Vote now for the University Pearl of the year 2021! The Oldenburg project "Work it out!" is also on the ballot: The certificate course supports international students in their transition to professional life.

The senate of the university has voted in favor of a second term for special needs educationalist Annett Thiele. Psychologist Christiane Thiel and educationalist Karsten Speck are to join the Presidential Board in January.

The research group DynaCom is investigating how stable ecosystems are in the face of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. The German Research Foundation is now funding the project for another three years.

As well as supporting mobility in higher education, the European Erasmus+ programme aims to promote social change towards more sustainability. The University of Oldenburg is supporting this goal in its own special way.

Astrid Beermann has been working as a therapist, supervisor, coach and mediator in practice and teaching for 20 years. At the university, she is the contact person for all employees, from apprentices to managers.

Volcanism probably triggered a period of global cooling that caused one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history. A new study by Jack Longman and colleagues is looking at the mechanisms behind this event.

Using digital tools to get a taste of working on a research vessel or independently analysing a little-noticed form of literature: In the past academic year, the university once again offered teaching that inspired students.

Originally, Jingjing Xu planned to spend just one year at the University of Oldenburg. That was in 2017. She stayed longer to continue her research and has now been awarded the DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students for her work.

She organises student academies, writes children's books and is involved in international aid projects: Teacher Wiebke Endres from Wilhelmshaven, an alumna of the university, was awarded the Klaus von Klitzing Prize this year.

Commons-based plant breeding promotes diversity and reduces farmers' dependence on international markets, a new study by sustainability researchers Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach and Lea Kliem shows.

One of the largest and oldest trees in the Botanical Garden is sick. You could say that it is losing its battle against parasites due to old age. Sooner or later, the imposing silver maple will have to be felled.

Why we are already writing the history of the Covid pandemic: an article by historian Malte Thießen.

Ralph Bruder has been university president since August. Now, he was oficially inaugurated. Bruder will steer the university for the coming six years. In his speech, he called for continuing to courageously pursue new approaches.

The parties in government of Lower Saxony presented the results of the budget meetings on Tuesday. According to that, an additional 40 medical study places will be set up at the University of Oldenburg as of the winter semester 2022/23.

Giving young researchers the tools they need to gain a foothold in their careers – that has been the mission of the university’s Graduate Academy since 2011.

Oldenburg neuroscientist Martin Bleichner has received this year's "Prize for Excellent Research" from the University Society. Two recent doctoral graduates have also being honoured.

How has the everyday working life of university employees changed during the pandemic? The Presidential Board and Staff Council asked this question in February 2021, focusing on topics such as communication within the team and working from home.

The city and university are inviting all reading enthusiasts to take a "mental leap" into philosophical and other adventures from Saturday during the 47th Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Fair KIBUM. Preparations have been underway on campus for months.

Physicist Jan Vogelsang has been accepted into the renowned Emmy Noether Programme run by the German Research Foundation. Vogelsang can now establish his own junior research group.

Adaptation strategies are needed to mitigate the consequences of climate change. But policymakers are often hesitant to act. Political scientist Nicolas Jager about entrenched structures and why COP26 also matters on a regional level.