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Presseinformation Nr. 76 vom 7. Juli 2011

Presseinformation Nr. 75 vom 5. Juli 2011

Terrorism Researcher Dr. Thomas Rid from Konstanz on Al-Qaeda's Crisis and the Weaknesses of its Web-Based Organisational Structure

The global Jihad has frayed and is massively losing support in the Islamic world. The legitimacy of radical Islamism has long been falling in the eyes of the moderate Muslim societies and the fringes of the militant movement is fraying at the edges," explains the expert on political violence," Dr. Thomas Rid on the occasion of the killing of Osama bin Laden and the…

Above average results at the University of Konstanz over four years in series

Just under eight out of ten students at the University of Konstanz, 77.1%, like studying at their university. Consequently, the overall satisfaction level is well above the German average of 69.9%. The satisfaction levels for the academic quality of the courses is also higher than the national level (78,9% vis-a-vis 72,2%) as are the satisfaction levels for the number of participants in the courses (55.6% vis-à-vis…

"SolarWinS" funded with just under 1.2 million Euros

On 1 February 2011, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) approved the national collaborative project "SolarWinS" (Solar Research Cluster to determine the maximum efficiency levels of polycrystalline silicon) in which the University of Konstanz is participating with a major sub-project.

This collaboration with SolarWinS aims to determine the maximum efficiency level of polycrystalline silicon…

The University Library at Konstanz celebrates 10 years of 24/7 service despite its partial closure

After opening on 2 April 2001, the Library at the University of Konstanz has also been open at night and during the day including Sundays for 10 years now. The Library University at Konstanz became the first university to make its stocks and workplaces available day and night. Since then, the library was only closed to the public at night and during the weekend. This unique service opened up…

27. Tag der Mathematik an der Universität Konstanz

Am Samstag, 26. März 2011, findet an der Universität Konstanz zum 27. Mal der Tag der Mathematik statt, der bereits fester Bestandteil des Universitätskalenders ist. Seit 1985 führt der Fachbereich Mathematik und Statistik jährlich einen "Tag der Mathematik" für Schülerinnen und Schüler der zwölften Schulklassen durch. Nach bewährter Tradition findet an diesem Tag ein internationales Kräftemessen von Schülerinnen und Schülern aus der Schweiz,…

The Rector of the University of Konstanz received one of the highest French honours with the "Ordre des Palmes Académiques"

Prof. Dr.
Ulrich Rüdiger

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger has received one of the highest and oldest honours that the French State has to bestow. The Rector of the University of Konstanz was conferred the title of "Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques" by the French Education Minister Luc Chatel. He receives the medal in recognition of his "extraordinary services to…

The Universities of Konstanz and Barcelona are organising a German-Spanish Conference on Self-Governing Processes in the genesis of norms in globalisation

The gray areas of legal standardisation, when the borders between the state's sovereignty and a self-regulating society become unclear, are the topic of the Konstanz Conference on "Self-Regulation as an avoidance strategy of the law with uncertainty in globalisation, on 5 and 6 May 2011. The conference is a collaborative project between the…