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Human Rights Day: Gerd Oberleitner looks at how to protect them

Learning better: Can science experiments in group settings help children with autism?

How can pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have positive learning experiences and improve their social skills? Researchers at the University of Graz are investigating how science experiments in group settings can contribute to this. Initial results from the project, which is funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, show that children react differently depending on the kind of neurodiversity, but that experimentation classes with the right setting definitely have potential. "Pupils with ASD can do more than is currently expected of them in many cases," says project leader Uwe Simon.

It was the heat: researchers clarify the history of the Great Barrier Reef

400 coral species, 1500 different fish species and 4000 species of molluscs: This extraordinary diversity characterises the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. Researchers from the Universities of Kiel and Graz have now unravelled the story of how this natural wonder came into being: a rise in water temperature 700,000 years ago led to the spread of corals. The results of the study have just been published in the journal Science Advances.

With two eyes on the goal: how desert ants see the world

Open your eyes: we humans combine visual stimuli in our brains to create an overall picture of our environment. In contrast, social insects such as ants require constant visual input to retrieve memories of familiar surroundings. A team of biologists led by the University of Graz has made this new discovery using the desert ant as an example.

Role model for inclusion in the workplace: University of Graz receives Diversitas Award

How can people with disabilities find a suitable job at the university? The University of Graz has an answer to this question. In 2016, it launched the "Uniqability meets University" project to attract more people with disabilities as employees and to offer them the best possible conditions. The initiative has been very successful and is a model project throughout Austria. On 2 December 2024, it was awarded a Diversitas prize by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for this project, endowed with 12,500 euros.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen des Botanischen Gartens!

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HOLZ: Ein Workshop für alle Sinne!

Seelenklänge

ADVENT, ADVENT! Eine vorweihnachtliche Familienführung

Sponsion und Promotion: Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Buchpräsentation: Ankommen von Vedran Džihić

Weihnachts-Bastelwerkstatt / Christmas Crafts Workshop

Christoph Ransmayr liest aus: Egal wohin, Baby. Mikroromane.

Blutspendeaktion: Blutspender:innen gesucht

KinderUniGraz Weihnachtsvorlesung 2024: Leinen los! Echt jetzt?! Ein forschendes Theaterstück für Kinder

Hitlers Exekutive: ORF III Dokumentation mit anschließender Diskussion im Graz Museum