Prof Dr Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog, Professor of Theoretical Computing Science, has been accepted into the prestigious Academia Europaea. Its members include scientists from almost all disciplines from all over Europe. Almost 40 of the 2,300 members are Nobel Prize winners.

In "My Russian Adventure", journalist Jens Mühling tells how he travelled to a hermit in the taiga. And the strange stories he encounters along the way. Mühling will be reading in the university library hall on 20 November. We spoke to him in advance.

Prof Dr Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer, professor of "Music and Media" at the university, has been appointed president of the newly founded German-speaking branch of the "International Association for the Study of Popular Music" (IASPM).

Prof Dr Helmut Hillebrand, Professor of Planktology at the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg, was elected Chair at the general meeting of the Northwest Marine Research Association (NWVM).

She is studying Business Administration at the University of Oldenburg - and won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in London on 7 August: we spoke to

Kristina Sprehe about her medal success and the challenge of combining top-class sport and studying.

Prof Dr Babette Simon, President of the University, has been appointed to the University/Business Working Group of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK).

The Lower Saxony Order of Merit is the highest honour awarded by the state of Lower Saxony. Dr Marron C. Fort, a researcher at the university, received the award today for his services to Low German and Sater Frisian.

Corn, scrap yards and stables - the photos by journalist Gerhard Kromschröder show Emsland beyond the tourist clichés. The exhibition "Expeditionen ins Emsland - Ein deutscher Bilderbogen" (Expeditions to the Emsland - A German Picture Arc) is now on display at the Oldenburg University Library until…

Prof Dr Jürgen Gmehling, Professor of Technical Chemistry at the University of Oldenburg, has been awarded the Emil Kirschbaum Medal. With this award, the ProcessNet board honours Gmehling's outstanding scientific achievements in the development of thermal process engineering.

16 young people started their academic appointments at the University of Oldenburg today.

"As one of the largest employers in the region, the university is doing everything it can to provide the young professionals with sound and qualified training," said Nikolas Lange, Vice President for…

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has awarded Prof. Dr Reto Weiler, Managing Director of the Research Centre Neurosensory Science and head of the Neurobiology working group, the prestigious "Boycott Prize".

He is regarded as an outstanding international scientist: 35-year-old physicist Dr Mohammed Khalil Saeed Salih from Sudan will be conducting research at the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen over the next two years as part of his Humboldt Fellowship.

A literary magazine called "Persephonyx", for which you can send in photos, caricatures and comics. Or a music video without cuts, called Lipdub, in which the performers sing playback: About two projects by students who are out and about creatively on campus.

The administrative scientist and emeritus professor Dr Klaus Lenk has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class for his commitment to sustainable public administration. Federal Minister of the Interior Dr Hans-Peter Friedrich presented him with the decoration awarded by the Federal…

On our own behalf: The new issue of the research magazine EINBLICKE and a relaunch of the online alumni magazine "AlMa".

She has become famous for her drawings: The artist Isabel Kreitz made a name for herself with her comic adaptation of Uwe Timm's "Die Entdeckung der Currywurst". Now she is the university's 2012 poetry professor.

Prof Dr Christoph Böhringer, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oldenburg, is a new member of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI).

The cultural scientist PD Dr Anja Zimmermann has been included in the international excellence portal for female scientists "AcademiaNet". She was nominated by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Two projects by students at the University of Oldenburg were honoured today in Berlin with prizes in the "Teaching for Life" ideas competition. Ilse Aigner, Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, presented the awards to the students.

Prof Dr Martin Butler, Professor of American Studies, has been elected Director of the Institute of English and American Studies.