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The University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute: The Digital Engineering Faculty Gets to Work

The Digital Engineering Faculty at the University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute have held the first meeting of their new Faculty Council …

Successful Start – The University of Potsdam Among the World’s 250 Best Universities in the International THE Rankings

The University of Potsdam has successfully made it on to the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking list. The current ranking list assesses a total of …

Popular Among Top International Researchers – University of Potsdam Sees Great Improvement in Humboldt Rankings

The University of Potsdam is more sought-after than ever before by international researchers. The current Humboldt Rankings put the University of …
Kinder in einem Hörsaal während einer Vorlesung

Harte Knochen bei der 14. Potsdamer Kinder-Uni am 29. September in Golm

Von einem Knochenjob in Ostafrika, neuen Materialien für die Reparatur von Knochenbrüchen und den geheimen Informationen, die in einem Mammutknochen …

„Kunststoffe – Fluch oder Segen?“ – Einen Tag lang auf Probe Chemie studieren

Um Kunststoffe geht es am 28. September beim „Eintagesstudium Chemie“, zu dem die Universität Potsdam interessierte Schülerinnen und Schüler der …

Schule in der digitalen Welt – Tag der Lehrerbildung thematisiert Medieneinsatz im Unterricht

„Schule in der digitalen Welt“  ist das Thema des diesjährigen  Tages der Lehrerbildung, der am 25. September an der Universität Potsdam stattfindet. …
Schlager researchers Mirco Limpinsel (left) and Vinzenz Hoppe. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Queue Up the Next Song - Two German literary scholars listen to Schlager music in the service of science

High culture isn’t everything: this is the basic idea underlying many hit Schlager songs, according to Vinzenz Hoppe and Mirco Limpinsel. Udo Jürgens’ …
Porpoise. Photo: Wikipedia.org/Ecomare.

The Dolphin’s Shy Relative - Genetically analyzing endangered cetaceans in the Baltic Sea

You need some luck to see them. Porpoises are shy and inconspicuous. These two-meter animals flash their dark fins above the water only to immediately …
Prof. Dr. Martina Giese. Photo: Karla Fritze

The Middle Ages Are Not So Far Away After All - Martina Giese wants to tap new historical sources

Who has not admired artful masterpieces in museums or sacral buildings of times long past? Such treasures continually inspire writers’ and filmmakers’ …
Doctoral candidates from the “StRATEGy” PhD research group on their journey into the Argentinean Andes in March 2017. Photo: Henry Wichura

Brandenburg meets Argentina – The Ministry of Science and the University of Potsdam Expand Relations with Buenos Aires

Martina Münch, Brandenburg’s Minister of Science, Research and Culture, is traveling to Argentina from September 14 to 18 together with University …