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The crispy dog treats look a bit like peanut puffs. Photo: Karla Fritze.

The Early Bird Catches the Worm - Nutritionists develop an insect-based dog treat

They are a healthy, protein-rich, and very common food in Asian and South American countries: Crickets, mealworms, and locusts enrich the daily diet …
Portrait of Hilal Alkan. Photo: Reinhold Engel.

University of Potsdam Awards Inaugural Voltaire Prize to Dr. Hilal Alkan, Political Scientist from Turkey

This year the University of Potsdam is presenting the “Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding and Respect for Differences” for the …
In the Himalayas Photo: Bodo Bookhagen

Below the Surface - The University of Potsdam submits interdisciplinary application in earth, life, and climate sciences to the Excellence Strategy

The earth’s surface is the habitat of most plants, animals, and humans, providing the resources that even make life possible. Knowledge of how …

A Once-in-a-Century Event - PhD Students of the Research Training Group “NatRiskChange” Examine Braunsbach Flash Flood

According to climate experts, the summer of 2016 – from a global perspective – was the hottest summer since weather began being systematically …
Laboratory mouse. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Different Among Equals – Researchers study deviating behavior of laboratory mice in hopes of developing a skin model to replace animal experimentation

Since 2002, animal welfare has been included in the German constitution as an objective of the state. The sheer number of prizes awarded since then …
Photo: Pixabay.

Cosmopolitanisms in the Plural – The University of Potsdam Launches the Research Training Group “Minor Cosmopolitanisms“

The Enlightenment took place in 18th-century Europe – or did it? Prof. Lars Eckstein and Prof. Dirk Wiemann, Anglicists at the University of Potsdam, …

Mit mobiler Diagnostik aufs Land – Universität untersucht 5000 Menschen in Brandenburg wohnortnah auf Metabolisches Syndrom

Wissenschaftler der Forschungsinitiative Gesundheitswissenschaften der Universität Potsdam, die gemeinsam am Forschungsschwerpunkt „Prävention des …
The dynamics of earth’s surface are revealed in impressive ways in high mountain valleys, as here in the central Himalaya: meltwater and rainwater constantly reshape the landscape. (Source: B. Bookhagen)

Moving Surfaces – University of Potsdam applies for Cluster of Excellence at the Interface between the Geosciences, Biology and Climate Research

The University of Potsdam was the only academic institution in Brandenburg to apply  for a cluster of excellence in the framework of Germany’s federal …
Photo: Karla Fritze.

Hasso Plattner Institute becomes University Faculty – First privately financed faculty at a public university

Minister of Science Martina Münch, together with Oliver Günther, President of the University of Potsdam, and Christoph Meinel, Director and Manager of …
MRT Scan from a brain. Photo: Fotolia.com/Nomad_Soul.

Multitasking in Old Age – A study researches the connection between balance and thinking

The University of Potsdam. Campus Am Neuen Palais. A bright 28°C. Today I’m going to be a test subject in a study on “the connection between movement …