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Der Musikdozent Jan Gerdes erkundet mit seinen Studierenden afrikanische Klaviermusik des 20. Jahrhunderts.

A Sound Window With a View to the South – Pianist and music lecturer Jan Gerdes brings contemporary piano music from Africa to the lecture hall

“Let’s move on to Egypt!” Jan Gerdes carefully lets his fingers wander over the keyboard. “Soufiane,” composed by Halim El-Dabh is performed in the …
Physics didact Andreas Borowski

Professionally Competent and Qualified for the Job – How the University of Potsdam is training urgently needed teachers

There is a shortage of teachers at schools everywhere. In order to meet the great demand, the University of Potsdam, funded by the state of …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Symbolische Darstellung eines Netzwerks

“The Aim is to Increase the Competitiveness and Visibility of Young Universities” – The Young European Research Universities Network YERUN

The European Union has transformed a continent that was divided and even hostile for centuries into a community that exchanges ideas, makes joint …
A swallow starts out on one hand.

Infections with parasites affect the local flight behaviour of swallows

Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones – with detrimental effects on their foraging success and their …
Ehizode Irefo (l.) and Hikmet Güler (r.)

Committed to Europe – “I am a big fan of the European Union and of Europe.”

Ehizode Irefo and Hikmet Güler have dedicated themselves to something that transcends university and even national borders. In the EDUC university …
European flag

How Much of Europe Is in Our Everyday Lives? – Andrea Liese, Christian Rauh, and Thomas Sommerer about international organizations

Whether it involves vaccination cards, donation programs, climate protection, or the free movement of goods, cross-border activities would be almost …
Earth on a background of grass and clouds versus a ruined Earth on a background of a dead desert.

Green growth – 30% of regions worldwide achieve economic growth while reducing carbon emissions

More and more regions around the globe combine economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate …
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh während des Interviews

Extrapolating from the Core – Leibniz Prize winner Ulrike Herzschuh conducts research on climate history for the future of the planet

Ulrike Herzschuh needs staying power. What she researches happened a long time ago, is difficult to find, and takes many years. The biologist is …
Rookie Kas Haverkort on the race track

Pit Stop for the Big Dream – Outpatient Clinic of the University of Potsdam provides medical care for young racing drivers of the Porsche Supercup

Enormous heat, acceleration and centrifugal forces, and extreme mental stress – what looks like living the dream from the outside, is actually hard …