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Ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence: de­vel­op­ing ex­plan­a­tions to­geth­er

After four years of intensive research, the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 318 "Constructing Explainability" is taking stock at the end of the first DFG funding phase.

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Graphic (Paderborn University, Kürtz): Design by Prof Kürtz and his team.

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity artists ex­hib­it works at the Fed­er­al Of­fice for Build­ing and Re­gion­al Plan­ning

International competition "Art in architecture"

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E-books with a learn­ing ef­fect: in­ter­na­tion­al re­search team de­vel­ops di­git­al chil­dren's books

A team of researchers from Paderborn University and participating universities in Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey and Malta have developed animated e-books for three to five-year-olds in ten different languages as part of a project funded by the EU with around 400,000 euros.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Björn Heerdegen): Looking forward to an exciting summer camp: Prof. Dr. Bardo Herzig (front, 1st from left) with sponsors Claudia Holle (front, centre), Thomas Bartoldus (front, 2nd from left) and Prof. Dr. Rita Burrichter (2nd row, 1st from left), both PLAZEF board members, as well as Markus Kotterba (top, 1st from left). Philip Redeker (top, 1st from right), Franziska Scholz (top, 2nd from right) and Sophia Kaleas (top, 1st from left) are active as teamers at the camp and are supported by project staff Claudia Decker (front, 1st from right), Dr. Cornelia Zierau (2nd row, centre) and Dr. Maria Mochalova (top, 1st from right).

"Ad­ven­ture Cam­pus": Sum­mer camp at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity for chil­dren aged between 8 and 13

From 18 to 22 August, children aged between 8 and 13 can go on a journey of discovery at Paderborn University: The "Vielfalt stärken" summer camp offers a colourful programme prepared and run by student teachers.

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AI study shows: Warn­ings of­ten miss their tar­get

Paderborn research team investigates user behaviour in dealing with AI errors

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De­vel­op­ment of a re­search data in­fra­struc­ture: GWK ap­proves second fund­ing phase of the "NF­DI4­Cul­ture" con­sor­ti­um

At its meeting on Friday, 4 July, the Joint Science Conference of the Federal and State Governments (GWK) decided on nine continuation applications from consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). The "NFDI4Culture" consortium, co-sponsored by Paderborn University, received a positive funding decision for a second project phase.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Stephan Risse): (from left) Prof Dr Matthias Bauer, President of Paderborn University, scholarship holder Jonas Kloppenburg and Prof Dr Thomas Tröster, Vice President for Research and Academic Career Paths at Paderborn University.

Hon­our­ing young sci­ent­ists: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity awards Gradu­ate Schol­ar­ships 2025

The scholarships comprise a monthly grant of 2,000 euros and are awarded for twelve or 36 months, depending on the funding line

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Photo (Paderborn University, Stephan Risse): (from left) Dennis Kehne, Head of Student Health Management (SGM), Sandra Bischof, Coordinator of Occupational Health Management, Simone Probst, Vice President for Business and Human Resources Management, Clara Wantzelius, student member of the BELZ Benelux team, Dr Resul Karaca, Co-Head of BelgiumNet, and Prof Dr Sabine Schmitz, Chair of the BELZ Board of Directors, at the donation handover.

Bel­gi­um Centre sup­ports sus­tain­able uni­ver­sity pro­ject

Proceeds from the Belgium Day tombola go to the "Campus Forest" at Paderborn University

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New Mas­ter's de­gree pro­gramme in Psy­cho­logy at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

From the coming winter semester, it will now also be possible to study psychology as a Master's degree at Paderborn University, after this had already been possible for Bachelor's students since 2022. It is possible to start the programme in both the winter and summer semesters.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Besim Mazhiqi): Prospective students can now apply for their desired degree programme at Paderborn University.

Study­ing to make a dif­fer­ence: start of the ap­plic­a­tion phase at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

Prospective students can now apply for a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme at Paderborn University to start in the winter semester 2025/26.

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3D print­ing, psy­cho­logy, sus­tain­able mech­an­ic­al en­gin­eer­ing, Ger­man as a second and for­eign lan­guage: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity ex­pands…

Enrolments are now possible

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Photo (Paderborn University, Johanna Pietsch): This year's AStA Summer Festival marks the starting point for the implementation of sustainable measures at open-air events in OWL – accompanied by the "NachhaltigkeitsKulturOWL" research project.

Sus­tain­ab­il­ity meets fest­iv­al: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity launches pi­lot meas­ures for sus­tain­able open-air events

The AStA Summer Festival attracts thousands of visitors every year - and this time it is also a pilot project in terms of sustainability. Accompanied by the "NachhaltigkeitsKulturOWL" research project, it marks the starting point for the implementation of sustainable measures in connection with outdoor cultural events in East Westphalia-Lippe.

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Po­etry lec­ture­ship at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity with Mi­chael Lentz

In the winter semester 2025/26, the poet and storyteller Michael Lentz will take over the 44th Paderborn Guest Lectureship for Writers.

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Photo (Paderborn University): Teachers from the Marietta School District took a closer look at the Pelizaeus Gymnasium during their visit to Paderborn.

Bridge across the At­lantic: Pader­born Schools and Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in­tensi­fy co­oper­a­tion with the USA

As part of a project week, teachers and professors from Kennesaw (Georgia) visited the cathedral city to gain insights into local educational work and develop new exchange formats with pupils, students and teachers.

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Photo (Paderborn University): Prof. Dr Norbert Otto Eke from Paderborn University.

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity sci­ent­ist elec­ted chair­man of the in­ter­na­tion­al sci­entif­ic as­so­ci­ation "For­um Vormärz Forschung"

Prof. Dr Norbert Otto Eke, a researcher at Paderborn University, was elected as the new chairman of the international scientific association "Forum Vormärz Forschung" in Wuppertal at the end of April.

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