The feared iconoclasm of the world cultural heritage site by IS terrorists leaves most people in this country cold. Yet the site belongs in the cultural memory of European nations. An article by Michael Sommer, ancient historian and expert on Roman Syria.

German scholar Sabine Doering and philosopher Johann Kreuzer publish new Hölderlin book.

People in central Ukraine often speak a mixture of Russian and Ukrainian. Slavicist Gerd Hentschel is currently investigating the phenomenon on site - and is also feeling the effects of the political crisis.

Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs for short, are changing university teaching worldwide. They go far beyond online courses or lecture recordings. How useful is their use at German universities? An article by Oldenburg economist Christoph Böhringer.

International award for a young scientist from Oldenburg: Antonietta De Sio from the "Ultrafast Nano-Optics" working group at the Institute of Physics has received the "Tingye Li Innovation Prize", endowed with 3,000 US dollars, in San José, California.

An academic CV in the fast lane: Munich geoscientist Xiaoxiang Zhu has been awarded this year's Helene Lange Prize by the EWE Foundation and the university for her outstanding achievements in research and teaching.

Rethinking education without abandoning the tried and tested: On the initiative of the University of Oldenburg, experts discussed the educational mission of the university at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover. An interview with the Rector of the University of Siegen and Vice President of the German…

The best entrepreneurial innovations for adapting to the consequences of climate change will be honoured by the "Network Innovation & Start-ups in Climate Change" (NIK), led by the University of Oldenburg, in its "Climate Innovations" competition. Interested parties are cordially invited to the…

The university was invented during this period and the idea of "education" as a life-long endeavour was born: The Middle Ages were nowhere near as medieval as many people think. Especially as there is no such thing as "the" Middle Ages. An article by philosopher Johann Kreuzer.

Students of Computing Science, Mathematics and Physics complete their studies at the University of Oldenburg quickly. This is the result of the latest university ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE).

"The campus is alive" is the motto of this year's Campus Clip Contest. The University of Oldenburg is organising the video competition for students for the third time. From today until the end of August, students can submit their two-minute videos.

"Media and practices of 'counter-royal' rule in the German Empire of the High Middle Ages" - this is the title of the lecture to be given by medievalist Dr Michaela Muylkens on Wednesday, 6 May at 7 p.m. in The Smart House Oldenburg (Schlossplatz 16).

Facilitating the transition from studying to academic appointments: that is the aim of the annual Career Day at the university. In addition to lectures, informal contact with companies can also help on the way to a job - as was the case last year with maths graduate Wilke Trei.

Is our education system too rigid, too sluggish? On the initiative of the University of Oldenburg, experts will be holding a discussion at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover on 19 May. An interview with initiator Katharina Al-Shamery, acting president, about the aims and background to the event.

Immerse yourself in the soundscapes of "cat music": To make it easier for young people to access music, music lecturer Axel Fries has come up with something special - a new notation system that allows for individual interpretations.

Analysing how European societies are growing together - or not: this is the centre of the research group coordinated by Oldenburg sociologist Martin Heidenreich, which the German Research Foundation continues to fund. An interview.

Oldenburg piano quartet "Tastissimo" plays Simeon ten Holt's "Canto Ostinato".

A nationwide online series of lectures, to which the University of Oldenburg will be connected via video conference, will focus on the "unease about Europe".

With its research, it represents the technological core of the Hearing4All cluster of excellence: the "Individualised Hearing Acoustics" research group. The German Research Foundation is now funding this for a further three years with an amount of almost two million euros.

The idea was born in a seminar: eight students on the "Sport and lifestyles" master's programme developed a sports project for refugees. "Refugees Welcome in Sports" is now so well attended that the courses have been moved to a larger sports hall.