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21.12.2022

Prof. Dr. Jörg Acker is appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of BAM

The head of the Chair of Physical Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Jörg Acker, advises the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in the field of analytical sciences.

21.12.2022

More autonomy for universities

How much autonomy can universities tolerate? What characterizes a successful state university law? Questions like these will be addressed in a symposium organized by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Cottbus Center for Law and Administrative Sciences on February 17, 2023. Participation in the hybrid event is free of charge.

View on title of the law text

21.12.2022

Algae against cancer

The effect of ingredients from spirulina algae on tumor cells and on healthy cells of the liver is the subject of a new project at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU)

Spirulina cultures in bioreactors the algae biotechnology laboratory of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

19.12.2022

Ready for university medicine

The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg actively shapes the development of university medicine in Cottbus

BTU President at the signing ceremony

16.12.2022

Artificial intelligence in the workplace

Scientists led by Prof. Annette Hoppe are researching the future of work with 23 practical partners in the new Living and Learning Lab at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU). The lab has now been opened together with guests from politics and business attending.

15.12.2022

The BTU presents itself in the snow in many places

The year is drawing to a close. Pre-Christmas atmosphere in Cottbus and Senftenberg. Closing time over the turn of the year.

BTUers in snow on the Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee

15.12.2022

Foundation of the Lusatia Science Network

On December 14, 2022, the Lusatia Science Network was founded in Cottbus. Within the framework of this association initiated by the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, the research institutions involved in Cottbus and Senftenberg cooperate with the aim of jointly strengthening the research location.

Gruppenfoto der Gründungsmitglieder des Lausitz Science Network

14.12.2022

Better than the national trend: More enrollments at the BTU

Many more young people than in the previous year have applied to study at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) for the current winter semester 2022/23. The number of first-semester freshmen rose from 1,480 to 1,626.

A student edits graphics on a PC, with a student wearing VR goggles in the background. Photo: BTU, Sebastian Rau

13.12.2022

BTU coordinates international research network on the architectural heritage of high modernism

German Research Foundation (DFG) Funds the Interdisciplinary Priority Program "Cultural Heritage Construction" Coordinated by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

12.12.2022

The sound of joy in your ear

Push-pull principle for Fraunhofer IPMS loudspeaker concept in cooperation with Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) presented in Nature Journal

Speaker chip