Prof. Volker Springel, group leader Theoretical Astrophysics, HITS (Photo: HITS)

HITS group leader Volker Springel will become Max Planck Director in Summer 2018

5. October 2017

Volker Springel, head of the Theoretical Astrophysics group (TAP) at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), accepted the offer to …

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HITS: Call for “Journalist in Residence” in 2018 and 2019

16. August 2017

Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like a change of scenery and the chance to escape your daily routine? …

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T.V. Padma: “A focus not on deadlines, but on learning new things.”

14. August 2017

She walks up the steps to the entrance gate, stops suddenly and turns around to look back on the green garden …

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HITS researcher becomes Fellow of the American Statistical Association

1. August 2017

“Computational Statstics” group leader Prof. Tilmann Gneiting is being named Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) 2017. In this year, the …

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Digitale Mündigkeit und Bürgerrechte

14. July 2017

This content is only available in German. Wissenschaftsministerin Theresia Bauer und netzpolitischer Sprecher Konstantin von Notz (Grüne) zum Informationsbesuch am …

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HITS researcher Anna Wienhard invited to speak at the ICM

4. July 2017

“Groups and Geometry” (GRG) group leader Prof. Anna Wienhard has been invited to present at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). …

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HITS at Explore Science 2017

19. June 2017

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Against the odds: Indian science and science journalism (plus video)

3. May 2017

T.V. Padma (Delhi / India), science journalist and HITS Journalist in Residence 2017, will speak about the challenges and chances for scientists …

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Girls’ Day at HITS 2017

24. April 2017

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Facts instead of Fake News: HITS supports the “March for Science”

4. April 2017

The international “March for Science” will take place on April 22nd, 2017. Demonstrations are currently planned in more than 400 cities worldwide in …

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