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In the 30-page Sustainability Report 2025, the University of Würzburg provides information on the status of implementation of its sustainability strategy. The report is now available online.

Structural changes have characterised the Hubland campus for years and will continue to do so for some time to come. For those who would like to see for themselves, the university is offering an informative campus walk on 8 May.

COVID-19 vaccination protection remains intact despite targeted interventions in the immune system, as with asthma therapy. This is shown by a study conducted by the University Hospitals of Würzburg and Heidelberg.

The new EU Inc. regulations are intended to make it easier for companies to expand in Europe. Members of the Würzburg Faculty of Law have contributed to this.

JMU alumna Gabriele Leibbrand reports on how she has integrated counselling, competitive sport and civic engagement into a coherent whole in her life.

Dr. Vishnu Krishnan shines light on nanocrystals to investigate their optical properties. Currently he is a Humboldt fellow at the Chair of Physical Chemistry I at the University of Würzburg.

Quantum repeaters are at the heart of a new research project involving a team from the University of Würzburg. The collaborative project is researching technologies and demonstrators for these building blocks of large-scale quantum networks.

Rising temperatures are threatening dung beetle populations in the Amazon. The example shows a trend that could bring many insect species there to their heat threshold. Researchers from Würzburg and Bremen conducted the study.

Boehringer Ingelheim and the Lower Franconian company EMFRET Analytics want to advance an active substance for the treatment of strokes. Its roots lie in the Würzburg University Medicine.

As a hotspot of climate change, Würzburg faces particular challenges. Countermeasures are made more difficult by a lack of planning tools. A multidisciplinary project is working on a digital solution.

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have successfully transferred the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light–matter system using targeted material design.

Eva Östreicher deals with personnel matters in Department 4.4 at the University of Würzburg. In her spare time, she is an active sports shooter - most recently successfully competing in the European Compressed Air Championships in Armenia.

Highly renowned guest at the University of Würzburg: Chemistry professor Makoto Fujita from Tokyo joins Professor Frank Würthner's team as a Humboldt Research Award winner.

A unique experiment tracks the evolution of plants in response to climate change - and defines the limits of adaptability. Researchers from the University of Würzburg are also involved.