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Voltaire Prize recipient Elisabeth Kaneza | Photo: Tobias Hopfgarten

Fighting against Discrimination – 2021 Voltaire Prize Goes to Elisabeth Kaneza

This year, the University of Potsdam awarded the “Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding, and Respect for Differences” for the …
Levke Caesar | Photo: privat

Weakening Gulf Stream – Levke Caesar receives Publication Prize of Leibniz-Kolleg Potsdam 2020

The physicist Dr. Levke Kathrin Caesar is awarded the Publication Prize for young scientists 2020 by the Leibniz-Kolleg Potsdam. Caesar receives the …
Voltaire Prize recipient Dr. Gábor Polyák | Photo: Csortos Szabolcs

“Academic Work is Important for Society” – 2020 Voltaire Prize recipient Dr. Gábor Polyák on the prize and the work that followed

In January 2021, the University of Potsdam will award the Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding and Respect for Differences” for …
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wagener | Photo: Seila Fernandez Arconada

Environmental researcher Thorsten Wagener joins University of Potsdam with Humboldt Professorship

Environmental scientist Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wagener has been awarded a Humboldt Professorship and will be joining the University of Potsdam to carry …
Friede Springer, publisher and founder of the the “Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding and Respect for Differences” at the University of Potsdam with the University’s President Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D., and the Voltaire laureate for 2020, Dr. Gábor Polyák.

“Setting an example” – Friede Springer on her commitment to science and the Voltaire Prize

In 2010, publisher and entrepreneur Friede Springer founded the “Friede Springer Foundation”. With an endowment capital of 150 million euros, it is …
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Information for University of Potsdam members regarding the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

The Coronavirus website is updated regularly. For better orientation, you will find the notes and information here in chronological order.

Gesundheitsforscher Christoph Lippert wechselt an die Digital-Engineering-Fakultät der Universität Potsdam und des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts

Gesundheitsforscher Christoph Lippert, bislang Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe „Statistical Genomics“ am Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, …

With Compassion and Understanding – The 2018 Voltaire Prize goes to Sociologist Gladys Tzul Tzul

This year the University of Potsdam is presenting the “Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding and Respect for Differences” for the …
JP Dr. Henrike Müller-Werkmeister (Foto: Karla Fritze)

Ermittlungen im Rotlicht – Antrittsvorlesung von Juniorprofessorin Henrike Müller-Werkmeister

Henrike Müller-Werkmeister hält am 14. Februar 2018 ihre Antrittsvorlesung an der Universität Potsdam. Die Juniorprofessorin für Physikalische Chemie …

„When Personalized Medicine meets Digital Health“ – Antrittsvorlesung von Professor Erwin Böttinger

Professor Erwin Böttinger wird am 14. Dezember 2017 seine Antrittsvorlesung an der gemeinsamen Digital-Engineering-Fakultät der Universität Potsdam …