With the recent escalation of Israel’s war, Lebanon’s residents have reported receiving threatening phone calls and text messages asking them to evacuate the buildings they are in. These messages have been reaching a large number of residents in a semi-random manner, an occurrence which was observed in the 2024 war. These threats have caused widespread panic among residents due to the fear inflicted by Israel’s consistent targeting of residential areas.

© aau/MüllerImagine if everything suddenly changed tomorrow. If a single win turned your life completely upside down. Precisely this dream of a radical new beginning was the starting point for an international research project in which Angela Fabris has been collaborating with Norwegian, Dutch, German, British and American literary, historical and media scholars over the past four years. The result is the anthology ‘Lottery Fantasies, Follies, and Controversies’, which will be presented at the Utrecht University Centre for Early Modern Studies on Friday, 6 March.

Am 4. März 2024 startete der an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) entwickelte Nanosatellit SONATE-2 ins All. Zum zweijährigen Jubiläum zieht das Team der Professur für Raumfahrttechnik um Professor Hakan Kayal nun eine durchweg positive Bilanz.

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Eclipse du droit international, multiplication des heurts, interventions en Amérique latine, bombardements massifs au Moyen-Orient… Le monde fait péniblement les frais de la crise hégémonique de l’empire américain.
Le GREDEP vous invite à prendre de la perspective avec l’historien Samir Saul et le philosophe Michel Seymour, qui viendront présenter leur dernier ouvrage « Le conflit mondial du XXIe siècle » (Éditions L’Harmattan) et répondre aux questions du public le mardi 24 mars.

This month, Gabriela started as a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). She holds bachelor’s degrees in Law and Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a master’s degree in Information Law from the University of Amsterdam. After completing her studies, she worked as a junior researcher at IViR, contributing to projects on (decentralised) platform regulation, disinformation, freedom of expression, and the privacy and data protection implications of digital health initiatives for mobile populations.

Studierende lassen Experi­ment mit Höhen­forschungs­ballon steigen - Preis für Informatikerin Borrmann - JMU für Gleich­stellung ausgezeichnet - Programm für ausländische Gäste - Liturgie der Zukunft

If you just had a quick glance at the above image, you might think it was a screenshot from the latest hit show or nature documentary. But no—it’s one of the winners of this year’s Wiki Loves Earth photo contest.

For more than a decade, this volunteer-organized competition has been capturing the breathtaking essence of the planet’s natural heritage. Photos of all sorts of nature, from iconic national parks to hidden gems in local green spaces, are eligible.

Torino, marzo 2026 | Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società ha siglato una collaborazione in riferimento al bando HANGAR POINT 2026/2027 promosso da Hangar Piemonte
The post Il Centro Nexa tra i partner istituzionali del bando HANGAR POINT 2026/2027 appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Anpassung ist unersetzlich, um das Fortbestehen zu sichern. Für ganze Arten geschieht das über viele Generationen hinweg durch Evolution und natürliche Auslese. Einzelne Individuen können sich allerdings auch im Laufe ihres Lebens an ihre Umwelt anpassen – durch Lernen. Genau das ist für viele Lebewesen, uns Menschen eingeschlossen, ein überlebenswichtiger Prozess.

aau/MüllerAlthough artificial intelligence can handle straightforward tasks in software development, we particularly need well-trained junior developers right now, argues Martin Pinzger, Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt. In this interview, he explains why large language models stagnate without fresh human input – and how they can nevertheless add real value to software development.

Was passiert bei internationalen Verhandlungen? Welche Strategien verfolgen Diplomaten, um Kompromisse zu erzielen? Und wer hat das Zeug zum/zur waschechten Delegierten? Das können junge Menschen bei den Würzburger Model United Nations (WüMUN) herausfinden. Das Mitmachformat bietet Studierenden und Schülerinnen bzw. Schülern ab der 10. Jahrgangsstufe die Gelegenheit, bei nachgestellten internationalen Verhandlungen aktiv zu werden.