Artificial intelligence could accelerate the search for an effective drug against Sars-CoV-2, says AI expert Oliver Kramer. He and his team have developed a method for identifying promising candidates.

"Save humanity from a pandemic" - the InformatiCup 2020 kicked off with this task in autumn, with students from our university competing in four teams. The best team ended up in third place - not realising how real the scenario would become.

Organising an exhibition in times of corona - this was the challenge that students at the university were suddenly faced with. Their project "Fiction village? Between pixels and brushstrokes" is now being presented digitally.

Physiotherapy via video conferencing? In the coronavirus crisis, older people in particular have been left with no other option. Scientists at the University's Department for Health Services Research are investigating the effectiveness of this approach in a new study.

Contradictory statements by experts are unsettling politics and society, and doubts about science are growing louder in the crisis. Here, science philosopher Mark Siebel explains that science does not offer simple truths.

Can you study law in Oldenburg? The answer is yes and no. The Hanse Law School programme, jointly run by the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, is a little different to conventional law studies.

Online teaching is different: there is no direct contact, some things are more tedious - but there are also advantages. Experiences from a German studies seminar.

The summer semester with purely digital courses has started. The technical infrastructure had to be expanded within a very short space of time. A look behind the scenes.

18.36 euros per month - the licence fee will increase from 2021. Volker Boehme-Neßler, university lecturer in public law, media and telecommunications law, explains what function it fulfils and whether alternative payment models are possible.

Through performances by artists and musicians, the City of Oldenburg's cultural office aims to make life in retirement and nursing homes a little more colourful during the coronavirus crisis. One of the soloists involved is guitarist Axel Weidenfeld from the Institute of Music.

From the "Voluntary Scientific Year" at the University of Oldenburg to Jugend forscht: young scientist Max Kehrer wins the regional competition.

Religion without community - is that possible? In this interview, Oldenburg religious education teacher Joachim Willems explains what the current situation means for churches and whether isolation can also open up opportunities.

Home office instead of lecture hall - due to the corona crisis, courses in the summer semester are taking place online. Here, Olaf Zawacki-Richter, expert for knowledge transfer and learning with new technologies, talks about what really matters in online education.

Exponential growth, virus spreading scenarios, doubling times: the modeller Thilo Gross from the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) explains the mathematics behind the corona epidemic.

In a nationwide collaboration, a group of chemists has created and analysed a new and promising carbon compound. A research group at the University of Oldenburg led by Professor Gerhard Hilt provided the basic building block for the material.

People living with multiple sclerosis often need aids to stay mobile. A new co-operation project is investigating how more than 240,000 sufferers across Germany can be provided with these aids to meet their needs.

How does teaching work digitally? This question is more topical than ever due to school closures. In this interview, computer science didactics expert Ira Diethelm explains the challenges and opportunities presented by the current situation.

#WirVsVirus - under this motto, around 28,000 volunteers got involved online from 20 to 22 March to combat the coronavirus and its consequences. A team of students from Oldenburg also took part in the hackathon.

The challenges we face in the current pandemic are “unprecedented”, says Mark Schweda, Professor of Medical Ethics. An interview about intensive care as a scarce resource, trust in the nation state, and what comes after the state of emergency.

Most buildings closed, start of semester postponed, exams cancelled: Wilfried Schumann, Head of the University's Psychological Counselling Service, explains what this means for students and how we can deal with the crisis.