up2date – Das Onlinemagazin der Universität Bremen – University of Bremen Online Magazine https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/ RSS News Feed en-us Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:03:37 +0100 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:03:37 +0100 Fertile Data https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/fertile-data 8242f349-634c-33a4-6913-64df07d2d75d Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 How Sensors and AI Reveal the Content of Manure Forschung Nachhaltigkeit “Don’t Let Yourself Be Intimidated” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/dont-let-yourself-be-intimidated f80394e2-ad38-c394-151a-e079c52721df Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100 Literature professor Karen Struve on women, diversity, and ingrained habits at the university Uni & Gesellschaft Pure High-Tech https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/pure-high-tech c2ad2be1-b110-aa84-d136-4eacfc6b3ab6 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Flexible and portable biosensors are one of the applications being researched in the cleanroom of the Institute for Microsensors, -actuators, and -systems (IMSAS) Forschung How Relevant Are Video Games for Society? https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/how-relevant-are-video-games-for-society 1e06695f-1059-2c44-cdd0-9e25b29fe930 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100 Whether serious games, environmental games, or first-person shooters – video games offer profound insights into human values, beliefs, and societal dynamics Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft Multilingualism and Mopan Maya: A Study of Language Contact and Its Implications https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/multilingualism-and-mopan-maya-a-study-of-language-contact-and-its-implications f401ee64-5ace-2c84-19a8-5ed6b93e59aa Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:50:00 +0100 Linguist Nicole Hober is researching a sub-form of the Mayan language in Belize and assisting with a translation of The Little Prince Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft Between Emotionalization and Taboo https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/between-emotionalization-and-taboo fb20fe89-c7fe-d7f4-bd43-552b400b08c2 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100 How memorial sites commemorating the victims of National Socialism position themselves on TikTok – and why these hardly ever feature people persecuted for political reasons Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft “We Need to Reduce Energy Consumption Even More” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/we-need-to-reduce-energy-consumption-even-more cd4b8d70-de9e-4eb4-815d-122bd2810a72 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Eva-Maria Mendez Montilla speaks about her new tasks as Environmental and Climate Protection Manager and the University of Bremen’s path towards climate neutrality Campusleben Nachhaltigkeit A Look at the Environmental Archive of Coral Reefs https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/a-look-at-the-environmental-archive-of-coral-reefs 1521d334-7185-ba74-b9df-bd578586e152 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 What do centuries-old calcium deposits reveal about why some coral reefs withstand the progressing global warming better than others? Forschung Nachhaltigkeit Meer “Educational Equity Means Thinking about Schools from the Perspective of Mainstream Society” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/educational-equity-means-thinking-about-schools-from-the-perspective-of-mainstream-society 196d1d4f-d305-8424-81b7-e732ec945e88 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:03:00 +0100 Education researcher Sabine Doff on equitable schools Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft A Culture of Remembrance in Transition https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/a-culture-of-remembrance-in-transition 8ee2ccf3-b058-eb94-2da4-0f108a59a505 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and ever fewer eyewitnesses – How will these changes affect the way people remember the Nazi era? Uni & Gesellschaft “All Human Beings Are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/all-human-beings-are-born-free-and-equal-in-dignity-and-rights 33083ddf-8588-e074-f1e3-185db3c01c50 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 This is stated in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. An interview with legal expert Professor Lars Viellechner for Human Rights Day on December 10 Uni & Gesellschaft “Bremen Is My Home Away from Home” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/bremen-is-my-home-away-from-home 25c1c044-f43c-c704-598a-4dcf42d3d06d Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0100 We reunited with the three Afghan Omid Farda Scholarship recipients Nazdana Sultanfar, Sohrab Zarbafiyan, and Mohammad Fahim Amini to follow up on how they are doing Lehre & Studium Uni & Gesellschaft 100 Years of DAAD: Why International Exchange is Vital for the University of Bremen https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/100-years-of-daad-why-international-exchange-is-vital-for-the-university-of-bremen aa6d4f68-59ae-be84-794e-d7390b9a3252 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Mandy Boehnke and Marejke Baethge-Assenkamp explain how the German Academic Exchange Service has shaped the university Lehre & Studium Uni & Gesellschaft Have You Heard of... the ZMML? https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/have-you-heard-ofthe-zmml c481bad5-975c-0e24-559f-a12d8a359b6c Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Let’s get digital: For 25 years, the Center for Multimedia in Higher Education (ZMML) has been promoting the use of digital teaching methods. Welcome to a slightly different tour of the campus Lehre & Studium Skilled Workers from Abroad: How the University of Bremen Supports International Students https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/skilled-workers-from-abroad-how-the-university-of-bremen-supports-international-students 0d61cdeb-9ea6-6c54-2931-6275e13697e3 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 ConnectIn: Preparing international students for the German labor market Lehre & Studium Three Years of ChatGPT: How Does AI Threaten Public Communication? https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/three-years-of-chatgpt-how-does-ai-threaten-public-communication 71173e51-a310-4924-2d30-829a7819a9f6 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Communication researcher Cornelius Puschmann speaks about the risks automated bots pose for public discourse Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft From Scattered Thoughts to the Big Picture https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/from-scattered-thoughts-to-the-big-picture 9a769a5b-f6d8-96b4-e1dd-0326e08cabb3 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 How philosophy teaches us to view the world as a puzzle Forschung Uni & Gesellschaft Worlds of Contradiction Celebrates Tenth Anniversary https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/contradiction-studies-milestone-worlds-of-contradiction-research-platform-celebrates-its-tenth-anniv 5e03da8b-f2d2-4114-f991-7068c9415c16 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 How the University of Bremen benefited from Excellence funding: The Worlds of Contradiction research platform Forschung Doubting Your Degree Choice? How to Transfer to a Different Program https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/doubting-your-degree-choice-how-to-transfer-to-a-different-program e248e956-2dbf-a9c4-3930-806130d98be8 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Students Marlon and Luisa speak about their motivations for switching degree programs and give tips Lehre & Studium Campusleben “Tolerance Is Essential” https://up2date.uni-bremen.de/en/article/tolerance-is-essential 2c9b4bee-4560-ba54-d905-7da364b9fac2 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 And yet the willingness to allow for other opinions is decreasing, according to philosopher Professor Dr. Dagmar Borchers. Uni & Gesellschaft