Category Archives: Uni

Practical courses for students of secondary school

This month’s Accretionary Wedge (hosted by Magma Cum Laude) is about earth science outreach, so I’d like to write a bit about the practical courses our university (BTU – Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus) provides for secondary school students in 11th and 12th grade.

Our department (Environmental Geology) offers such practicals since 2007, but [...]

Great blackboard art

What else to say besides being green with envy?
Hat tip to Diax’s Rake (Scienceblogs.de).

The horror! The horror!

The dreaded day has come. Yesterday was our secretary’s last day at work. I dare not think about how things may turn out in the future.

Slightly disconcerting anniversary

The day before yesterday it has been 12 years since I’ve come to Cottbus. That means that I’m here for more than a third of my life. Back then, I definitly wouldn’t have expected this.

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