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The young Jena-based start-up ‘PlayInsight’ is focusing on digital innovations in the classroom. The founders are developing interactive learning games, known as serious games, designed to supplement traditional instruction and convey knowledge to students in a playful manner.
The Jena-based office supply retailer Böttcher AG has announced it is abandoning its planned European expansion, resulting in the loss of up to 300 potential jobs and 500 million euros in annual revenue.
Jena has made a significant leap forward in the nationwide Smart City Index by the digital association Bitkom, improving its ranking by seven places to reach 47th out of 83 major German cities.
Jena, September 18, 2026 – Exactly 40 years ago, a player for FC Carl Zeiss Jena wrote a special chapter in German-German football history. A spectacular set-piece goal at the time marked a unique sporting event.
Jena. 18.09.2026 – An 18-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Erlanger Allee on Thursday afternoon, according to the Jena State Police Inspectorate.
Author Christian Meyer-Landrut presents his new book on the Antarctic at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research in Jena.
Jena, September 17, 2026 – Under the title “L³ Future Dialogue: Climate, Change, Science,” the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena is addressing current climate change challenges today at the CineStar, seeking a direct dialogue with the urban community.
An interdisciplinary research team has investigated the influence of historical climate changes on mammalian diversity in Central Asia during the Paleogene period, 66 to 23 million years ago.
Scientists from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena are participating in a new international Arctic mission at the Tara Polar Station. The research station is currently trapped on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean, drifting through the polar night.
The Volkshochschule (vhs) Jena is hosting an evening lecture by Prof. Dr. Harald Kunze to critically examine the concept of the ‘Neolithic Revolution’ and the origins of sedentary life.