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Last week saw the official inauguration of a new center of marine research in the coastal town of Qingdao, China. The Ocean University of China (OUC), the University of Bremen – with the Leibniz Center of Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) – and the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel – with the…

Jubilation on the part of project leaders and the University Management on hearing that the University of Bremen has once again reached the final round in the German government’s Excellence Initiative. In the last round the University only narrowly missed being awarded the coveted title “University…

Today everybody seems to be talking about the role of media in education. How can social software like weblogs, podcasts and wikis be utilized for learning in schools, universities and firms? Specialists in media education at the University of Bremen are now putting the finishing touches on…

What subject should I study? A question that becomes more and more acute the nearer pupils come to school leaving age. The University of Bremen offers school leavers to-be practical advice and support – and even taster courses in a number of subjects. In Summer Semester 2011, for instance, young…

Several research teams from the University of Bremen will be presenting their work to the public at this year’s CeBIT fair, which takes place in Hanover from Tuesday1st till Saturday 5th March. Among those attending the world’s largest computer fair this year are teams from the Bremen Institute of…

It is once again time for “Computer Science Meets the Arts”. On Thursday 24th  February 2011 in the “Spedition am Güterbahnhof” in Bremen the curtain will rise on the new production “Parcival XX-XI”. This transdisciplinary political dance theater is a joint production staged by the…

“The Pillars of the Earth”, “Good bye Lenin”, “The White Ribbon” or Guido Knopp’s TV “histotainment”: public interest in history seems to be booming. Historical themes for cinema, television and literature are proving to be a winning recipe. In contrast, interest in history as an academic discipline…

On Tuesday evening the University of Bremen had double cause to celebrate: release of the University Year Book 2010 and a reception in welcome of new alumni. The University President presented the new University Year Book 2010  at the traditional Year Book reception organized by unifreunde e. V.…

Hard work and back breaking effort, which at the same time calls for utmost precision: rotor blades for wind turbines are still mostly made by hand. Huge sheets of glass or carbon fiber composite measuring as much as 130 square meters have to be laid crease-free into a mould and then coated with…

The young researcher Mathias Soeken, member of the "Work Group Computer Architecture" led by Professor Rolf Drechsler in the Faculty of Mathematics / Computer Science at the University of Bremen, has been awarded an international young-researcher prize in Yokohama, Japan. The prize is for research…