 2024Statement by Freie Universität Berlin Regarding the Attempted Occupation of the Präsidium Building on Campus
- № 203 from Oct 15, 2024Science and InjusticeOfficial opening of the Ihnestraße Memorial – a new permanent exhibition at Freie Universität Berlin – to commemorate historical site of eugenics institute
- № 202 from Oct 14, 2024Frank Noé Named American Physical Society FellowFreie Universität professor and Microsoft research partner honored for work in machine learning for the physical sciences
- № 201 from Oct 11, 2024Freie Universität Berlin Receives IIE-SRF Beacon Award 2024The university is being recognized for its dedication to supporting scholars at risk
- № 198 from Oct 10, 2024Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025: Freie Universität Berlin Ranked Number 104 WorldwideFreie Universität among top nine universities in Germany
- № 195 from Oct 09, 2024“Moving (in) Constellations”The annual conference of the Collaborative Research Center “Intervening Arts” will be held on October 18 and 19, 2024 at Freie Universität and HKW Berlin and enriched with site-specific performances at multiple locations across the city
- № 194 from Oct 09, 2024Choreographer Saar Magal Appointed Valeska Gert Visiting Professor for the 2024–2025 Winter SemesterMagal will carry out her research project “Sacrilege” at Freie Universität Berlin
- № 189 from Oct 04, 2024Unlocking the Secrets of Visual NavigationStudy by researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and the University of California, Santa Barbara published in “Nature” delivers new insights into how fruit flies process visual information and use it to navigate the world around them
- № 187 from Oct 02, 2024Freie Universität Berlin Relaunches “1914-1918-online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War”Platform offers insights into current research on the First World War, including over 1,600 articles and more than 3,700 illustrations
- № 185 from Oct 01, 2024“75 Years of the Basic Law: Is Our Federal System Still Fit for Purpose?”Academic conference to be held on October 8, 2024, at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
September 2024
- № 179 from Sep 23, 2024Heavy Metal Pollution, Herbicide, Microplastics: Anthropogenic Factors in Soil Ecosystems Have Greater Impact the More Dissimilar and Numerous They AreResearchers from Freie Universität Berlin examine the effects of multiple, co-acting global change factors on soil biota and functions in new “Nature Communications” study
- № 177 from Sep 20, 2024Gender Gap in Ecology ResearchNew study shows that women overcontribute to scientific publications in the field of ecology
- № 174 from Sep 17, 2024“Creating More Holiness” ConferenceThe Institute of Jewish Studies at Freie Universität Berlin is hosting an international online conference on religious books, scrolls, and other sacred objects
- № 171 from Sep 13, 2024Students from Across Europe Flock to Berlin for International CongressOne hundred students from the eleven member universities of the Una Europa alliance will be convening at Freie Universität Berlin from September 17 to 20, 2024
- № 170 from Sep 11, 2024Zuse Institute Berlin to Celebrate Its Fortieth AnniversaryCeremony to be held on September 13, 2024, with Berlin’s Senator for Higher Education and Research Ina Czyborra / ZIB works in close cooperation with researchers at Freie Universität Berlin / Event open to members of the press
- № 168 from Sep 10, 2024How the Butterfly Got Its PupaA research team of scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and Princeton University provide insights into the origins of complete metamorphosis in insects
- № 167 from Sep 06, 2024Europe’s Largest Planetary Science Conference to Take Place in BerlinPlanetary scientists will be convening at Freie Universität Berlin’s Henry Ford Building for the 2024 Europlanet Science Congress in the second week of September
- № 164 from Sep 05, 2024ERC Starting Grant for Researcher Dr. Christoph SanderHistorian to receive almost 1.5 million euros in funding from the European Research Council for research project at Freie Universität Berlin
- № 163 from Sep 04, 2024#LastSeen Image Atlas Nominated for Grimme Online Award 2024Research project at Freie Universität Berlin documenting historic photographs of deportations in Nazi Germany nominated for prestigious online award
- № 160 from Sep 02, 2024American Author Mark Haber Appointed Visiting Professor at Freie Universität BerlinWriter to hold Samuel Fischer Visiting Professorship at the Peter Szondi Institute during the 2024/2025 winter semester
August 2024
- № 159 from Aug 28, 2024Love is Blind?Study on fruit flies’ ability to reliably perceive threats during courtship carried out by researchers from Birmingham and Berlin published in “Nature”
- № 156 from Aug 21, 2024The Role of Emerging Elites in the Formation of Post-Roman Italian SocietyTogether with an international team of researchers, Freie Universität Berlin bioarchaeologist Sarah Defant is shedding light on how rural communities in northern Italy developed following the fall of the Roman Empire
- № 154 from Aug 08, 2024Successful Fasting Requires SpermidineThe protective effects of fasting depend on an increase in the concentration of spermidine, according to an international study involving a team led by Professor Stephan Sigrist from Freie Universität Berlin
July 2024
- № 152 from Jul 23, 2024Lethal Climate Destruction: Linguistics Researcher Makes the Case for Using Medical Language in Climate DiscourseA new study on climate communication has just been published in the journal “Frontiers in Climate”
- № 151 from Jul 22, 2024International Summer and Winter University FUBiS at Freie Universität Berlin Welcomes Its Largest Cohort in Seven YearsThe new term started with 346 students from 33 different countries
- № 150 from Jul 18, 2024Antibiotic Resistance Genes a Proposed Factor of Global ChangeInternational research team led by scientist from Freie Universität Berlin proposes that elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes be considered a new factor of global change
- № 146 from Jul 11, 2024German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil Meets with Indian Students at Freie Universität BerlinHeil and the students discussed how to attract skilled workers to Germany from abroad
- № 143 from Jul 09, 2024Freie Universität Berlin’s International Continuing Education Program Starts Its Next Round of CoursesCertificate courses through the FUB-ContinuEd program offered in fall 2024
- № 140 from Jul 03, 2024Does a Mixture of One Million Peptides Hold the Key to the Antibiotics of the Future?New approach to diminish antibiotic resistance developed by research team from Freie Universität Berlin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and ETH Zurich
June 2024
- № 134 from Jun 25, 2024Pride Month at Freie Universität Berlin: Flag Ceremony and Queer Histories ConferenceUniversity promotes tolerance, diversity, and taking a stand against queerphobia
- № 132 from Jun 24, 2024“Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitic? About the Weaponization of Antisemitism in Current Debates”Public lecture by political scientist and author Emilia Roig to be held at Freie Universität on July 5, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.
