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Portrait of Christiane Scheffler

Megalomania? – Human Biologist Christiane Scheffler Researches the Growth of Children and Adolescents

An orphanage in the 19th century: All children get the same food and care, but some are given emotional attention by the staff, while the other half …
Carolina Girones in portrait.

“Spaces for Intercultural Exchange” – Carolina Girones Promotes EDUC as a Student Representative

Studying in Potsdam already offers a rich experience. But thanks to the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) — a European university alliance — students …
Portrait of Maren Schüle

When the Forest is Burning – Maren Schüle Analyses the Vegetation in Burnt Pine Forests

Forest fires do not only happen in Australia, California, or Canada. In Germany, too – especially in Brandenburg – there has been an increasing number …
Steffen Hagemann in a portrait in front of a grey concrete wall on the Griebnitzsee campus.

How Data Scientists Work – Steffen Hagemann About Algorithms, Habitus and Social Context

From business to dating, digital technologies have become part of almost all areas of life. Algorithms increasingly shape everyday practices and the …
Prof. Dr. Iwan-Michelangelo D’Aprile im Porträt

“Transfer hub for Baltic-German cooperation” – Prof. Iwan-Michelangelo D'Aprile on the partnership with universities in Riga and Tartu

In June 2025, the Interdisciplinary Centre for German Studies was founded at the University of Latvia in Riga, based largely on a long-standing …
Two students are squatting with a fish trap at the edge of a body of water.

Croaking and Chirping – Students record habitats, birds, and amphibians around Gülpe Field Station

They are looking for water frogs, Savi’s warblers, and ospreys: In spring 2025, three ecology students documented birds, amphibians, and their …
Auditor Bernd Malzanini in a portrait in front of the colonnade at the New Palace.

Understanding More and More – What attracts Italy enthusiast and lawyer Bernd Malzanini as an auditor to the University of Potsdam

Lecture hall or colonnades? Bernd Malzanini tilts his head to one side and smiles. No doubt about it. The chairman of the Freundeskreis …
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Penning in portait

More Than a Specialist Classroom – A highly accessible teaching and learning laboratory for inclusive technical education on the Golm Campus

On the table lie a hammer and a saw, sandpaper, a stapler, screw clamps, two cordless screwdrivers – and pictures of flowers. Alister and Anuk, Luka …
Model of a city on a table with illuminated networks on it

Smart City Potsdam – Students at the University of Potsdam Demonstrate How Companies Can Utilize Publicly Available Data

Data, data everywhere. Looking at it from a certain perspective, a city like Potsdam consists of vast amounts of information. Thanks to …
Foto einer Kröte

Three New Toads Leap Into the Spotlight

Medieninformation 06-11-2025 / Nr. 098

Froglets and toadlets usually develop from eggs. An international team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Potsdam, has now …