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.

The university continues to grow: a new laboratory building will be constructed at the Wechloy site from May, and a research and training centre for the Institute of Sport Science and university sports will be built on the Haarentor campus.

Relatives often hire a live-in caregiver for persons with dementia. The relationship between patient, carer and family members can lead to moral conflicts that researchers from Oldenburg and Tel Aviv are exploring in a joint study.

The niche is all the rage in the context of sustainability. Whether understood spatially or metaphorically as a place of retreat - legal historian Johanna Rakebrand and sociologist Jędrzej Sulmowski talk about its appeal in this interview.

From child protection in primary education to virtual reality in anatomy: seven projects at the University of Oldenburg are receiving funding through the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture's Innovation plus programme.

The semester is coming to an end - for students, this means the exam phase begins. Some not only have to deal with the material, but also with sweaty palms, panic or blackouts. Five tips against exam anxiety.

Deterioration in speech understanding when the speaker is wearing a mask mainly has visual causes. They are even more significant than the acoustic attenuation caused by the masks.

When society observes itself: Diagnosing (in) the Modern Age" is the focus of a new scientific network coordinated at the university and funded by the German Research Foundation for three years.

A new study published in Science Magazine has shed light on how birds navigate back to their breeding site after flying across two continents. Magnetic information seems to play a key role.

The organization Fairtrade Germany has recognized the University of Oldenburg as a Fairtrade-University. This makes it one of 36 universities in Germany that have proven to integrate fair trade into every day university life.