Press Releases

The presented list of press releases in English is only a selection of our German press texts. For the time being, these translated press releases focus primarily on science and research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Award for the Germersheim Friday Conference concept

Project of Faculty 06 receives the Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Awards for five lecturers and two teaching projects at Mainz University

Authoring tool for virtual physics lessons and the Friday Conference for practicing interpreting under conference conditions come out tops in the state Excellence Competition ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Authoring tool project for developing a web-based virtual physics laboratory wins state prize

Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science of Mainz University receives the Rhineland-Palatinate Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching ...

21.04.2008: Generous private donation for the Botanic Garden at Mainz University

Elisabeth Gateff supports the planned Green School with EUR 50,000 ...

13.03.2008: The German Donors’ Association honors Mainz University for its outstanding quality management concept

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz qualifies as a pilot university in the Quality Management in Institutions of Higher Education program / Funding of EUR 300,000 approved ...

20.12.2007: How atoms change places

Physicists from the University of Mainz simulate quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms ...

19.12.2007: German Research Foundation approves Research Training Group on Transnational Social Support at the Institute of Education at Mainz University

Research training group looks at increasingly important cross-border social support structures ...

03.04.2007: Administrative building dating to the 14th century BC excavated in Haft Tappeh in Iran

Ancient Near Eastern Studies researchers from Mainz University are undertaking a large scale survey of the ancient Elamite city of Kabnak ...

15.03.2007: Germany-wide unique dual Bachelor’s degree program in Archaeological Restoration starts in Mainz

Cooperation of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Roman-Germanic Central Museum ...

27.02.2007: Early Europeans were not able to digest milk

New palaeogenetic study based in Mainz and London sees development of lactase persistence as the result of a natural selection process ...

01.02.2006: Successful generation of ultracold neutrons

TRIGA research reactor at Mainz University takes leading position worldwide ...

15.12.2005: Fragments of clay tablets found during archaeological excavations on the ancient Haft Tappeh site

Second archaeological excavation campaign in Haft Tappeh in southwestern Iran ...

15.04.2005: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is involved in archaeological projects in ancient Haft Tappeh in Iran

Iran has opened up access to Mainz University for the purposes of archaeological research ...