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Smart City Potsdam – Students at the University of Potsdam Demonstrate How Companies Can Utilize Publicly Available Data

Data, data everywhere. Looking at it from a certain perspective, a city like Potsdam consists of vast amounts of information. Thanks to …
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University of Potsdam Still Going Strong in THE Ranking of Best Universities Worldwide

Media Information 09-10-2025 / Nr. 092

In the current edition of the renowned “Times Higher Education” (THE) ranking, the University of Potsdam was able to retain its top position from the …
Portrait of Prof. Dr. Katharina Philipowski

Verse Novellas - Medieval, rhyming, and worth listening to

Lecherous priests, cunning students, rebellious genitals—the characters in medieval verse novellas are extremely colorful. But unlike fables or fairy …

“I Didn’t Study Law Just for the Rich and Beautiful“

Lawyer Christian Schertz on his Standards and the „TikTok Generation“

Whether artists, politicians, or rock stars – lawyer Christian Schertz has represented many celebrities and has thus become a person of public …
Menschen stehen auf einer Rasenfläche in Namibia, eine von ihnen erzählt

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 7: Bringing NamTip into practice

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today marks the beginning of our NamTip Stakeholder Workshop. The goal of the workshop is to foster dialogue and knowledge exchange between …
Benjamin Weber in the Olympic Stadium.

With Humility and Diplomacy – Alumnus Benjamin Weber is Sporting Director at Hertha BSC

Benjamin Weber’s history with Hertha BSC is long. He played soccer as a child, and his grandfather took him to the Olympic Stadium when he was 13 …
Prof. Dr. Salim Seyfried and doctoral student Van-Cuong Pham in the lab.

Did you already know that … a pill could prevent strokes in the future? Researchers find compounds against cavernous malformation in the brain

At high magnification, it looks like a blackberry. But this adhesion of blood vessels, known as cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM), which occurs in …
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Achieving more together – The University of Potsdam and Indian Institutes of Technology want to expand their cooperation

Media information 27-03-2025 / Nr. 029

The University of Potsdam and the Indian Institutes of Technology want to consolidate and expand their cooperation in teaching and research. This …
Dr. Johannes Gurke

Illuminating – Johannes Gurke “Builds” New Materials for Medical Technologies with Light and 3D Printing

The new materials from the laboratory of Dr. Johannes Gurke could be used in brain research, neurosurgery, or the development of new drugs. With his …
Bust of David admiring himself in a mirror on a pink background. Symbolic representation of narcissism.

“Narcissism Has Many Faces” – Dr. Ramzi Fatfouta on the unknown aspects of a personality trait

We all want to feel valuable and important. However, some people swing very strongly between grandiose fantasies and extreme sensitivity to criticism …