Researchers have adapted an existing coding system for human facial expressions so that the facial expressions of bonobos can also be systematically analyzed.

News from With the new exhibition "Living Sculptures", the Botanical Garden of Leipzig University will bring art and biodiversity research together in a unique way from June 20, 2025.

Message from On May 31, 2025, 19 skulls from an anthropological collection from the Institute of Anatomy at Leipzig University were buried in New Orleans, USA, as part of a solemn ceremony.

The Bavarian Danube Moss was once the largest fen in southern Germany. Since the late 18th century, the moss has been systematically drained and has since lost its natural character. A new interdisciplinary study led by the University of Leipzig now provides the first reconstruction of these profound changes over a period of 237 years and has been published in the renowned "E&G Quaternary Science Journal".

News from News from the universities: In the winter semester 2025/26, the new degree course "Teaching Qualification for Secondary Schools with Special Needs Education" is to start in East Saxony as a joint course offered by Leipzig University and Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences.

Fibroblasts play a central role in the maintenance of healthy tissue structures, but also in the development and progression of diseases.

The recently launched nationwide citizen science project GartenDiv will be the first to research plant diversity in Germany's gardens.

News from With convincing pleadings and legal precision, the Leipzig moot team secured the world championship title at the first Paula Sparks World Moot on International Law and Animal Rights in Oxford.

News from On 31 May 2025, 19 skulls from an anthropological collection held by the Institute of Anatomy at Leipzig University were laid to rest in a ceremony in New Orleans.

The Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (SSG) recently presented a six-point paper which speaks of a "dramatically worsening financial crisis" in the municipalities of the Free State.

Dating is really hard - especially in the countryside. You already know everyone your age in the village and have already swiped through all the dating apps.

Fibroblasts play a central role in maintaining healthy tissue structures, as well as in the development and progression of diseases.

News from The Arqus Inclusion and Diversity Hub invited staff in the Arqus Network to take part in the first Arqus Staff Week on inclusion and diversity at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University.

Leipzig. The first issue of the patient magazine of Leipzig University Hospital (UKL) was published in May 2005. 20 years and almost 400 issues later, "Liebigstraße aktuell" is an integral part of Leipzig's media landscape - and successful in its very own way.