"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.

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.