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JMU is in the running for the title of "University of Excellence". Students can find out what this means for studying and the campus directly from the university management at two information stands at the beginning of February.

Run regularly as a team over the next weeks: this is the task in the new Challenge by "Gesunde Hochschule". Registration is now open. Attractive prizes await those who decide quickly and those who are particularly active.

There will be an information event on 5 February for humanities students who want to do a doctorate or have recently started one. Registration deadline: 29 January.

The Office of the University Women's Representative has announced two scholarship programmes. Interested female researchers and students can apply until 31 March 2026.

The Martin von Wagner Museum at the University of Würzburg is constantly expanding its digital and interactive offering. The latest example is the new Heracles Game, which interested visitors can now try out on a touch table.

On 5 February 2026, sociologist, organisational consultant and author Stefan Kühl will be a guest at the Faculty of Law at the University of Würzburg. He will be speaking on the topic of "Bürokratie – Eckpunkte einer (rechts-) soziologischen Theorie".

The vbw Foundation has honoured the CampusGarten at the University of Würzburg with its sponsorship award. Those responsible want to use the prize money of 8,000 euros to improve accessibility.

The cancer gene MYC camouflages tumours by suppressing alarm signals that normally activate the immune system. This finding from a new study offers a promising way to improve existing cancer therapies as well as develop new ones.

According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats. Surprisingly, fields and settlements often offer more diversity than grassland.

Gandhi, Putin, Trump: when people become messianic figures, similar mechanisms are always at work. The new Käte Hamburger International Centre at the University of Würzburg aims to uncover them.

A team from the Würzburg Institute of Experimental Biomedicine I and the Rudolf Virchow Center (RVZ) has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology with a study published in the journal Science.

The HELIA robot dog is being trained to communicate verbally with staff at the University Dermatological Clinic. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space is providing 1.8 million euros for the project.

Gabriele Hierlmeier, Junior Professor of Chemistry at the University of Würzburg, has been awarded one million euros to set up an Emmy Noether Group. She wants to open up new fields of application for titanium catalysts.

How does cobalt mining influence settlement movements in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? What are the risks for the population and the environment? A research team from the University of Würzburg is looking for answers.