Young students can find out how we taste and smell at the KinderUni lecture "Chemistry is when it tastes good" on 9 September. Prof Verena Pietzner from the Institute of Chemistry has prepared some exciting experiments.

"Myth, Heritage, Annoyance - 500 Years of Reformation" was the title of one of six short lectures at the centre of the 7th Science Soirée of the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) on 3 September. More than 200 UGO members took part in the event.

The KinderUniversität Oldenburg got off to a lively and above all sporty start to its autumn semester. Around 450 children were captivated by the lecture "Adventure in competitive sport" with movement scientist Jörg Schorer in the lecture theatre centre. The young students themselves were also in…

If it gets even warmer in the tropics as a result of climate change, will this affect the plant species there? Apparently the opposite is true for most pineapple plants, as the Oldenburg biologist Lilian-Lee Müller discovered. The surprising result of her research concerns up to 3000 species.

"Music and well-being" is at the centre of a scientific conference being hosted by the University of Oldenburg in co-operation with the German Society for Music Psychology (DGM) from 11 to 13 September.

Here we go: On Wednesday, 2 September, the Audimax of the Hörsaalzentrum will once again belong to Oldenburg's KinderUni students. Together with sports scientist Prof Dr Jörg Schorer, the eight to twelve-year-olds will embark on the "adventure of competitive sport".

What "music and well-being" have to do with each other - from goosebumps to cognitive benefits for stroke patients - is the subject of a specialist conference at the university on the second weekend in September. Host Gunter Kreutz in an interview.

The University of Oldenburg and the district of Oldenburg are planning a university contact centre at the district administration in Wildeshausen as a point of contact for prospective students from the region. A letter of intent to this effect was signed today by the President of the University of…

Bringing designers and product developers together with potential users of their products in a creative atmosphere: That is the aim of the first prototype party at the university. Students and young scientists are also invited to get feedback for their product ideas.

More professorships, more grants, more projects: With its growing success, the University of Oldenburg is reaching its spatial limits. Jörg Stahlmann, Vice President for Administration, talks about state regulations - and solutions.

Protecting marine stocks with a new type of fish food while reducing the use of water and antibiotics in farming: this is the aim of the latest start-up at the University of Oldenburg, which has now received a six-figure start-up grant.

To what extent can oceans absorb climate-relevant gases and ensure that they disappear from the atmosphere? What changes occur? Oceans are largely covered with wafer-thin surface films - what happens in this thin film?

University students have been producing a live radio programme since 2013. Good preparation and technical expertise are required. However, they have taught themselves most of it. A visit to the studio.

She wants to know how different animal species adapt to their environment and at what cost: Australian Dr Gabrielle Miller is conducting research as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

Nine young women and ten young men started their training at the University of Oldenburg this week.

The University of Oldenburg has a new president: The medical doctor and former Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine III at the University of Düsseldorf, Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper, has taken office. Piper was unanimously elected by the University Senate in March.

What could a sustainable electricity supply in Lower Saxony look like in a few decades, and how can it be achieved? This is the focus of a new interdisciplinary joint project involving the University of Oldenburg and its affiliated Institute OFFIS, among others.

They remind us of certain experiences and phases of life - mementos. An exhibition by students at the University of Oldenburg focusses on their diverse forms, the reasons for their creation and storage as well as their identity-forming function.

Open Access - worldwide, convenient and free access to scientific knowledge on the Internet: The university shares this goal with more than 500 other scientific and science-related institutions and organisations. It now has its own guidelines for open access publishing.

A junior research group for rehabilitation sciences will begin its work at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences in future. The new junior research group will be funded for five years by the German Pension Insurance Oldenburg-Bremen. The foundation agreement has now been signed.