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John von Neumann Excellence Project 2012: The Small Scale Structure of the Universe
1 June 2012. The proposal "The Small Scale Structure of the Universe" for Supercomputer Time by Stefan Gottlöber from AIP was now highlighted as Excellence Project 2012 by the John von Neumann Institute for Computing. The proposal is part of the CLUES - Constrained Local UniversE Simulations - project.
Publication Award for Meetu Verma
9 May 2012. Meetu Verma is honored with the Publication Award for young scientists awarded on 10 May 2012 by the 16th Leibniz Kolleg Potsdam. She earned it for three publications about velocity fields on the surface of the sun, which were published in the referred journals Astronomy & Astrophysics and Astronomical Notes.
AIP is Potsdam's filming location of the month [German]
1 December 2011. Potsdam has announced the AIP as filming location of the month December during the Potsdam Year of the Film 2011. In 1930, parts of the movie "Stürme über dem Montblanc" (Stormy Montblanc) were filmed at AIP.
Galaxies light up at Art Basel Miami Beach
1 December 2011. On 30 November 2011 the light installation “eL” lighted up for the first time at the Art Basel Miami Beach. The 2.7 meter high chandelier was developed and realised by a cooperation of Astrophysicist Noam Libeskind, his father, American architect Daniel Libeskind and Zumtobel, an international supplier of integral lighting solutions.
Young Scientist Prize for Mary Williams
25 October 2011. Mary Williams, a scientist at AIP, has been awarded the science and engineering Brandenburg Young Scientist Prize for her discovery and research of a new stream of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way called the “Aquarius Stream”. The post-doctoral prize comes with a cash award of 20,000 euro.
Architectural Award for Leibnizhaus (in German!)
Am 19.10.2011 ist das Leibnizhaus des Leibniz-Instituts für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) in Potsdam-Babelsberg mit dem zum sechsten Mal vergebenen Brandenburgischen Baukulturpreis 2011 ausgezeichnet worden.
Galactic Archaeology with SEGUE
6 - 8 July 2011, Workshop at AIP
Astronomical skills for engineers
23 June 2011 - 40 young researches visited summer school at AIP
„Long Night of Stars" - lunar eclipse on 15 June at AIP
08 June 2011 (in German)
The Astrophysical Institute Potsdam now is the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (in German)
15 April 2011. Today, the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam officially announced its new name during a ceremonial act with invited guests and staff .
Glass fibers as measuring instruments (in German)
14 April 2011. innoFSPEC Potsdam – centre of innovation competence innoFSPEC receives "Location 2011 in the Country of Ideas" award. The ceremonial act, which is coupled to a public event, took place at AIP during the "Girls’ Day 2011".
Colloquium in Celebration of Horst Künzel’s 90th Birthday (in German!)
Gruber Fellowship 2011 for AIP scientist Jaime Forero-Romero (in German)
06 January 2011.
