Monat: Februar 2016

Dr. Josefina Rodríguez Arribas has been a member of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at FAU (October 2014 - September 2015). Her most recent research at the Consortium "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at FAU concerns the textual and material evidence about the practice of divination among Jews in the Middle Ages.

The number of students participating in the FAU survey has increased by around one third. According to the initial results, over 70 percent stated that they were rather satisfied or very satisfied with their degree programme.

Together with Schaeffler, FAU’s Chair of Engineering Design has developed a unique rolling bearing spin test stand in order to investigate the behaviour of the bearings’ material and design more closely.

Additive manufacturing is probably the most significant technology for Germany as a production location. A centre of this technological revolution is located in Fürth: the Application Center VerTec.

The newly renovated cafeteria on Langemarckplatz in Erlangen has already welcomed its first guests: Simon Bauch and Aaron Döhler. The two Master’s students are impressed with the choices on offer and recommend the pizza.

Scents can bring back memories. Find out how medical researchers use this to their advantage in an article from our friedrich, our research magazine.

The university library of FAU is lending a large oil painting as well as a drawing and prints of the artist Cäcilie Graf-Pfaff to four museums of modern art in Japan.

The ambivalent history of the ‘Holy Alliance’ of 1815, a coalition formed by European monarchs with the aim of ruling their countries according to common ‘Christian principles’, is the topic of the ‘Holy Alliance’ conference.

FAU researchers have compared high intensity training and whole-body electromyostimulation in a study. The results show that both methods achieve the desired results.

International students from Ukraine, Vietnam, China and Argentina compare their home country to their new home in Erlangen-Nürnberg. This article on the student blog meineFAU offers some interesting insights.