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In addition to building networks, serving as a forum for Potsdam's scientific institutions and representing their interests, proWissen Potsdam carries out projects communicating the benefits of science to the public. This is done in cooperation with different partners. At first glance, these projects may not have much in common. Yet, what unites them is the opportunity they provide for scientists in Potsdam to present their contributions to the public and to get a wide audience interested in scientific topics.





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Jana Marsik. Photo: proWissen A filmmaker for Potsdam: Jana Marsik
"24 hours in Berlin": For one day in summer 2008, 80 camera teams roamed about the streets of Berlin to capture the many faces of Germany's capital - a project gaining a lot of attention. In a similar …
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A New Edict of Tolerance for Potsdam
What does tolerance mean to Potsdamers? How should we treat one another? For eight months in 2008, thousands of Potsdamers participated in a unique public discussion of this issue, which is of primary importance in a region troubled by repeated xenophobic attacks.
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Participants of "PerspektivWechsel" and Brandenburg`s Minister of Science Johanna Wanka. Photo: PR PerspektivWechsel - A Change of Perspectives
Imagine a busy manager of an industrial company taking on the role of a lecturer who patiently answers the questions of first-year university students. And imagine a university professor supervising the production process in a noisy factory building.
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Potsdam Award for Young Scientists
The winner of the 2nd Potsdam Award for Young Scientists, awarded by the City of Potsdam, is Dr. Sabine Kahlau of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm. The nomination process for this 5,000 Euro award had started in spring 2008.
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Potsdamer Köpfe
The image in some people's minds of scientists working in an "ivory tower" has long been proved wrong by Potsdam scientists. For several years they have given public lectures, popularizing scientific knowledge and current research projects and raising awareness of the importance of scientific research in the province of Brandenburg.
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The Long Night of Science
All scientists are nerds? Fundamental research is boring and of no use to anybody, except those conducting it? In order to overcome these and other prejudices, every year Berlin's and Potsdam's scientific institutions organize a "Long Night of Science", giving visitors an opportunity to get a feel for the work of scientists, university teachers and students.
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The Potsdam "Tram of Science" - Sponsors Wanted!
The tram has potential as an advertising medium. Following the example of commercial companies, proWissen Potsdam wants to use streetcars for its promotional purposes. From 2009 to 2011, Potsdam might have its own "Tram of Science", presenting Potsdam as a city of science as modern as the brand-new "Combino"-cars.
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