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University of Potsdam Improves in THE Ranking of Best Universities Worldwide and Lands in the Top Quarter of All German Universities for the First Time

In the current edition of the renowned “Times Higher Education” (THE) ranking, the University of Potsdam has improved by one ranking group compared to …
Coring site and camp in the Chew Bahir basin in southern Ethiopia.

Key phases of human evolution coincide with flickers in eastern Africa’s climate

Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa’s climatic heartbeat and shows how key phases of climate …

Changing times in Eastern European Literatures – Conference at the University of Potsdam

From September 15 to 17, 2022, experts within the framework of the research network “Europäische Zeiten/European Times – A Transregional Approach to …

Landslides increasingly threaten the world’s urban poor

In a comment recently published in “Nature”, Dr. Ugur Öztürk and his colleagues at the University of Potsdam, the University of Bristol and the …
Bat with radio transmitter

Networking for food: Bats communicate and work together for more efficient foraging

Social hunting strategies are already well documented in many animal species when prey is distributed in an unpredictable way across the landscape. In …
Eine Gruppe von Menschen auf den Stufen des Süd-Communs

Expanding Bridges – EDUC European University Alliance Receives Renewed European Funding

The European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) - the alliance of eight universities led by the University of Potsdam - will receive funding from the European …
Dr. Britta van Kempen after her election as Vice President for Teaching and Studies with the President of the University of Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. (l.), and the Chairman of the Senate of the University of Potsdam, Prof. Dr. Andreas Borowski (r.).

Dr. Britta van Kempen elected Vice President for Teaching and Studies

In its 308th session, the Senate of the University of Potsdam elected Dr. Britta van Kempen as Vice President for Teaching and Studies. “Despite the …
Coastal morphology of the seismically active area of Pichilemu (Chile)

Blind faults - New findings on earthquake hazards in coastal regions

For decades, earthquake researchers have been dealing with so-called blind faults. These are often seismically active and very dangerous structures in …
Numerical-relativity simulation of the binary neutron star coalescence and merger which resulted in the detected gravitational wave event GW190425.

Hypermodels help understand gravitational waves

A new approach to analyze binary neutron star mergers, developed by Dr. Gregory Ashton (University of London) and Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich (Potsdam …

International Summer Campus – From Languages to Fake News to Sustainability

As the semester comes to an end, the University of Potsdam would like to announce its “International Summer Campus.” Students from Germany and abroad …