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Prof. Dr. Ariel D. Stern

Digital Health Researcher Ariel D. Stern Moves from Harvard to the University of Potsdam with Humboldt Professorship

Digital health expert Ariel D. Stern, currently a professor at Harvard Business School, has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship and …

Developing Excellence: University of Potsdam enters the Excellence Strategy competition with three applications

In the new round of the "Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the German States," which has just been launched, the University of Potsdam …
Dürre in einem Maisfeld

Scientific Hackathon on Environmental Data - Digital Humanities Explores Weather and Climate

What potential does environmental data offer for the Digital Humanities? How can digital methods contribute to the analysis of weather and climate in …

Ethnic diversity in school classrooms promotes positive social relationships among refugee youth

In more ethnically diverse school classes, young people with a refugee background have more friends and experience less rejection than in more …
Left: mini module. Upper right: contact angle of the perovskite solution on the self assembled monolayer. Lower right: PL emission of a perovskite film.

Strong cells – performance upgrade with mini modules

A new molecular hole-transporter can improve the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells and mini modules to world record values, as reported …
Binary star on course for black hole merger. The smaller, brighter, hotter star (left), which is 32 times the mass of our Sun, is currently losing mass to its bigger companion (right), which has 55 times the mass of our Sun.

Dark couple – Most massive touching stars ever found will eventually collide as black holes

Two massive touching stars in a neighbouring galaxy are on course to become black holes that will eventually crash together, generating waves in the …

Ukrainian Teachers Join the Refugee Teachers Program at the University of Potsdam for the First Time

A new round of the Refugee Teachers Program at the University of Potsdam started in the summer semester. A total of 20 professionally experienced …
A group of people on the stairs in front of a builing.

Close Partnership – University Potsdam Expands Cooperation with Israel

A delegation from the University of Potsdam traveled to Israel this week to expand partnerships with universities there and to establish new ones. The …
Lifeboat in flood disaster

Better to Have a Warning! – Researchers Examine 2021 Flooding Catastrophe From the Perspective of Those Affected

In July 2021, devastating floods caused by heavy rainfall occurred in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, and to some extent also in …
Dr. Britta van Kempen, Vice President for Teaching and Studies, and Dr. Nina Khan, Equal Opportunity and Diversity Officer (from right to left).

Diversity in Action – The University of Potsdam Receives “Shaping Diversity” Certificate

The University of Potsdam has successfully completed the “Shaping Diversity” audit and received the certificate of the same name from the …