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News from LMU
Keeping the memory alive
How to talk about the horror? An interview about the culture of remembrance and the role of first-hand witnesses of the Holocaust.
Deep-sea biodiversity off New Zealand higher than assumed
During a research cruise a team led by LMU geobiologist Gert Wörheide discovered six new species of glass sponge.
Research project: Can artificial intelligence improve medical diagnostics?
What must AI-based systems look like so that medical personnel can and want to trust them?
Extreme droughts in Europe
LMU geographers have modeled precipitation trends, and identified areas in which severe droughts are likely to become more frequent.
A specific subset of immune cells mitigates kidney damage 14 Sep 2021
A team led by LMU biologist Barbara Schraml has shown that a specific subtype of immune cells protects the kidney from damage by toxins.
THE Ranking: LMU best placed of the German universities
In the World University Rankings 2022 LMU is once again the highest ranked university in Germany.
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Excellent student research: Calculating the course of climate change
How great a threat do deforestation and global warming pose to the Amazonian rainforest? This is the topic of Gergana Gyuleva’s Bachelor thesis, which has received an award for excellent student research.
Prizes for innovative teaching and student research projects
The "Tag für gute Lehre" is the day when the winners of awards for the best student research projects and innovative teaching are announced.
Digital learning: Be proactive, ask questions
On the added value of digital media, or why listening to lectures is not enough: An interview with educational psychologist Frank Fischer.
Events at LMU
30 September 2021 | Sustainable Energy Use in Mobility
This panel discussion is part of the lecture series "Energy of the Future" (Center for Advanced Studies & excellence cluster e-conversion)
Ongoing student exhibition: "Enlaced and Interwoven"
Clothing and adornment from various eras and regions of Latin America at Munich's Museum Fünf Kontinente
Until 31 December 2021 | Exhibition project "featuring:_"
"featuring:_" is the graduation exhibition created by students of the bachelor’s degree program in Art and Multimedia.
INSIGHTS. Magazine
Living in the face of doom
“The society was constantly in motion": Ancient historian Martin Zimmermann on the spirit of optimism and sense of crisis in the Greek polis
“It’s a nightmare of disinformation”
Modern technology is revolutionizing the ways in which pictures and videos can be faked. The consequences can be serious, warns communication scholar Viorela Dan.
Molecular gastronomy
Origin of life: What was the recipe for the "Ursuppe"? LMU scientists Thomas Carell, Oliver Trapp and Dieter Braun discuss the early steps in the evolution of life some four billion years ago.
