Skip to main content

News from the University of Potsdam

Subjects
Selected Subject:
Visiting the IBC Innovation Factory in Kolding, Denmark. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam: Visiting Kolding Design City

Kolding (Denmark), 25th November 2014

Our trip starts in foggy Berlin. Due to a 90 minutes delay of our flight, we miss our connecting train in Copenhagen and have already to adjust our …
fltr: Anselm Geiger (Pearls – Potsdam Research Network), Tina Thomsen (BJERK Invest), Silvana Seppä (Press and Public Relations Department of the University of Potsdam), Dr. Jonas Krebs (EU-Office of the University of Potsdam), Wulf Bickenbach (Potsdam Transfer) und Gordon Grill (President’s Office of the University of Potsdam), Foto: Jacob Hille

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam

University of Potsdam visits Experts on Innovation, Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Denmark and Finland

A delegation of innovation, knowledge and technology transfer specialists from Potsdam is visiting outstanding science regions in Denmark and Finland …

Gäste aus Mexiko

Vertreter mexikanischer Universitäten besuchen die Universität Potsdam

Eine 25-köpfige Delegation von Vertretern mexikanischer Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen war am 24. und 25. November 2014 zu Gast an der …
Children of different age groups solved memory update tasks in a research project. Photo: Anna Trapp

Interferences

Why human working memory performance differs among people

Working memory is the intermediate storage device for the human brain. Its capacity is limited, even more so for people with learning disabilities …
Pic.: Hannelore Gensel

Reading

Pleasure for Some, Torment for Others

 

For the eyes, reading is a fine motor skill, jumping in quick jerks from one word to the next in just fractions of a second. Depending on one’s …

Learning vocabulary with movement and fantasy

Manfred Schewe, the father of drama in education, was a guest at the University of Potsdam

The students are listening to a text that is difficult to commit to memory. The sentences simply don’t make sense, like “I’m drinking a cup of bread,” …
Pic.: Nneirda/fotolia.com

How Does the Biological Clock Tick?

Mathematical models of human brain functioning – Interdisciplinary Research in the DFG Research Unit “Computational Modeling of Behavioral, Cognitive, …

Physicists and psychologists have collaborated in interdisciplinary projects in Potsdam for about 20 years. What might at first glance seem surprising …

Theaterfestival UNIDRAM beginnt

Vom 28.10. bis zum 01.11. findet das 21. Internationale Theaterfestival UNIDRAM in der Schiffbauergasse statt.

Orientierungslosigkeit, Ausgrenzung, Verfolgung, Gefangensein, Rebellion und Freiheit sind die Themen des diesjährigen Programms, das dafür zahlreiche …
LIDAR of the research station in Ny Ålesund on the island of Spitsbergen.

Suspended Particles

Mathematician Prof. Christine Böckmann examines particle movements

Air pollution inexorably belongs to our everyday life. The causes for this are complex, including volcanic eruptions and fires as well as industrial …
Pic.: Karla Fritze

In the Midst of Life

Prof. Michael Kühn focuses on groundwater

Being in touch with the real world is a very important motivation for Michael Kühn’s research. He is, therefore, very happy about his successful …