Oldenburg's energy research receives millions in funding: The university is involved in four sub-projects in the EFZN programme "Transformation of Lower Saxony's Energy System".

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding a new research project with eight million euros. The focus is on children after high-risk births, older people and people suffering from cancer.

A very special bilingual poetry slam will take place on Thursday 17 October at the Unikum. All participants will slam in both High and Low German.

A new flagship for sport: the university's new "Sports Research and Training Centre" provides a new home for university sports courses and applied research in the exercise sciences.

On two occasions, the Audimax of the lecture theatre centre was filled to the last seat and sometimes beyond: For 1,819 first-semester students, their studies at the University of Oldenburg begin - and at the same time a new phase in their lives.

The introduction of Low German as a teaching subject is progressing. Three teachers were the first to successfully complete a certificate examination with lecturers from the Bachelor's degree programme in Low German at the university, which was launched in 2023.

Beats instead of office, drinks instead of didactics, celebration instead of research: at the party on 27 September at the "hallig hanken", UOL employees celebrated into the night.

Computer scientist A. Murat Eren, who goes by Meren, is convinced that microbiology can contribute to solving many global challenges. In this interview, he talks about the astonishing progress the discipline has made in recent decades.

Developing new technologies to research biodiversity - that was the aim of XPRIZE Rainforest, a global competition involving more than 300 teams. Three doctoral students from the university also took part in the final.

The university offers training in eleven academic appointments, the diversity of which was presented by the trainees and their trainers at a careers orientation fair at the weekend. Seven apprenticeships are currently being advertised - until 13 October.

The tenth cohort of the "Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations" programme has celebrated its graduation. Coordinator Lydia Potts talks in an interview about the unusual degree programme - and why it is so important.

To mark the university's anniversary, the Unitheater is bringing the story of Rosalinde von Ossietzky to the stage. The documentary drama is dedicated to a woman who had many facets - and was a fighter in many ways.

There has been a herbarium at the university for 40 years. How such a plant collection is created and how the dried "specimens" are used in research and teaching can currently be seen in an exhibition in the library display case.

"Climate, people and the sea" is the title of the Oldenburg Climate Days 2024, which will culminate in an evening lecture by Ottmar Edenhofer, an expert on the economics of climate change.

This week, 22 young people started their Voluntary Academic Year at the university - more than ever before. The volunteers are working on both campuses of the university as well as in the university clinics.

Overcoming developments such as diversity, digitalisation and artificial intelligence together: That is the aim of the "Oldenburg Teacher Training Day" (TOLL). It will take place for the first time on 1 October.

Five paragraphs, three signatures, a model for success: this is how you can describe the first cooperation agreement between a university and the German Trade Union Confederation in Germany, which the university has now celebrated its 50th anniversary.

It will soon be ready: from 9 September, the university's new covered, two-storey parking facility on Uhlhornsweg can be used. It offers space for 340 bicycles. The official opening will be accompanied by a programme of bike-related events.

Climate change also affects the oceans. But how can the marine life affected by it be protected beyond the scope of national jurisdiction? A new consortium of researchers including scientists from Oldenburg is investigating this.

The University's goal is to continue to be successful in the Excellence Strategy - preferably with three clusters of excellence in the future. Teams from animal navigation, marine and hearing research have now cleared another hurdle on the way.