- № 130 from Jun 20, 2024Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024Freie Universität Berlin ranked top German university to excel in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- № 129 from Jun 19, 2024Understanding the State of Liberal Societies: Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS Releases Open-Access Dataset to the Public
- № 128 from Jun 18, 2024Statement Issued by Freie Universität Berlin Regarding Planned Protest Camp on Dahlem CampusProtest camp to take place on public property
- № 126 from Jun 13, 2024Theoretical Chemist Bettina Keller Awarded 910,800 Euros from the Volkswagen FoundationChemistry professor at Freie Universität Berlin receives grant to research chemical reactions in complex molecular systems
- № 125 from Jun 12, 2024Statement Issued by Freie Universität Berlin Regarding Antisemitic GraffitiUniversity management condemns use of Hamas symbolism and has filed charges
- № 123 from Jun 10, 2024Rebuilding UkraineResident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine Mr. Jaco Cilliers to speak at Freie Universität Berlin about Ukraine’s recovery in times of war
- № 120 from Jun 05, 2024QS World University Rankings 2025: Freie Universität Berlin Places Fourth among German UniversitiesUniversity ranks ninety-seventh in the world
- № 118 from Jun 04, 2024“Cooperative Learning and Using Complex Instruction in Heterogeneous Classrooms”Conference for teachers and school management staff to be held at Freie Universität Berlin from June 14‒16, 2024
- № 116 from Jun 03, 2024International Summer and Winter University FUBiS at Freie Universität Berlin Welcomes Students to the Lankwitz CampusThe new term started with 114 students from 17 countries
May 2024
- № 115 from May 31, 2024German Research Foundation (DFG) to Fund Collaborative Research Centers at Freie Universität BerlinThree Transregional Collaborative Research Centers (CRC/TRR) to receive funding
- № 114 from May 31, 2024Rhetoric between Old and New MediaInaugural event on June 18, 2024, for new center at Freie Universität Berlin that explores media practices with literary study methods
- № 111 from May 28, 2024Tirinkatar in Armenia in the Running for UNESCO World Heritage StatusPrehistoric site is currently being researched by archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin
- № 107 from May 16, 2024Pathoblockers, a Future Alternative to Antibiotics?Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin “defanging” bacteria, rendering them harmless
- № 106 from May 15, 2024Launch Event for Year of Biodiversity at Freie Universität Berlin on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the Botanic GardenScience picnic will kick off the university’s Year of Biodiversity, offering exclusive tours and the latest insights into biodiversity research / Free entry to the Botanic Garden from 12:00 noon
- № 105 from May 14, 2024The “MS Wissenschaft” Sets SailFloating science center featuring exhibit from Freie Universität can be visited in Berlin from May 15‒19
- May 07, 2024Statement Issued by Freie Universität Berlin on the Campus Occupation on May 7, 2024
April 2024
- № 091 from Apr 30, 2024Professor Benesh Joseph Receives Rise up! Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim FoundationExperimental physicist at Freie Universität Berlin awarded 600,000 euros from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
- № 085 from Apr 30, 2024Cluster of Excellence “Temporal Communities” to Hold Germany’s First Solo Exhibition of Argentine Artist Mirtha DermisacheThe “Mirtha Dermisache: To Be Read” exhibition will be hosted by A—Z, a space dedicated to experimental graphic design in Berlin, from June 7, 2024
- № 084 from Apr 25, 2024New Meta-Analysis Shows That Having a Dialect or Accent May Disadvantage Applicants in Recruitment ProcessesResearchers recommend the use of structured interviews to reduce potential biases