Board elects physical chemistry expert as Vice President for one year

Bringing designers and product developers together with potential users of their products in a creative atmosphere: That is the aim of the first prototype party at the university. Students and young scientists are also invited to get feedback for their product ideas.

Protecting marine stocks with a new type of fish food while reducing the use of water and antibiotics in farming: this is the aim of the latest start-up at the University of Oldenburg, which has now received a six-figure start-up grant.

She wants to know how different animal species adapt to their environment and at what cost: Australian Dr Gabrielle Miller is conducting research as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

The University of Oldenburg has a new president: The medical doctor and former Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine III at the University of Düsseldorf, Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper, has taken office. Piper was unanimously elected by the University Senate in March.

Whether someone is doing a doctorate in chemistry or social sciences: "Many phases between euphoria and a deep valley are similar," says Linda Jauch, Managing Director of the Graduate Academy. In this interview, she and Vice President Bernd Siebenhüner talk about the interdisciplinary promotion of…

University Society organises first innovation dialogue. The keynote speaker is Stephanie Birkner, Junior Professor for Female Entrepreneurship. Young company founders present themselves and their business ideas.

Rea Kodalle, sports sociologist at the University of Oldenburg, is the new coordinator of the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO) at the University of Oldenburg.

Mushrooms instead of chemical fertilisers and solar cells for refrigerated transport: these projects won the "Climate Innovations" business competition organised by the university-led "Network Innovation & Start-ups in Climate Change" (NIK).

International award for a young scientist from Oldenburg: Antonietta De Sio from the "Ultrafast Nano-Optics" working group at the Institute of Physics has received the "Tingye Li Innovation Prize", endowed with 3,000 US dollars, in San José, California.

An academic CV in the fast lane: Munich geoscientist Xiaoxiang Zhu has been awarded this year's Helene Lange Prize by the EWE Foundation and the university for her outstanding achievements in research and teaching.

"Fireball on ice - emergency medicine at -50 degrees Celsius" - this is the title of Prof Dr Christian Byhahn's inaugural lecture. The 44-year-old is Head Physician at the Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy at the Evangelical Hospital in Oldenburg and Associate…

Lucien Minka studies at the University of Oldenburg. He also works with children and young people from socially disadvantaged families. His father already found his way from Cameroon to the University of Oldenburg - in the 1970s, under almost unimaginable conditions.

The physician and Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine III at Düsseldorf University Hospital, Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper (62), was unanimously elected as the new President of the University of Oldenburg by the University Senate in the first round of voting today.

The role of religion in a secular society - and the significance of Pegida and counter-protests: a contribution to the debate by theologian Ulrike Link-Wieczorek.

The winners of the University of Oldenburg's 14th Carl von Ossietzky Composition Competition have been announced. This year's competition was for compositions for piano. The five-member international jury, headed by Oldenburg composer and university lecturer Prof Violeta Dinescu, received more than…

The University Society's (UGO) "Impulse Forum" is intended to serve as a door opener to the university for young managers from business, culture and administration. Conversely, it is an opportunity for young academics to network in the region.

The first Heisenberg Professor of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg, Prof. Dr Lars Steinsträßer, will give his inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 11 February at 6 p.m. in The Smart House Oldenburg (Schlossplatz 16).

Jörg Stahlmann, Head of the University's Finance Division for many years, has been appointed Vice President for Administration and Finance at the University of Oldenburg by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science.

The new "Teacher of the Year for Science Subjects" comes from Jülich: Werner Decker received the €15,000 Klaus von Klitzing Prize, which was awarded for the tenth time by the University of Oldenburg and the EWE Foundation.