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New Rector elected

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The Cantonal Government has elected Virginia Richter as the new Rector of the University of Bern. She will succeed Christian Leumann as of August 1st, 2024. The full professor of English Literature has been a member of the University's Executive Board as Vice-Rector for Development since 2021.

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Health and medicine

A potential milestone in cancer therapy

An international research team led by researchers from Bern has identified a previously unknown weakness in prostate cancer cells. This could lead to the development of completely new therapeutic approaches for other types of cancer.

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Sustainability

Search for the largest hailstone

To mark its 10th anniversary, the Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks at the University of Bern is holding a competition on hail. Photos of large hailstones are being sought.

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Intercultural knowledge

„I Saw Hitler!“

Dorothy Thompson met Adolf Hitler for an interview in 1931. Her book "I Saw Hitler!", that was published the next year, outlines a theory of populism that is still relevant today. The first German translation, published by Oliver Lubrich, will soon be available.

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Studies

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Examination period

Learning together at the university.

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Studying and reading strategies

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Research

Priority Topics

Space Telescope

Elusive planets play “hide and seek” with CHEOPS

With the help of the CHEOPS space telescope an international team of European astronomers managed to clearly identify the existence of four new exoplanets.

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International networks

"Realizing projects that otherwise wouldn't be feasible".

PAGES is the most important international network for the study of past climate. Martin Grosjean, the co-chair, on the underestimated importance of these global research networks, of which the University of Bern hosts several.

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Sport Science

In search of the professionals' secret

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University

Funds for researchers with care obligations

The 120% Care Grant allows early career researchers with caring responsibilities to temporarily reduce their employment level and hire a support person with overlapping employment hours. The next application deadline is June 1, 2023.

Promotion of research

People

“It would be dangerous to let digitalization happen to us”

Malte Elson holds the new professorship "Psychology of Digitalization. In this interview, he explains why this discipline is useful, why he considers digital self-determination to be a “political fad” and why media literacy is a key competence of the twenty-first century.

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She turned the space explorer into a detective

Tatiana Keller (Drozhzhova) is a particle physicist with a PhD and a filmmaker. As a member of astrophysicist Nicolas Thomas’ research group, she came up with the idea of making a short film series about CaSSIS, the Mars camera developed in Bern.

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Sustainability

She makes dripstones talk

Franziska Lechleitner climbs into caves and examines dripstones to unravel climatic changes of the past. Those, for example, that may have contributed to the demise of the Mayan civilization 1100 years ago.

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University and studies

The health effects of extreme humid heat

Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera is one of eight researchers at the University of Bern to receive a coveted Starting Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. With her project, she wants to investigate the health effects of extreme humid heat.

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University and studies

SNSF Starting Grant: Studying Species Coexistence

Eight researchers from the University of Bern received coveted Starting Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, which allow them to lead their own research project and team. Among them is sociologist Annekatrin Steinhoff

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Between the tartan track and the lecture hall

Angelica Moser is one of the best pole vaulters in the world. At the same time, she is studying for a master's degree in business administration at the University of Bern. The high-flyer believes that her studies are the perfect complement to her daily training and competition routine.

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Intercultural Knowledge

“Not conforming to the norm is also an act of self-love”

Social anthropologist Serena Owusua Dankwa studied the life stories of women in Ghana who love women. To do so, she left Western notions of sexual identity and the LGBTQ scene behind.

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This is Bern

Learn more

The University of Bern is closely associated with the Swiss capital city of Bern. Academic excellence has earned Bern an international reputation. A large variety of education, sport and cultural opportunities as well as high living and environmental standards make Bern an attractive place for undergraduates, researchers and doctoral students.

International exchange opportunities

The University of Bern has over 300 partner universities all over the world. Find out from two of our students why they loved studying abroad.

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"Teaching Lunch" on June 22, 2023

At the inter-faculty teaching lunch, lecturers can exchange ideas with other university members about good teaching, network and benefit from best practices in teaching. Get an insight into the faculties of the university (this time the Vetsuisse Faculty invites) and discuss current teaching topics at the lunch. The event is free of charge, registration deadline is June 14.

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War in Ukraine

Information and support

The University of Bern strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supports Ukrainian students and researchers.

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Measures regarding energy supply

Update 17.04.2023: The Cantonal Government decided to suspend the mission of the Special Task Force Energy Shortage as of April 30, 2023. As before, the University of Bern recommends all employees and students to implement energy-saving measures of all kinds in their professional and private environment.

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