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Lucia Steinmeyer teaches English to a fourth grade.

The Country Teacher – Graduate Lucia Steinmeyer teaches at a primary school in Zülichendorf, Brandenburg

She could have become a miller. As a child, Lucia Steinmeyer watched her grandparents in Luckenwalde grind grain into flour. For a long time, she …
Students in the chemistry lab

Chemistry of Functional Molecules and Materials – New Master’s Program for Summer Semester 2025

Media Information 25-11-2024 / Nr. 111

Interested students can apply for the new master’s degree program „Chemistry of Functional Molecules and Materials“ until 15 February 2025, starting …
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 …
Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee, India visits the University of Potsdam

A Cooperation to Serve as a Model – Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology Visits the University of Potsdam

Media information 19-11-2024 / No. 107

A delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee (India), led by its Director Prof. Dr. K.K. Pant[RJ1] , visited the University …
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 …
The University of Potsdam delegation at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.

Towards Many Joint Accomplishments – University of Potsdam Strengthens Cooperation with Partners in Ghana and Nigeria

Media information 08-11-2024 / No. 104

The University of Potsdam is further expanding its cooperation with universities and educational institutions in Nigeria and Ghana. That is the result …
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 …