Andrea Lübben is head of the Botanical Garden's Administrative Office. In this interview she talks about her varied tasks, what the annual Open Day…

Historian Dagmar Freist recently presented the Prize Papers Project at the Spanish Embassy in London. In this interview, she talks about captured…

For the second time, the Academic Senates from Bremen and Oldenburg met together. At the meeting, which took place at the HWK Delmenhorst, the…

Ninety years have passed since Carl von Ossietzky, after whom the university is named, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The University Library is…

The world-renowned philosopher Hannah Arendt died fifty years ago today. In this essay, Oldenburg philosopher Matthias Bormuth examines Arendt’s views…

The University of Oldenburg contributes to environmental protection and species conservation in many ways. Making its campuses more nature-friendly is…

Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods…

This year's Klaus von Klitzing Prize goes to Tobias Beck and thus to Upper Swabia. The award was presented during a ceremony in Oldenburg by its…

Identifying strengths and weaknesses, deriving measures and thus improving the quality of studies and teaching – that is what ‘internal evaluation’ is…

The Unikum is turning 40. Where once there was a pub called Bierschwemme offering bowling, cabaret and cheese skewers there is now a theatre offering…

„DynaCom” aims to expand our understanding of biodiversity on islands. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the project for another two…

Geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz has been awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize for Early Career Researchers. She translates microscopic processes in…

„Northwest Alliance: Connecting for Tomorrow” – this is the title under which the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen have submitted their…

Significantly more heat is transferred between objects that are in very close proximity than physics theory predicts. A team from the university has…

The installation We (all) are the people by renowned conceptual artist Hans Haacke hangs from the bridge near the lecture hall centre. PhD art student…

From this winter semester onwards, students taking a teaching degree can take courses on how to combat antisemitism in schools. The University of…

If krill swarms in Antarctica shrink, this will have immediate consequences for many animal species. A team led by scientist Bettina Meyer is…

After almost a year at the university, Kavana Manjunatha, a biology student from India, has settled in well and is looking forward to what comes next.

Hans Beelen is passionate about the Dutch language. After 38 years as a lecturer at the University of Oldenburg he is now retiring – and has been…

Pollutant levels in fish in the Wadden Sea are increasing. Researchers are developing a software tool that analyses the interactions between fish and…