“Promotion Prize Award” the E. K. Frey – E. Werle Foundation of the Henning L. Voigt Family and the Henner Graeff Foundation for Dr. Peter Göttig.
At the beginning of December, prize money of over € 3,000 was presented to Dr. Göttig, to whom the Promotion Prize Award was endowed. The prize was awarded for many years of successful research in the field of medically and biochemically important tissue kallikreins (KLK proteases) in humans.
Award Winning Research – Early Foreign Language Teaching Is No Guarantee for Later Learning Success.
English Studies Professor, Simone Pfenninger, from the University of Salzburg has shown in her long-term study that early foreign language teaching – as it is currently being carried out in Europe – brings little benefit. Pfenninger has now been awarded the renowned prize of the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Foundation for her research on the role of age in learning a foreign language. The ceremony will take place on 19 January, 2018, in Zurich. The award amount is CHF 20,000.
Idea Garden – the Road Trip
On 19 February, the 5-day road trip will start with 20 students, who are inspired by entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial/startup spirit, as well as the idea of networking. The tour goes through the whole of Austria – from Innsbruck to Graz!
