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Dr. Krisztina Kovács of the Hungarian Szeged University is spending the winter term teaching and researching at the Institut für Grundschulforschung. Her stay is being funded by the DAAD’s programme for funding foreign guest lecturers (Förderung ausländischer Gastdozenten zu Lehrtätigkeiten an deutschen Hochschulen), which Dr. Günter Renner of the institute has successfully applied for.

The Division "Public Health and Physical Activity" of the Department of Sport Science and Sport has received two grants for the projects „Bewegung als Investition in Gesundheit – BIG“ (Physical Activity as an Investment in Health) and „Gehen, Spielen und Tanzen als lebenslange Tätigkeiten – GESTALT“ (Walking, Playing and Dancing as Lifelong Activities).

From now until 14 March 2021, female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology can apply for the next round of the FAU Mentoring Proramme ARIADNEphil. The 18-months programme starts in June 2021.

Six new professorships as part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria

As 2020 comes to an end, the Dean's Office sends the best wishes to you and yours: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for your support throughout this year with all its challenges. The Dean's Office is closed from 24 December 2020 to and including 6 January 2021.

The Institute for Psychogerontology is launching a new project to strengthen the social participation of older people, receiving a grant of 395,000 euros from the Theo and Friedl Schöller Foundation. The project will start on 1 January 2021. Many older people suffer from social isolation or lonel...

The Institute of Pre- and Early History (Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, UFG) has expanded its Virtual Collection: From now on, visitors can not only visit one room, but are guided into the various showrooms from a new entrance room. The highlight is the new rooftop lounge: a virtual lift takes...

Just before the first Advent rolls around, the two Christian university congregations KHG and ESG are launching their ecumenical Christmas tree campaign. From 25 November, Christmas trees decorated with colourful ‘wish cards’ will be waiting on campus in the Regensburger Straße between the seminar and auditorium buildings, as well as at other FAU locations in Nuremberg.

To all postdocs at FAU: Don´t miss the next Brown Bag Break @FAU – networking for „hungry“ postdocs! When? Friday, 18 December 2020, 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. Where? Zoom   This time, the Brown Bag Break@FAU will focus on a rather exciting but also somewhat controversial topic: Failure in ...

At the start of the new semester, the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology would like to welcome all new colleagues and wish them a successful start! Prof. Dr. Ursula Roth is briefly introduced here as the new professor: Prof. Dr. Ursula Roth has held the Chair of Practical Theology ...