Glaciology
Scientific feat at 5800 m above sea level
03.10.2025
An international team that includes scientists from the University of Fribourg has succeeded in drilling and retrieving two ice cores measuring over 100 m from a glacier in Tajikistan. This genuine technical and logistical feat was also achieved at over 5800 m above sea level. Begun on 24 September of this year, the two-week-long expedition aims to preserve millenniums of climate history.
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Food
Inauguration of the Interfaculty Food Research and Innovation Center (FRIC)
27.09.2024
The new Interfaculty Food Research & Innovation Center (FRIC) was created in 2023 under the impulse of a working group led by Professor Stefan Salentinig. All faculties at the Univ...
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Islam and Society
Customised continuing education for imams
26.09.2022
Imams play an important role as bridge builders between the mosque and society. With its customised continuing education programs, the MOGA project aims to offer targeted support t...
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Dies academicus
Dies academicus 2020: awards and nominations, but no ceremony
09.11.2020
As with other events, the Dies academicus of the University of Fribourg is having to submit to the health situation. But even if the ceremony cannot take place, the University is d...
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