From Monday, September 2, 2024, the city of Frankfurt (Oder) will be taking part in this year's CITY CYCLING. Up to and including Sunday, 22 September, the aim is to cycle as much as possible in teams and collect kilometers for the city – whether on the way to work, school, shopping or in your free time.

From 6 to 7 September 2024, the historic old town of Bad Freienwalde will once again be the setting for a colorful festival full of culture, fun and entertainment for the whole family. Visitors can look forward to a colorful market, live music on the stages and in the courtyards, as well as many other attractions. As part of the Old Town Festival, classic car owners will be showcasing their gems on Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On August 5, 2024, the Voivode of Lubuskie Marek Cebula received the representatives of the Euroregion PRO EUROPA VIADRINA, Mr. Jacek Wójcicki, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Polish Municipalities of the Euroregion "Pro Europa Viadrina", and Mr. Rainer Schinkel, Chairman of the association "Mittlere Oder" e.V., for a working meeting.

Multitalent Eko Fresh is returning to the stage and will be paying a visit to Frankfurt's exhibition halls for a club concert at the start of his German tour on March 7, 2025. The tracks of the rapper, whose musical career began around 25 years ago, are formative and style-defining for several generations and entire genres. Eko Fresh's "Legacy Tour 2025" with a live band promises to be a journey through all phases of his career.

A look behind the scenes of the State School and Technical Facility for Fire and Civil Protection (LSTE) in Eisenhüttenstadt will be available to all visitors on September 7, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civil Protection Day and the LSTE Open Day. The civil protection and civil defense teams offer a varied program and present their skills in the form of height rescue exercises, operational demonstrations, taster lessons and the catastrophe protection lighthouse of the city of Cottbus. Hands-on activities, face painting and a stage program invite every age group to find out more.

As part of the seminar "Female Ancestors in Photographs and Documents", a research project began at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the European University Viadrina in the summer semester of 2023 under the direction of Dr. Izabella Parowicz, in which students created a biography of a female ancestor living in the first half of the 20th century. The result is the online exhibition "Female Ancestors".

From Thursday, 19 September to Saturday, 21 September, the 11th Tensions of Europe Conference will take place at Viadrina and is jointly organized by the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU) and the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS). On the topic "Transformations. Fundamental Change and Technology", international researchers will come together to shed light on the technological, political, social and environmental aspects of transformations.

During the semester break, the University Library has changed its opening hours. From Monday, July 22, to Friday, August 2, the library will be open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. From Monday, August 5, to Friday, September 13, the library will be open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. From Monday, September 16, the regular opening hours will apply again.

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is hosting a lounge concert in honor of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach on Wednesday, 16 September at 6.30 p.m. in its Logensaal. The ensemble False Consonance, which was honored this year with the title Rheinsberger Hofkapelle, will perform works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 to 1788) and composers of his time on the occasion of his 310th birthday.

The future of transatlantic relations from the perspective of the Weimar Triangle. The Genshagen Foundation, the European University Viadrina and the Université Sorbonne are jointly hosting the Trilateral Genshagen Summer School from Wednesday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 28. Every year, the summer school brings together Master's students and doctoral candidates from Germany, France and Poland. This year's theme is: "Europe Left Alone? The Future of Transatlantic Relations from a Weimar Triangle Perspective".