University President Lutz Kipp hopes you enjoy reading unizeit.

Continental Europe looks with gloating joy across the Channel amidst increasing signs of economic problems. But Brexit doesn’t only affect the population of Great Britain.

The Kiel geographer Natascha Oppelt took part in a Polarstern expedition to the Arctic, to gather size, depth and optical data of melt ponds. The aim is to gather such data, which is important for climate modelling, by means of remote sensing in the future.

What are the concrete consequences of climate change for cities like Kiel? And how can damage be averted? A project of the Department of Geography Didactics at the University of Kiel is developing an educational module for climate adaptation in urban areas.

An international expedition has pulled drill cores from the seabed of the Gulf of Corinth. Two young female scientists from the CAU are participating in the evaluation. They are being offered insights into the climate and landscape history of the region.

Fish farming has a long tradition in the form of carp and trout ponds. And it has a future. An interdisciplinary working group in the Cluster of Excellence »The Future Ocean« is pursuing the optimisation of marine aquaculture in terms of sustainability.

The clean room at the Competence Center Nanosystem Technology not only provides high-tech facilities for nano research in Kiel. It also enables companies to test new materials - for example for micro-speakers.

New magnetic resonance techniques make it possible to observe biochemical processes in the body from the outside. The Inflammation Research Excellence Cluster wants to use this innovative approach to study the metabolism of intestinal bacteria.

Born in East Holstein, she held the chair at the Institute for European Ethnology at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel for almost 24 years. Now Professor Silke Göttsch-Elten is retiring. No reason to stop research.

Were the roles of men and women already determined back in the Stone Age? No doubt about it – at least for the archaeologists of the 19th century. And for a long time, this shaped our perspective of the way our ancestors lived.

For the third year in a row, Kiel University has managed to keep electricity consumption at a low level and has been using pure green electricity since January 2018.

Every smallest molecule - no matter how tiny it is - split into all its constituent parts: nowadays this is possible, thanks to modern analysis methods. This technology is particularly useful for doping investigators in professional sports, in order to search for banned substances.

Sensors for medical technology

Energy balance and metabolism

Energy metabolism in the brain

Eyes as windows to mind and brain

Kidney and fluid balance

For what feels like a small eternity, he has been the likeable face of Kiel's university sport. That has also to do with passion. Bernd Lange, Managing Director of the Sports Centre at Kiel University, is convinced that he has one of the most beautiful workplaces ever.

The Collection of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy at Kiel University spans the arc from historical exhibits to current research - from the pharmacy toolbox to modern microbiome research.

People who study pharmacy often work in a pharmacy later on. And in up to 20 percent of the cases also in science and research. Kiel University offers a special course of study for this target group.

Like Danish, North Frisian is a minority language in Schleswig-Holstein. It is spoken in eight different dialects by around 8,000 people in North Frisia. The regional language in all its variations is researched and documented at Kiel University.

The joint study project "Image and Language - Language and Image" of Art Education, German Studies and Art History at the University of Kiel in the winter semester promoted the dialogue between the disciplines and created new perspectives.

Humour is well received - even in advertising. Professor Stefan Hoffmann has investigated how sales can be increased through emotions and what cultural differences there are in this respect.

Bettina Frommann knows how to loosen up sports lessons in a playful way to increase motivation. The lecturer at the Institute of Sports Science publishes books and CDs with exercises and practical tips for students and teachers.