UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel

Improving early detection of psychosis

Text: Yvonne Vahlensieck / A team at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel is developing new methods for early detection of psychosis. Timely treatment can have a decisive beneficial effect on the course of the illness.

From Erasmus to JavaScript

Text: Urs Hafner / The University of Basel is positioning itself as a national center for digital editions. In doing so, it is helping to reinvent the tradition of editing established by Erasmus of Rotterdam at the bend of the Rhine river.

From nose to knee

Text: Reto Caluori / Cartilage cells from the nose are exceptionally well suited to repairing damage in knee joints.

Botanical entanglements

What did the ancient Celts eat?

Against dichotomy

Text: Markus Krajewski / If a university should stand for anything, it is the ability to master complicated subject matter. A short paean to complexity.

Talking about language

Text: Sarah Schupp / Martin Luginbühl is a language enthusiast. His passion as Professor of German Studies is for applied linguistics – such as language use in the media.

Hermann Schmitz’s “Phänomenologie der Zeit”

Text: Wolf Langewitz / My book: Wolf Langewitz, Professor of Medicine, recommends “Phänomenologie der Zeit” by the German Philosopher Hermann Schmitz.

“I had to learn how to study”

Interview: Bettina Huber / Dr. Kurt Pelda, an alumnus of the University of Basel, is a war reporter and freelance journalist. He has stayed true to the vow he made on receiving his doctorate in economics: Always to think of the pursuit of truth as a serious and noble task; to make every endeavor to achieve this aim and to carry out all activities in a responsible, conscientious and equitable manner. He has been given the 2016 Alumni Award in recognition of his commitment.