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Portrait of Christiane Scheffler

Megalomania? – Human Biologist Christiane Scheffler Researches the Growth of Children and Adolescents

An orphanage in the 19th century: All children get the same food and care, but some are given emotional attention by the staff, while the other half …
Portrait of Maren Schüle

When the Forest is Burning – Maren Schüle Analyses the Vegetation in Burnt Pine Forests

Forest fires do not only happen in Australia, California, or Canada. In Germany, too – especially in Brandenburg – there has been an increasing number …
Two students are squatting with a fish trap at the edge of a body of water.

Croaking and Chirping – Students record habitats, birds, and amphibians around Gülpe Field Station

They are looking for water frogs, Savi’s warblers, and ospreys: In spring 2025, three ecology students documented birds, amphibians, and their …
Foto einer Kröte

Three New Toads Leap Into the Spotlight

Medieninformation 06-11-2025 / Nr. 098

Froglets and toadlets usually develop from eggs. An international team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Potsdam, has now …
Sönke Beier

“Cool Committee Work Attracts More People” – How democratic politicization works among students

Getting politically active at the university? For Sönke Beier, this was an integral part of his physics studies. From the student council and the …
Der Botschafter von Ghana in Deutschland, Prof. Ohene Adjei, und der Präsident der Universität Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. posieren für ein Foto. Sie schütteln die Hände.

Expanding Links with West Africa – Ghana's Ambassador Visits Am Neuen Palais Campus

The University of Potsdam wants to strengthen and further expand its relations with various African countries. Brandenburg's largest institution of …
Experimental site in South Africa. Under a simple roof outdoors, a bare patch in the vegetation on the ground can be seen.

Devastating effects – how extreme and prolonged drought is changing global grass- and shrublands

Media Information 21-10-2025 / Nr. 094

Prolonged and extreme drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover nearly …
Szene in einem naturwissenschaftlichen Museum mit einem Flusspferd und einen Mammutskelett

Hippos lived in Europe during the last ice age

Media Information 09-10-2025 / Nr. 091

Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of bone finds demonstrate that …
The Perek Telescope in Ondřejov. A very large building with a partially open dome.

Astronomy live – Workshop at the Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic

University of Potsdam celebrates 100th anniversary of the DAAD

The oldest and largest observatory in the Czech Republic is located in Ondřejov near Prague. It is used for scientific observation of the sun and …
Infrarotbild eines massereichen Sterns

Moving fast – How “runaway stars” shape the landscape of galactic supernova remnants

Media Information 11-09-2025 / Nr. 084

Considering the star movement is an important, yet hitherto neglected ingredient for the study of the supernova-remnant population at very-high-energy …