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Volker Schindel in conversation with pupils
Campus Life Music

"Art as a dress rehearsal for life"

"The Sunken City" is the name of the children's opera by Violeta Dinescu, which will be co-performed by pupils from Oldenburg. Students from the Institute of Music prepared the production. The result will soon be on show.

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Campus Life Marine Sciences

Discover the colourful diversity of the oceans

Immerse yourself in the underwater world - from the local North Sea to tropical coral reefs: three Oldenburg marine biologists make this possible with their colourful exhibition "Discover the colourful diversity of the oceans".

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Top News Equal opportunities Physics

A Passion for quantum light

Experimental physicist Ana Predojević from Stockholm is currently a Helene Lange Visiting Professor at the University of Oldenburg. The renowned researcher is one of very few women in one of the most interesting fields in physics.

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Campus Life

Between numbers and voluntary work

In Division 2, he deals with settlements, and in his free time he is involved in helping young people with a migration background: financial accountant Firas Aldera.

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Research Top News Biology

Deciphering the inner workings of a bacterium

The metabolism of a key environmental microbe has been elucidated in detail by a team led by microbiologist Ralf Rabus. This holistic understanding allows to reliably predict the growth of the microbes.

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A row of students in a seminar room with masks on their faces, one student holds a tablet in the air.
Campus Life Teacher Education Economics

Learning business in the lab

How is a price actually created? And why are many resources not used sustainably? These and similar questions can be explored in a playful way in the "Oldenburg Experimental Laboratory for Economics Education".

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Sustainability Top News GIZ

Sustainable from the start

The university interlinks start-ups and sustainability at all levels – research, teaching and consultancy. Those interested in launching a company receive comprehensive support right from the start.

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Top News German Studies

"A language of its own for many, of course"

"Low German goes to school" - this is the heading under which experts from politics, culture and education are meeting at the university today. What is Low German and how has it developed? An interview with Germanist Doreen Brandt.

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The apprentices and students at the bedside during morning rounds.
MARKUS HIBBELER
University Medicine Campus Life

Between studying and everyday life on the ward

Medical students Antonia Matiszick and Alexandra Horst have not yet graduated from university. Nevertheless, they were recently responsible for a section of a ward at Oldenburg Hospital. What was going on there?

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Ronald Frommann
University Medicine Top News

Alzheimer's and depression: diagnosis by computer?

Medical ethicists from Oldenburg are investigating ethical aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in psychiatric practice. The focus is on the diseases Alzheimer's and depression.

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Group photo of the participants in the UNILEAD (University Leadership and Management Training Course) further education programme
Campus Life International affairs

One big family

Twenty-five young university managers from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are currently taking part in the 15th edition of the UNILEAD management training programme. 

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Bernhard Eurich und Mathias Dietz sitzen im Hörlabor vor einem Computer und tragen Kopfhörer.
Hearing Research Excellence Strategy Top News Medical Physics and Acoustics

Hearing by numbers

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can simulate directional hearing using considerably less computing power than others – and also describes the processes in the human brain more accurately than ever before.

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Dominik Gautier sits on a wooden bench in a forest and looks into the camera.
Top News Theology

Christianity as a resource

Theologian Dominik Gautier addresses pressing issues of our time. In this interview, he talks about the role of Christianity in perpetuating racism and about the relationship between humans and nature.

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The group in the green in front of a university building, two people hold the climate protection concept in their hands.
MARKUS HIBBELER
Sustainability Energy Top News

University adopts climate action plan

The university aims to be climate neutral by 2030. An integrated climate protection concept provides the framework for this ambitious plan.

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Group photo in front of the exhibition space in Oldenburg city centre.
Campus Life Art

Thinking about the bubble

Everyone is part of some kind of social bubble - or perhaps even several. An interactive student exhibition in Oldenburg city centre sheds light on the phenomenon of the "bubble".

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Equal opportunities

Call for global solidarity on Women's Day

This is the 112th anniversary of International Women's Day. In her video message, Prof Dr Annett Thiele explains how important the global fight for Gender equality still is.

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Presidential Board

Call for global solidarity on Women's Day

This is the 112th anniversary of International Women's Day. In her video message, Prof Dr Annett Thiele explains how important the global fight for Gender equality still is.

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Portrait photo of Dr Hilkje Hänel, currently Helene Lange Visiting Professor at the University of Oldenburg.
Top News Equal opportunities Philosophy

"A lack of role models"

Philosopher Hilkje Hänel studies marginalised groups and researches questions related to social justice. The Helene Lange Visiting Professor says her field has some catching-up to do when it comes to equality. A conversation.

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Rebecca Diekmann with a tablet showing the nutrition app.
MARKUS HIBBELER
Top News Health Services Research

Maintaining our independence in old age

Old people and modern technology don’t work well together? Nutritionist Rebecca Diekmann disagrees. She and her team design an app-based system to help this demographic live healthier lives and remain independent.

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MARKUS HIBBELER
Top News Higher Education Policy

Inaugural visit by the Minister of Science

How do documents that have been forgotten for centuries change our view of an entire epoch? What does the seabed tell us about the climate? During his inaugural visit, the Minister of Science gained exciting insights into research at the university.

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