On 5 November, the US will decide who will succeed President Joe Biden. Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? In this interview, Prof. Dr. Peter Fäßler, Contemporary History at Paderborn University, assesses Trump's possible election victory in terms of its impact on the higher education system.
Prof. Dr. Muna Tatari from the Institute of Islamic Theology at Paderborn University has been reappointed to the German Ethics Council for a further term of office by the President of the German Bundestag, Bärbel Bas.
For ‘Virtual Journey Week’ from 18 to 22 November, students and staff at Paderborn University and its COLOURS partner universities will have an opportunity to digitally explore nine countries over the course of five days.
29.10.2024
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Digitalization,
Sustainability,
Research,
Transfer,
Press release,
Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems,
Heinz Nixdorf Institute,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Digital platform to promote the circular economy: The project shows how the increased use of recycled aluminium made possible by a platform can reduce CO2 emissions.
22.10.2024
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Research,
Optoelectronics and Photonics,
Quantum Computation,
High Performance Computing,
Press release,
Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS),
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2)
A comprehensive survey on the topic of multilingualism in the city's daycare centres is being conducted in cooperation between the Office for Children, Youth and Family of the City of Cologne and Paderborn University.
14.10.2024
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Press release,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
Institut für Germanistik und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft,
Germanistische Literaturdidaktik
The Startchancen programme, which is funded by the federal and state governments to the tune of 20 billion euros over ten years and was launched on 1 August, aims to take a pioneering approach to decouple educational success from social background and ensure greater equality of opportunity.
In the winter semester 2024/25, students at Paderborn University can register for the new sustainability module ‘UPB for Future’ for the first time, regardless of subject and semester.
