On Saturday, 18 July, the University of Oldenburg will award this year's Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize to the best of the more than 200 piano compositions submitted. The award ceremony will be accompanied by a concert in which music students will première the prize-winning compositions - as…

For the first time in more than 40 years of university history, the RCDS, which is considered conservative, is the strongest parliamentary group in the student parliament. However, the new AStA remains "at the back left" in the cafeteria foyer - a visit.

Whether someone is doing a doctorate in chemistry or social sciences: "Many phases between euphoria and a deep valley are similar," says Linda Jauch, Managing Director of the Graduate Academy. In this interview, she and Vice President Bernd Siebenhüner talk about the interdisciplinary promotion of…

University Society organises first innovation dialogue. The keynote speaker is Stephanie Birkner, Junior Professor for Female Entrepreneurship. Young company founders present themselves and their business ideas.

Who doesn't remember a cuddly toy from childhood? When these favourites are damaged, the dismay is often great. Medical students at the university have cured 200 cuddly patients in the "Teddy Bear Hospital" - and, at the same time, relieved child owners of their fear of going to the doctor.

The university as a studio: under the motto "Showtime 3", students will be showing their artistic work from 8 to 15 July. A student exhibition on serial works in art history will run concurrently.

Rea Kodalle, sports sociologist at the University of Oldenburg, is the new coordinator of the Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities (3GO) at the University of Oldenburg.

Why can't a microphone "hear" like a human? Oldenburg researchers led by Simon Doclo and Timo Gerkmann presented the interaction with sound together with partners from an international project at an exclusive London science show.

The focus of international scholars:

Opera "Le nozze di Figaro" by Mozart and da Ponte

How can we integrate more exercise into our everyday lives? - This question is the focus of the Health Week, which is taking place at the university for the first time from 29 June to 3 July. The motto is "Uni moves".

The new NeSSy research building on the Wechloy campus has been officially opened. It offers three of the university's outstanding research focuses a place for intensive exchange.

Philosophising with children - a conference on this topic will be held at the University of Oldenburg on 3 and 4 July. The event entitled "The Educational Worlds of Things - Thinking Labs of Philosophising? On Practices of Understanding", the Institute of Philosophy is expecting more than 50…

How is it that organic material dissolved in the sea can store carbon over thousands of years and thus keep our climate relatively stable? To get a little closer to the answer to this question, marine researchers at the university have conducted a laboratory experiment lasting several years.

The European Mediterranean snail can now also be found in South Africa and Australia. How this came about and what snails have to do with the homogenisation of ecosystems - ecologist Hanno Seebens researched this in an international team and published the results in the journal "Science".

Historical clothing, GDR film scripts or bacterial cultures: the university is providing an insight into its diverse scientific collections with an exhibition. This can be seen successively in the Botanical Garden, on campus and in the city centre.

Supplying the growing population with a sustainable source of energy without environmentally harmful waste is the centre of an interdisciplinary and international conference at the University of Oldenburg from 15 to 18 June.

The resources that a society has to distribute are scarce - for example in the social or healthcare system. Which distribution is considered fair and why? Political scientist Markus Tepe and philosopher Mark Siebel are investigating this in a new DFG research group.

The nursery school teachers have made it clear: Their work is a fundamental part of the education system - and it should be better paid. A statement on the occasion of the daycare strike by Prof Dr Rudolf Leiprecht, spokesperson for the Social Pedagogy Section and the Pedagogy Working Group, as well…

Open-air concert organised by the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) and the Institute of Music

Mushrooms instead of chemical fertilisers and solar cells for refrigerated transport: these projects won the "Climate Innovations" business competition organised by the university-led "Network Innovation & Start-ups in Climate Change" (NIK).