Story, recording, editing - everything in Steffen Pilney's radio play "Tod auf der Kegelbahn!" was done by himself. The student on the Oldenburg "Integrated Media" Master's programme has received a lot of praise for his debut work.
Everyday textile objects and their history(ies) are at the centre of a restructured collection at the Institute of Material Culture. More than 4,000 objects from imperial garters to cocktail dresses from the 1980s are on display.
Interlinking science and business in the region even better: The new event series "Zukunft[s]unternehmen Nordwest" organised by the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen is dedicated to this goal. The kick-off event on 29 March in the BIS Hall will focus on "IT and technology in care".
Scientists at the university have dedicated themselves to a holistic view of the energy consumption of Data Centres in the recently launched "TEMPRO" project. The special thing about it: They are taking the entire life cycle of the devices into account.
What to do if the landlord doesn't pay back the deposit? And does a tweet about a university event actually fall under freedom of speech? Students seeking advice come to the university's student legal advice centre with these and other questions. Students have been offering this free service since…
Germany's most modern research vessel, the "Sonne", is once again under Oldenburg's command: an international team is on the high seas until 27 February to investigate the bacterial and sponge communities in the Pacific.
Have you ever made your own stationery? Or reconstructed an exchange of letters in radio play format? Letters, once the most important means of communication in the world, are the focus of a student exhibition soiree in the Lecture Hall Centre on Thursday, 9 February.
How can student teachers be best prepared for the reality of the classroom? In the OLE+ project, experts have been developing ideas for modern teacher training at the university for around a year. On 2 February, the team will present to all interested members of the university how far the project…
Space for 130 scientists, a 30 metre long measuring section and wind speeds of up to 150 km/h: the research laboratory for turbulence and wind energy systems at the University of Oldenburg was inaugurated on Thursday in the presence of Science Minister Gabriele Heinen-Kljajić.
12.8 kilograms of plastic waste have been collected by employees of the Department of Health Services Research over the past few months. They are supporting an initiative that aims to eradicate the highly contagious disease polio.
The Oldenburg State Theatre was sold out for the New Year's reception of the University and the University Society (UGO) on Thursday evening. Two ballet performances, four honours and the "chat afterwards" provided the almost 500 guests with an atmospheric evening.
Meeting place Qatar: Conference for young researchers
A university campus with strict gender segregation, white doves on a golden mosque: Matthias Marx, who is studying Marine Environmental Sciences in Oldenburg, gained a wide range of impressions while attending a conference on student research in Qatar. His travel report.
Plants and animals are increasingly spreading - humans in particular are contributing to the introduction of non-native species. A team of scientists from Oldenburg has now discovered what pattern the spread follows.
Women think in a networked way, men think hierarchically
The "Women Professors Forum" - a network just for female professors - was launched at the university a few weeks ago. In this interview, founder Katharina Al-Shamery explains how she and her colleagues want to help young female academics.
Like school lessons, only more difficult? A degree programme is more. In this interview, Vice President Sabine Kyora talks about research-based learning as a hallmark of the university and its pioneering role in the recognition of prior learning.
The exploration of their second subject has inspired eleven art students at the University of Oldenburg to create a wide range of artistic works. Their exhibition "Zweifach" can be seen in the lecture hall centre until 26 January.
How do coral reef fish find their way to their home reef and what role does the Earth's magnetic field play in this? An international team of researchers led by Oldenburg has investigated the navigational ability of cardinalfish.
More and more students prefer a single flat to the classic shared flat. Does this trend mean the end of shared flats? We visited students in their own homes and asked experts for their assessment.
Oldenburg scientists have worked with pharmacists and people with speech impairments to design a pictogram book that improves mutual understanding - even without speech. Simple pictograms provide information about complaints and medication.
"There is more to the Picture..." - is the title of an exhibition of works by art students, which can be seen in the lecture theatre centre until mid-December.