The energy crisis also affects our university. The ultimate aim is to ensure continued in person teaching. What is the overall situation? What is the university doing to save energy? What can we all contribute? An overview.

Running a university at a time when energy resources are scarce is a challenging task. In this interview Jörg Stahlmann, Vice President of the university, talks about the top priorities for the winter semester and new opportunities regarding the university's goal of climate neutrality.

Generating electricity with solar panels, applying LEDs as lighting or using waste heat - there are many possibilities for obtaining energy from renewable sources or reducing the consumption of electricity and gas on campus.

Use electricity and heat as economically as possible – if we can do that, we will get through the winter well on campus. Everyone can contribute to this. Tips for the office, the seminar room, the laboratory and the kitchenette.

The University has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral. This goal was turned into a project. The first milestone has already been reached: the working group Climate Neutral University presented a Greenhouse Gas Balance.

Making teacher training more international and enabling future teachers to approach the issue of cultural diversity in the classroom is at the heart of the programme Lehramt.International. The project runs until the end of 2024.

Counteracting deforestation in Tanzania and mitigating potential climate risks is the goal of a new project led by ecological economist Bernd Siebenhüner.

It brings together seven personalities from science, business and culture in a central advisory and supervisory body of the university: the University Council. At the constituent meeting, the committee elected Felix Thalmann as Chair.

Interested guests, current research topics and lively dialogue - the ingredients for the University Society's popular science soirée, which has now been held again. The evening was once again characterised by chance.

When his namesake predecessor held the throne, England seemed "turn’d upside down" - Charles III also enters his reign in turbulent times. Historian Dagmar Freist on dynastic tradition, political culture and strong women.

The state of Lower Saxony is funding another future laboratory: the "Future Laboratory Water" research network, headed by Oldenburg marine researcher Oliver Zielinski, will begin its work on 1 October.

Learning is more fun when it is combined with exercise - three Oldenburg student teachers are convinced of this. The university's start-up and innovation centre has supported their start-up "Study Active".

Lower Saxony's Minister President praised the training of doctors in the "European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen" model degree programme. Ten years after its foundation, University Medicine Oldenburg is firmly established.

Experimenting, programming, tinkering and trying things out - this is the motto of the AHOI_MINT Festival on Schlossplatz on 9 September. There will also be stands from the university.

Can artificial intelligence (AI) methods reliably detect child pornography images on user devices? A study in which Oldenburg computer scientist Daniel Neider was involved raises doubts about whether this is currently possible.

Intensifying the exchange between civil society and universities - this was the goal pursued by the University and Jade University of Applied Sciences with the Innovative University Jade-Oldenburg! project. At the end of project, they took stock.

Improved computer models are needed to build larger wind turbines and to manage wind farms more efficiently. A new research project led by wind physicist Laura Lukassen paves the way for faster innovation – with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
 

A total of twelve young people are starting their training at the university this week. They first familiarised themselves with the campus during the induction days.

"Excellent research in the field of wind energy" - this was certified by Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil during his visit to ForWind. The expansion of wind energy is of national interest, he said.

He is committed to sustainable development: Bernd Siebenhüner is concerned with "planetary boundaries" and the sustainability goals of the United Nations. His goal: to shape a liveable, social and ecological future.