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The summer semester has begun - again largely digitally. Nevertheless, it is not always easy to tackle studies with motivation, as Vice President Verena Pietzner knows. She answers important questions in a video interview.

Joint outlook for the future: following the recent renewal of their cooperation agreement, the Universities of Oldenburg and Groningen have drawn up a strategy paper setting out the key focus areas for their fifth decade of cooperation.

Scientists at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) scored a success: in the aquariums in Wilhelmshaven they were able to induce sexual reproduction in stony corals for the first time in Germany.

Data has become one of the most important economic assets of the 21st century. Jorge Marx Gómez and a team of Oldenburg business informatics researchers are investigating how big data can help companies to glean new knowledge.

Producing batteries in a completely new way is the goal of chemist Dmitry Momotenko. He has now started his research work at the university - funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council.