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Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Please note: Some of the University of Erfurt’s learning and support services have altered opening hours or are closed during the lecture-free period.

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HeatFuture Lab: How will heat change our everyday lives, our health and the medicine of the future?

What will a hot summer feel like in the future? And how can cities, healthcare and we ourselves cope better with heat? Questions like these are the focus of the HeatFuture Lab Thuringia, which the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the…

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Conversation Café: A chat over coffee. The past and present of people with disabilities

The "Differenz – Transformation – Zusammenhalt"(DiTZu) project, based at the Department of History at the University of Erfurt, is hosting a discussion café on Friday 16 October. Entitled “Schnack am Kaffeetisch”, the event will take place from 4 pm…

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The barrier-free entrance to C18 building temporarily out of use

The University of Erfurt’s Facilities Management team has announced that repair work will be carried out in September on the external ramp leading to the barrier-free entrance to C18 building.

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Heatwave warnings in Europe: Research team calls for better evaluation of the effectiveness of health campaigns

Extreme heat is becoming an ever-greater threat to public health in Europe – the continent is warming at almost twice the global average rate. An international research team led by the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the University of…

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Franz Emanuel Weinert Prize for Professor Cornelia Betsch

Cornelia Betsch, Professor of Health Communication and Director of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the University of Erfurt, is to be honoured with the Franz-Emanuel-Weinert Prize by the German Psychological Society (DGPs). In doing…

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New project by the One Health Platform investigates the growing risks posed by mosquitoes

Rising temperatures, urbanisation and artificial light at night are altering the living conditions of mosquitoes in Europe – with potential consequences for the spread of pathogens such as the West Nile virus. A new network project by the One Health…

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New study on climate action published

A new study by a research team from the University of Erfurt shows: The widespread assumption that people underestimate how strongly others support climate protection falls short of the mark. Instead, people sometimes even overestimate how many…

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