What does “good teaching” look like at the MLU? What kind of goals and strategies are there? To answer these questions, the university drew up its first ever mission statement for good teaching in 2024. This topic was also picked up by a Teaching Day and a discussion with students. In this interview, the Prorector for Studies and Teaching, Professor Pablo Pirnay-Dummer, dives further into these issues. Read more
At MLU, 2024 was marked by major successes when it came to acquiring third-party funding for research, but also by the process revolving around the University Development Plan. In this interview, Rector Professor Claudia Becker looks back and talks about how she sees the university positioned for the future. Read more
The university wants to help new staff and faculty members from all over the world settle in better. Being new to Halle, they often lack social networks. The “Newcomers Club”, a programme that once existed and is now being revived, is set to change this. Assistant Professor Michael Böttcher is committed to revitalising the programme – and the first club meet-up has already been scheduled. “campus halensis” spoke to him about the programme. Read more
Dr Christophe Losfeld is not only an adjunct professor of Romance language didactics at MLU, he also has a special connection to schools, teaching at Latina August Hermann Francke, a state grammar school in Halle. Read more
A new atlas is the first to show how the university is fairing in terms of scientific work on sustainability issues. It has been created under the leadership of the Rectorate's Sustainability Officer Professor Michael Stipp and the Sustainability Office with Frederik Bub. Read more
People used to write down what moved them, in books, letters and other texts. But how do you show their thoughts and feelings in an exhibition? Students of literary scholar Dr Christiane Holm have devoted themselves to this question – and in doing so revived the Klopstockhaus in Quedlinburg. Read more
The University's Charles Tanford Protein Centre will take its protein research to a new level. Here around 255 employees will work together in the future on questions relating to the building blocks of life. Read more
Prof Georg Theunissen holds the only chair of pedagogy for autism in the German-speaking world. He is committed to an innovative scientific approach to the topic in Germany. Autistic people in Germany are still discriminated against and excluded rather than respected and included. This is not only due to widespread ignorance, but also to the fact that the perspectives of those affected are not as much in the foreground as in the USA, Canada or Australia. Read more
From a vineyard to a technology park: The Weinberg Campus unites the natural sciences of the University of Halle in one location. It is also home to the University Hospital and many renowned non-university research institutions. Numerous successful companies have also settled in the technology and founders’ centres. This year the campus is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Several image galleries provide an impression of the innovation location and its central buildings. Read more
