The university supports female junior scientists through a special mentoring programme. Participant Irene Faber and her mentor Ria Nijhuis-van der Sanden report on their experiences.

In a citizen science project, volunteers analysed the nitrogen pollution of water bodies in the Weser-Ems region. The team presented the results yesterday.

The world is watching the war in Ukraine. Historian Hans-Christian Petersen knows its background as well as people in Ukraine. An interview about powerlessness and hope, about the post-Soviet community in Germany and its "eastern heritage".

Dirk Weyhe sees IT and digitalization playing an integral role in the operating rooms of the future. He and his team are working to harness new technologies for surgical procedures.

How much do we define ourselves through our leisure activities? How have digitalisation and the coronavirus pandemic changed our relationship to hobbies? The student exhibition frei|zeit sheds light on this until 2 April.

Seven decades ago, Adorno's "Minima Moralia" took a mercilessly critical look at the state of society. Philosophers Helena Esther Grass and Peter Neumann recommend rereading the Frankfurt philosopher's "cult book".

Next winter semester, 120 new medical students will begin their studies at the University of Oldenburg, before only 80 students were accepted. The preparations are in full swing, and time is tight.

Enabling intercultural exchange for student teachers and academics - this is the idea behind the DAAD programme Lehramt.International. Lecturers from the universities of Oldenburg, Groningen and Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth have tested how this can also be achieved online.

The university supports young female scientists through a mentoring programme. In the first part, geochemist Sinikka Lennartz and her mentor Julia Pongratz report on their experiences with the programme.

Choir rehearsals are disappearing from people's calendars, music lessons at schools are more theory than practice and churches are shrouded in silence. The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on singing, too.

When she went to Canada for her doctorate, Germany was still divided. Since then, Renate Scheidler has come back only for short visits. The scientist is now staying for a whole year: as a Helene Lange Visiting Professor.

The graduate schools 3GO and OLTECH are an important resource for doctoral students. They provide crucial skills and support cooperation, exchange and joint activities.

More than 220 graduates from 62 countries - that is the impressive interim balance of EMMIR after a decade. The European excellence programme Erasmus Mundus now continues to fund the course with around 5.2 million euros for another five years.

The University of Oldenburg is freezing its academic and research cooperation with Russian scientific institutions. The Presidential Board has taken this decision in view of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which is a clear violation of international law.

The Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg is deeply shocked by the war in Ukraine and expresses its solidarity.

How does a gift cross a river without a boat or bridge? With this question, two FWJ students of physics didactics got around 150 physics-loving children and young people puzzling.

Capturing "enemy" ships and their cargo was once considered a legitimate tactic of warfare - including an own jurisdiction. The open-access portal of the Academy project "Prize Papers" launches today with insights into about 1,500 capture trials.

From wind ensembles to electronic music: music lecturer Christiane Abt explains in an interview what role the university's composition competition plays in teaching and what makes a world premiere so special.

Protecting the oceans and using them sustainably: This is the goal of the second research mission of the German Marine Research Alliance, which officially starts today. A joint project led by Oldenburg researchers is part of the mission.

Major sporting events such as the Olympic Games are increasingly criticised. Sports sociologist Thomas Alkemeyer talks about whether such competitions are still in keeping with the times.