Overcoming language barriers by tandem
Li Shuo, Felix Keitel, Yanling Peng and Clemens Oerding have only known each other for a few weeks, yet they have already covered a lot of distance together. On a normal tandem bike that Read more
"Opa ist an allem schuld"
„Als ich die Zusage für das Deutschlandstipendium im Briefkasten gefunden hatte, habe ich zuerst meinen Opa angerufen“, erzählt Elisabeth Jäger. Er hatte die Biologiestudentin immer wieder dazu „gedrängelt“, sich für ein Stipendium zu bewerben. Read more
Tolerance Debates at the White Sea
What does tolerance mean? This question was investigated in May by members of the intercultural media project mediA≡H in Arkhangelsk on the White Sea. This student initiative has been around since Read more
The Japan Halle Connection
First came an earthquake, then a tsunami flooded wide stretches of the northern coast on 11 March of this year. Finally to top it all off, there was a catastrophe in the Fukushima I reactor complex. Some students from Halle were in Japan as the earth started shaking and experienced the disaster up close and personal. For safety reasons most returned to Germany. But they wanted to help in Germany too, and some have even gone back to Tokyo to continue studying. Read more