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Moving Forward Together – European University Alliance EDUC receives 3.5 Million Euros for Research and Innovation Activities

The university alliance „European Digital UniverCity“ (EDUC), coordinated by the University of Potsdam, has successfully applied for funding from the …
A woman and a man sit in front of a fountain and talk.

Education without Borders – ERC Grant for Educational Researcher Nina Kolleck

Does education stop at national borders – or does it actually create connections between people all over the world? And who influences global …

Uni Potsdam ranks 22nd THE Rankings of Young Universities. And Number One in Germany

The University of Potsdam continues to advance in the Times Higher Education Rankings, or THE Rankings, of universities under 50 years old, claiming …
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A lot on the road – Wild mammals moved farther during COVID-19 lockdowns

Worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns provided a unique opportunity to study the effects of an abrupt change in human presence on wildlife. A study published …
Prof. Dr. Ariel D. Stern

Digital Health Researcher Ariel D. Stern Moves from Harvard to the University of Potsdam with Humboldt Professorship

Digital health expert Ariel D. Stern, currently a professor at Harvard Business School, has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship and …

Developing Excellence: University of Potsdam enters the Excellence Strategy competition with three applications

In the new round of the "Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the German States," which has just been launched, the University of Potsdam …
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Scientific Hackathon on Environmental Data - Digital Humanities Explores Weather and Climate

What potential does environmental data offer for the Digital Humanities? How can digital methods contribute to the analysis of weather and climate in …

Ethnic diversity in school classrooms promotes positive social relationships among refugee youth

In more ethnically diverse school classes, young people with a refugee background have more friends and experience less rejection than in more …
Left: mini module. Upper right: contact angle of the perovskite solution on the self assembled monolayer. Lower right: PL emission of a perovskite film.

Strong cells – performance upgrade with mini modules

A new molecular hole-transporter can improve the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells and mini modules to world record values, as reported …
Binary star on course for black hole merger. The smaller, brighter, hotter star (left), which is 32 times the mass of our Sun, is currently losing mass to its bigger companion (right), which has 55 times the mass of our Sun.

Dark couple – Most massive touching stars ever found will eventually collide as black holes

Two massive touching stars in a neighbouring galaxy are on course to become black holes that will eventually crash together, generating waves in the …