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Reading girl. Photo: Fotolia/Tatyana Gladskih

Learning to Read - How to do it better

Since before the PISA tests, we have known that children’s educational success depends – among others – on their social and cultural background. But …
President Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. (University of Potsdam), Rector Carlos Ruta (UNSAM) and Minister of Science Dr. Martina Münch (from left to right) (Photo: Pablo Carrera Oser).

Minister Münch and University President Günther Return from Argentina with Specific Project Ideas

Martina Münch, Brandenburg’s Minister for Science, Research and Culture, and Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D., President of the University of Potsdam, …
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’ …
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’ …

Eine Französin in Preußen – Tagung zum 200. Todestag von Mme de Staël

Sie hat die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen nachhaltig geprägt: die Schriftstellerin und Salonière, europäische Intellektuelle und …
Dr. Natalia Ospina-Alvarez. Photo: Karla Fritze.

In Her Element – Why thallium and other trace elements are becoming a problem for the environment and what can be done about it

They are everywhere: in the soil, in the water, and sometimes even in the air, albeit often in such small quantities that they are hardly traceable. …
Potsdam Summer School participants in 2016. Image: IASS/Pierro Chiussi.

Potsdam Summer School Explores the Future of Cities – International exchange on the sustainability of human environments

Potsdam, 28.08.2017. The rapid pace of change around the world is presenting humankind and human environments with tremendous challenges. What …
Prof. Dr. Michael Hofreiter. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Fishing for DNA – A drilling core reveals the history of an entire ecosystem

How wild horses and chickens were bred thousands of years ago, which species were closely related to the long-extinct European straight-tusked …

Anders lernen – Universität Potsdam auf der Internationalen Funkausstellung

Eine Getriebemontagehilfe für die Ausbildung in der Automobilbranche und ein 360-Grad-Sensor zum Überwachen großer Flächen sind die Neuheiten, die …

Hochschulzugang in Brandenburg – Neuer Kurs für Studieninteressierte aus dem Ausland

Studieninteressierte aus dem Ausland haben ab dem kommenden Wintersemester die Möglichkeit, im Land Brandenburg eine Hochschulzugangsprüfung …