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.

The university is on its way to climate neutrality. Today, the project group presented the plan at an online event. Climate protection manager Anna Sarah Krämer is counting on the participation of all university members.

35,000 metres of altitude, two broken chains, one broken spoke and one flat tyre. In this interview, business education student Lennart Zembsch tells why he cycled from Oldenburg to Piraeus in Greece for his Erasmus semester.

An international team will investigate differences in the prescription of antibiotics, standard procedures for patients undergoing surgery, management of multidrug-resistant bacteria, nursing staff shortages, and procedures for dementia patients.

Low German on campus? You can find it on every corner: "Schnack statt Chat" is written on the new posters of the #SafeOnCampus campaign, for example, and German studies students can even choose to specialise in Low German.

The pandemic has plunged societies around the world into a crisis - and thrown a spotlight on the relationship between the state and the population. Social scientist Gesa Lindemann explains what has changed and what has not.

"Approach your studies with confidence and joy. It is an amazing phase in your lives!" With this message, University President Ralph Bruder welcomed the new students to the University today.

Around half of the ethnological artefacts in the State Museum of Nature and Man come from former colonies. Jennifer Tadge, a doctoral student at the Institute of History, is investigating their origins.

It can't be overlooked and can no longer be ignored: The psychology wing of building A07 on the Haarentor campus is being renovated and extended - all during ongoing operations.

Teaching, composing, organizing events – composer Violeta Dinescu has enriched musical life at the University of Oldenburg and far beyond for 25 years. Now she is retiring. An encounter in spring 2019.