Treating diseases precisely and in a more tolerable way: The development of new drugs and improved drug transport are the focus of the new issue of the scientific magazine “scientia halensis” of MLU. For the first time the magazine is published on recycled paper. The print version is available at the Tourist Information in the Marktschlösschen, the PDF here:

Link to pdf file

Scientia halensis – The science magazine of der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) is published twice a year in German.

Campus Halensis – The online magazine of der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)

From today, May 11, the university shop in the Halleschen Marktschlösschen is selling masks in five different colours for 5.95 euros per piece. 2 cost 10 euros. The reusable sporty mouth-and-nose protection can be washed at high temperatures and is produced in Halle.

What changes and perspectives have resulted for the university from the 5th regulation of the country to contain Covid-19 and the decree of the Ministry of Science? Rector Prof. Dr. Christian Tietje and Chancellor Markus Leber answered many questions on the current status in the livestream format “Uni Halle direkt”. (in German)

Link to YouTube video

Please find below an English summary of the announcement by the Rector of our university on May 4, 2020.

• courses in the summer semester will be largely conducted digitally and only in exceptional cases attendance courses, examinations and aptitude tests will take place

Staff members of MLU can use the following video conference systems:

• Cisco WebEx
• MLUconf
• Adobe Connect
• Pexip

Please check the overview by the LLZ and detailed introduction to MLUconf. Both are in German.

Please switch off your VPN connection to improve quality of transmission.

Aus gegebenen Anlass wird in diesem Sommersemester eine transdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung zur Corona-Krise angeboten.

Alle Vorträge werden vollständig online angeboten. Bitte registrieren Sie sich im Stud.IP unter Ringvorlesung zur Corona-Krise. Wir bedanken uns schon jetzt bei den Referierenden für ihre Bereitschaft und interessanten Themen. Die Veranstaltung wurde initiiert und organsiert durch Tobias Weirowski.

Weitere Informationen

• Structure your day with respect to your tasks and duties. Also include and structure activities of your family members, if any. Include breaks as well.
• Stay active, do some sports activities and go outside from time to time.
• Stay in touch with colleagues, family and friends electronically (telephone, Skype, FaceTime, etc.)
• Rely on trustable sources of information:
  • Robert Koch Institute
  • Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA, in German)
  • Information on dealing with the novel coronavirus at MLU
  • Contacts and information by the city of Halle (Saale)
  • Recents news by the city of Halle (Saale) (in German only)
  • Multilingual information on the Corona virus by the Federal Government Commissioner for Integration
• Home office and home schooling (focus, establish rituals e.g. ring the bell at the start and end of each lesson, structure your kids day as well, try online tools (e.g ANTON)

Due to system maintenance, numerous servers and associated services at MLU will be shut down on March 25, 2020 between 6am and 8am (CEST).

Among others, this effects very prominent services such as

• various web servers and web presences
• the e-mail system,
• the services for printing, copying and scanning,
• various database servers,
• our Opencast servers,
• various license servers.

Please consider the planned maintenance when planning your work and refrain from queries during this time.

(from http://blog.itz.uni-halle.de)