The scholar Prof. Dominik Lengyel has been appointed a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) as part of the Winckelmann Celebration of the DAI. The award recognises his internationally visible research achievements at the interface of archaeology, Architecture and digital visualisation.

The Lausitz-Spreewald regional competition of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) will be held on Saturday, 24 January 2026, from 9 a.m. in the Central Lecture Hall Building on the Cottbus main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

The Chair of Architectural Conservation at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, headed by Prof. Dr Johanna Blokker, will in future be known as the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies. The BTU is thus continuing its successful collaboration with UNESCO in the field of heritage research, which began in 2003.