World Water Day on 22 March serves as a reminder of just how precious – and yet how limited – clean water is. This issue is also a focus of Timothy Moss, a senior researcher at IRI THESys at Humboldt University.

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) officially opened the Berlin Battery Lab (BBL) on 19 March.

Whether it’s quantum physics, robot programming or battery chemistry: the institutes at HU in Adlershof are opening their laboratories and inviting school pupils to experience high-tech careers and research first-hand.

The first finds from the SIRIS Project, which is based at the Winckelmann Institute for Classical Archaeology at Humboldt-Universität, are already on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Siritide in Policoro.

On 18 March, Humboldt-Universität will host a discussion entitled "Writing the World, Writing the Island: Irish Writers in Conversation" with award-winning Irish writers, including Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch.

The conference "Bildung" on 3 and 4 July in Berlin offers historical, systematic and future-oriented perspectives on a key concept in German intellectual history – from humanism and meritocracy to AI and sustainability. Submit your proposal now!

This year's "Future Campus" on 13 March at Humboldt-Universität provides information about becoming a teacher. Berlin school pupils from Year 10 onwards, as well as parents and school staff, are invited to attend.

Discussing controversial topics constructively is the motto of the new podcast "Auf ein Argument mit..." (Let's argue with...) from the Institute of Philosophy at HU. Every week, a philosopher is invited to join the conversation – in February, the…