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Sharing Economy – "Germany shares"

08. March 2013 Is Germany on its way to a new Consumer Culture? Lüneburg.  This year’s CeBIT, the world’s largest convention dedicated to the digital economy has made the current trend in sharing goods and services via the Internet, the... [more]

Conference Week: Hot on the Trail of Change

05. March 2013 How does social change function and what can the actively engaged individual bring to the process?—this is what 1,800 students investigated during their first academic conference.  Under the banner, “Awakening, Upheaval,... [more]

Wild pollinators increase crop fruit set

01. March 2013 A recent study, published in Science, highlights the importance of the interaction between wild pollinators and production of animal-pollinated crops. An international research team of 50 authors led by Alexandra Maria Klein... [more]

Leuphana wins ZEIT-WISSEN Sustainability Prize

22. February 2013 On February 21st Leuphana University of Lüneburg was given the “ZEIT-Wissen Encouraging Sustainability Prize” in Hamburg.  By granting this prize, ZEIT-Wissen and the Initiative “Encouraging Sustainability” recognized the... [more]

Research on Digital Media to Expand

06. February 2013 Volkswagen Foundation’s Advisory Council and the State of Lower Saxony select Leuphana’s project for fundingIn the past year, thirteen project proposals from all over Lower Saxony were submitted to the Volkswagen Foundation’s... [more]

The effectiveness of Honey Bees at Pollinating

05. February 2013 Honey bees are more effective at pollinating almonds when other species of bees are present, says an international research team in ground-breaking research just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. Read more [more]

Leuphana “Digital School“ launches in 91 countries

22. January 2013 Students from all over the world design models for life in the city – credit points against degree earned – architect Daniel Libeskind leads pilot course Leuphana University’s Digital School has entered into the age of... [more]

Success in the Competition for Entrepreneurial Culture

10. January 2013 1.2 million in funding for three years—further development of entrepreneurial culture [more]

[Translate to Englisch:] Leuphana weiter im Aufwärtstrend

05. February 2013 [Translate to Englisch:] Lüneburg. Die dynamische Entwicklung der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg setzt sich fort. Das zeigt sich unter anderem an der weiter gestiegenen Zahl der Studierenden. Im laufenden Wintersemester sind 8.000... [more]

Explainity is FounderChampion 2012

31. October 2012 Lüneburg. Explanatory videos are in demand. The Lüneburg firm, Explainity, a spin-off from Leuphana University Lüneburg’s Innovation Incubator has received a “FounderChampion” award for its work in this field. Last week,... [more]