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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): During the panel discussion moderated by Prof Dr Johannes Süßmann (second from left), representatives and guests of the ZeKK exchanged views on peace.

15 years of the Centre for Com­par­at­ive Theo­logy and Cul­tur­al Stud­ies

Paderborn University celebrates anniversary with multi-religious panel discussion

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Photo (Paderborn University): Experts have developed tools that can recognise and remove vulnerabilities in open source applications.

Re­search pro­ject to pro­tect against vul­ner­ab­il­it­ies in freely ac­cess­ible soft­ware pro­duces two tools

Among other things, the experts have developed tools that can recognise and remove vulnerabilities even with previously insufficient information. The three-year project was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with almost 500,000 euros.

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Two women and four men stand in two rows on a troop, four of them holding bouquets of flowers.
Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): University President Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf (3rd from left) and Prof. Dr. Johannes Blömer, Vice President for Research and Early Career Researchers (2nd from right), with scholarship holders Patrick Makal, Dr. Noëlle Rohde, Usman Ali, and Daniel Matthias Fröhlich (front, left to right).

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards schol­ar­ships for out­stand­ing re­search pro­jects

The Executive Board of Paderborn University has awarded five doctoral scholarships and one postdoctoral scholarship.

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Photo (Paderborn University): Christmas on the UPB campus.

Christ­mas Won­der Week at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Charity run, bazaar and Christmas market: Paderborn University supports the "WDR 2 Christmas Miracle" with lots of great offers and has launched the "Christmas Miracle Week".

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Photo (Paderborn University, Alexandra Dickhoff): Lina-Marei Widmann

Lina-Marei Widmann and Felix Sebastian Mörchel are sponsored for their very good academic achievements and their commitment during their studies

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Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): PD Dr Adrian Keller presented his "DNA origami" to the university public at the Day of Research.

New ap­proaches against an­ti­bi­ot­ic-res­ist­ant germs

Research award winner presents results at Paderborn University's Research Day

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Photo (Paderborn University, Thorsten Hennig): The heat supply for the new buildings is provided by the waste heat from the "Noctua" supercomputer in Building X at Paderborn University.

Two-part build­ing en­semble: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity and BLB NRW plan mod­ern new build­ings

Paderborn University and the Bau- und Liegenschaftsbetrieb des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (BLB NRW) are preparing construction projects on an extension site on Mersinweg: Two modern new buildings are to replace the ageing buildings P1 and P4 to P7.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Alexandra Dickhoff): Prof Dr Volker Peckhaus (l.), Paderborn University's Presidential Board Representative for Alumni Affairs, congratulates the 2024 Emeriti Award winner Tristan Bökenföhr (r.) in the Paderborn University Event Physics workshop. Among other things, the experiments for the popular science shows are prepared there.

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity phys­ics stu­dent hon­oured: Emer­iti Prize 2024 for Tristan Böken­föhr

A thirst for knowledge and academic curiosity, a desire to spend time abroad and outstanding academic achievements - these are the criteria that Paderborn University's Emeriti Award winners must fulfil.

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Photo (Paderborn University): The board of the WPR (from left to right): Dr. Andreas Hoischen, Dr. Vera Denzer and Gerd Richter.

New Pader­born Uni­ver­sity Staff Coun­cil mem­bers in­tro­duce them­selves

The employees of Paderborn University have elected their staff representatives until 30 June 2028.

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Teach­ing Day 2025: Sub­mit Ideas and Con­tri­bu­tions on the Top­ic of "Sus­tain­ab­il­ity" Now

Call for Participation: The Higher Education Development Office cordially invites all teaching staff, students and interested parties at the University to help shape the event program.

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Symbolic image (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi)

Fund­ing At­las of the Ger­man Re­search Found­a­tion: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity among Ger­many's best

The most important funding institution and central self-governing organisation for science in Germany, the German Research Foundation (DFG), published its Funding Atlas 2024 this week.

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Photo (Paderborn University): (from left to right) Steffen Strasser, Ida, Alexander Ostermann, Dr Nicole Satzinger, Frederike Schöningh with Greta and Yvonne Fögen.

Work­ing to­geth­er for more move­ment in the classroom: New col­lab­or­a­tion pro­duces spe­cial seat­ing for schools

In a new joint project, the members of the "besslab" movement, play and sports laboratory at Paderborn University, together with interior designer and carpenter Alexander Ostermann (Heimweh-Paderborn), teacher Frederike Schöningh from the Rudolf Steiner School Schloss Hamborn and Steffen Strasser from the Playparc company, have developed special seating furniture that combines movement and learning.

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Symbolic image (Paderborn University): The project, which won the university's research prize, is developing fully recyclable batteries that generate energy from the CO2 they extract from the atmosphere.

Com­bat­ing cli­mate change: Re­cyc­lable bat­ter­ies re­move CO2 from the at­mo­sphere

Paderborn University scientists honoured with research award

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Photo (Paderborn University, Selina Härtel): Prof Dr Sven Lindberg has emerged as runner-up in the "Professor of the Year" competition in the Humanities, Social and Cultural Sciences category. University President Prof Dr Birgitt Riegraf congratulates him at the award ceremony.

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist voted one of the most pop­u­lar pro­fess­ors in Ger­many

Prof Dr Sven Lindberg, Head of "Clinical Developmental Psychology" at Paderborn University, has emerged as runner-up in the "Professor of the Year" competition in the Humanities, Social and Cultural Sciences category.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Leonie Mayer): (from left) University President Prof. Dr Birgitt Riegraf, Dr Annika Hegemann, Central Equal Opportunities Officer at Paderborn University, and Ulrich Schmidt, Managing Director of Studierendenwerk, together set an example against violence against women.

Monday 25 November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

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