Honeybees are consistently able to find their way back to the hive despite their tiny brains. In an article published in Nature, a group of international researchers, including Jacqueline Degen, reports on how the insects’ navigation strategy could be used in autonomous flying robots.

Marina Bartels from the Study and Career Counselling Service coordinates the Voluntary Academic Year (FWJ) at the University of Oldenburg. She is particularly keen to ensure that the 20 or so volunteers at the university feel at home.

Greater resilience for electricity and heating grids: The University of Oldenburg is involved in two of the five newly funded projects by the Energy Research Centre of Lower Saxony (efzn). The University of Bremen is participating as an associated partner in one of the projects.

The rain didn't put off this year's participants at the International Summer Fest. They enjoyed delicacies such as poffertjes and dorayaki, and a programme of stage performances, ranging from Ukrainian folklore to pop-rock from Oldenburg.

Since 2002, a permanent monitoring station run by the university has been continuously collecting key environmental data between Langeoog and Spiekeroog. This year, the unique research facility is going to be replaced.

Students will often remember, even years later, lecturers whose teaching style had a particularly formative influence on them. Students at the University of Oldenburg can currently nominate outstanding courses for the Teaching Award.

The University’s Presidential Board will soon have six members instead of five. The Vice Presidents Katharina Al-Shamery and Ralf Grüttemeier are to be succeeded by Gun-Britt Kohler, Michael Wark and Matthias Wendland.

Researchers from Oldenburg and Bremen aim to make the Northwest more visible on the quantum physics map. Together with partners from Aachen and Hamburg, they recently established a "node" of an international research network.

Just three weeks to go until the end of the term: anyone who’d like to liven up their final push in teaching and learning with some live music is invited to concerts by student ensembles almost every day – many of which take place on the campus.

The four Clusters of Excellence of the Northwest Alliance stand for internationally recognized, cutting-edge research and highly complex topics. An exciting quiz night in Oldenburg proved that these topics can also be entertaining.

Applause for research: the audience marvelled at no fewer than two presentations at the 14th Science Slam. A project on migratory bird research, which won the Open Science Prize – and five researchers who brought their science to life on stage in an entertaining way.

How do migratory birds and other species navigate over thousands of kilometres? This is the question that drives Henrik Mouritsen. In the podcast ‘Hirn gehört’, the spokesperson for the NaviSense Cluster of Excellence talks about his career, fieldwork in the jungle and unexpected discoveries.

How does the reintroduction of border controls affect the attitudes of people in border regions? This is being investigated by Hannah Arendt Fellow Marije Michel from Groningen, in collaboration with Juliana Goschler, a German studies scholar from Oldenburg.

The audience experienced a particularly unusual fusion of art and science at the third instalment of the “wissenskunst” series in the University’s Botanical Garden.

Knowledge transfer, innovation and start-up support – these are the topics addressed by Franziska Gloeden of the University of Oldenburg and Anne-Kathrin Guder of the University of Bremen. In the video, they talk about their collaboration and the hoi startup factory.

In 1976, the state government adopted a drastic austerity programme. This threatened the very existence of the fledgling University of Oldenburg. How could they make their voices heard? Around 1,100 members of the university community protested by cycling all the way to Hanover.

AI, wind turbines, nanochemistry: five students from Oldenburg present socially relevant research to MPs as part of the "Posters in the Bundestag" project. An opportunity to make their own approaches visible to the public.

Birgit Klostermann spent the last winter semester in Sweden. This was made possible by funding from Erasmus+. She wouldn’t have missed the experiences she had during that time for the world.

Nursing scientist Karin Wolf-Ostermann of the University of Bremen and engineer Andreas Hein of the University of Oldenburg collaborate across campuses on the “Care Innovation Centre” project. Together, they develop technical solutions to significantly reduce the workload of nursing professionals in…

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