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When Your Head Is Overflowing – Navigating University Studies with ADHD

Restless legs and a thousand thoughts in your head – ADHD is on everyone’s lips. According to estimates, around 5% of children and adolescents are …
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Learning in Diversity – Ten Findings from Educational Research

In the project “Multidimensional Heterogeneity in the Classroom: Measurement, Effects, Mechanisms,” Camilla Rjosk, Claudia Neuendorf, Rebecca Wetter, …
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Toward an Inclusive School – Addressing the diversity of learners: How inclusive education contributes to a new basic understanding in research, teaching, and knowledge transfer

When the University of Potsdam joined the Quality Initiative for Teacher Education funded by the federal government in 2015, it added “inclusion“ as a …
Dr Britta van Kempen, Vice-President for Educational and European Affairs.

“The Alliance is About Learning from One Another at a Deeper Level” – How EDUC Is Enriching the University of Potsdam

Nearly seven years ago, six European universities came together to launch the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) — a university alliance led by the …
Prof. Dr. Zoran Nikoloski talking.

Understanding cell structures – Researchers develop tool for analysing the plant actin cytoskeleton

Media information 03-30-2026 / Nr. 030

A research team led by Potsdam-based bioinformatician Prof. Dr Zoran Nikoloski has developed a computational approach and an accompanying tool that …
Markus Rex im Portrait.

“We have to be incredibly fast in our research”—climate researcher Markus Rex on past and upcoming expeditions

Markus Rex is a climate physicist, a professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Potsdam, and head of the department of the same name at the …
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New Leibniz ScienceCampus advances innovative modeling approaches in astrophysis and climate physics

With the approval of the new Leibniz ScienceCampus “Multiscale Challenges: from Astrophysics to Climate Models,” the Leibniz Association is launching …
Chemical model: Assembly process of the proteasome in yeast cells. Proteasome precursors 13S-PC to 15S-PC and alternative pathways in which the Beta 1 subunit is added before Beta 5 and Beta 6, or Beta 5 and Beta 6 are incorporated first.

Protein degradation – Cellular waste disposal unit has no fixed construction plan

Media Information 24-03-2026 / Nr. 028

Researchers from the University of Potsdam and the University of Cologne have unraveled the stepwise assembly of a central molecular machine …
University of Potsdam delegation with representatives of partner institution UNICAMP (Campinas).

Building Valuable Connections – University of Potsdam Delegation Visits Partners in Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil

Media information 03-12-2026 / No. 026

The University of Potsdam is seeking to further expand its close ties with South America. To this end, a university delegation led by President Oliver …
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Digital Master's Info Day at the University of Potsdam – Orientation for tomorrow's studies

Media information 27-02-2026 / No. 022

Learn about the Master's programmes at the University of Potsdam – from bioinformatics to digital health to war and conflict studies – explore career …