The University Senate and University Council have voted in favour of Sabine Kyora, Esther Ruigendijk and Martin Holthaus as part-time Vice Presidents. Their term of office is expected to begin on 1 January.

Staying in contact with colleagues and keeping up to date with what's happening at the University of Oldenburg: To this end, former employees of the university founded the "Alumni Initiative" in 2001.

Making scientific knowledge gained at the university freely accessible to everyone: This is the aim of an Open Access Publication Fund, which the University Executive Board is now setting up with the help of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Using the "Strategic Planning Pyramid" method, participants in the 2nd UGO Innovation Dialogue on 5 November will have the opportunity to address the most pressing problems of our time and their impact on their company.

Doctoral researchers are currently being called upon to elect their representatives to the DFG's review boards and thus help shape the research landscape of the coming years. In this interview, Katharina Al-Shamery, Vice President for Research and Transfer, explains why it is important to take part…

How well does German science look after its young researchers? A panel discussion on 28 October is dedicated to the doctoral phase - with all its opportunities and risks.

The causes, forms and consequences of torture are the focus of an exhibition in the University Library on Uhlhornsweg, which can be seen until 6 November.

A new research network in the marine sciences is aiming for a future cluster of excellence together with Bremen. Coordinator Helmut Hillebrand from the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) talks about developing a joint agenda - and a new perspective on biodiversity.

What would Sinatra's "New York, New York" look like if it were a picture? Students at the University of Oldenburg have reinterpreted pieces of music. They are currently exhibiting their drawings, photo collages and sculptures in the lecture theatre centre A14.

The oceans are becoming more acidic. What does this mean for the global climate? To find out, researchers have simulated the ocean of the future off the coast of Sweden. A team from Oldenburg took part - and were in for a surprise.

The special relationship between Romans and Germanic tribes in the first three centuries after Christ is the focus of a seminar week in Oldenburg, to which students from Oldenburg's partner university in Udine have travelled.

It is the central point of contact for students and university employees interested in starting a business: the University's Start-up and Innovation Centre. In order to continue its success story in the long term, the centre is now reorganising itself financially and structurally.

More practical experience in the natural sciences degree programme: a new lecture hall building with a modern experimental lecture hall is now available to students on the Wechloy campus.

Anyone who wants to live more sustainably or help to make society more sustainable can register for this year's 4th NachDenkstatt at the university until 18 October. The transdisciplinary student conference in mid-November offers six workshops with experts from science and practice.

Small and always online: "Smart cameras" concealed on glasses, jewellery or bicycle helmets could soon completely digitalise our lives in public spaces. A new research project is analysing technical opportunities and the need for legal regulation - an interview with project leader Jürgen Taeger.

Monday, 5 October, 8.30 a.m., Haarentor campus, lecture hall centre: To kick off the orientation week - information market and ceremonial welcome event.

More than half of the Earth is covered by water, but even the far side of the moon has been more thoroughly explored than the world's oceans. Researchers have now solved one of the oceans' mysteries: they have discovered how the hot springs in the deep sea help to keep the global climate stable.

The interdisciplinary Research Centre Neurosensory Science (FZN) at the University of Oldenburg has a new board of directors. Following a unanimous election, biochemist Prof. Dr Karl-Wilhelm Koch will serve as Managing Director of the cross-faculty centre for the next two years.

Migratory birds are masters at navigating. Young animals that do not learn this in the first few months of their lives permanently lack a sense of direction - or so biologists previously thought. A team of researchers from Oldenburg has now discovered that nature gives animals a second chance, for…

Together with four South and East African partners, the university has launched an international scientific centre. The aim: to take educational research and management in Africa to a new level.