Topics in December

Sending acoustic greetings was chic, whether from the Empire State Building (left) or from a nightclub (far left). "Use only wooden needles," is on the AEG record from 1933.

Media scholar and Einstein Visiting Fellow Thomas Y. Levin is studying the history of a medium that has largely been forgotten today.

A uniform whoosh and a slight crackle are heard. The next moment, an energetic young male voice speaks: “Dear Lina, it’s Josi!” Is it the start of a letter? Or a phone conversation?

The full name of the alliance, which was launched in 2013, is “Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons and prospects for enlargement and beyond.”

Researchers from the MAXCAP international research alliance study how the EU prepares candidate countries for membership.

It was a subject of debate among scholars, politicians, and economists: the eastward expansion of the European Union (EU) ten years ago. The enlargement, which encompassed ten new Member States, including Poland, the Czech Republic, and the Baltic states, was dubbed the “Big Bang.”

From left: Anne-Katrin Engelmann (GöVB), Linda Albrecht, Annika Jähnig, Josephine Reuer (students of Freie Universität), Jan Fabian Ehmke and Natalia Kliewer (project managers), student Max Adam and GöVB Managing Director Michael Neugebauer

Right in time for the winter schedule, students of Information Systems at Freie Universität are researching optimum bus transportation.

Early morning, eyelids still drooping, under cloudy gray November skies. On days like this, it is a blessing if the bus comes on time and there is a place to sit without having to fight through the crowd.

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