"Fireball on ice - emergency medicine at -50 degrees Celsius" - this is the title of Prof Dr Christian Byhahn's inaugural lecture. The 44-year-old is Head Physician at the Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy at the Evangelical Hospital in Oldenburg and Associate…

The University of Oldenburg will be represented at this year's Hannover Messe, which takes place from 13 to 17 April, with several exhibits and training courses in the field of wind energy.

Academic texts are a hurdle for many students. The learning workshop of the Central Student Advisory Service - a permanent institution at the university since January - helps with reading and, above all, writing your own academic papers.

Processors in computers and mobile phones contain billions of tiny switches: transistors. Can't get any smaller? It is possible, and more than a thousand times faster, says physicist Martin Silies. He convinced the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with his idea of an optical transistor and…

Oldenburg scientists have created 120 square metres of artificial islands in the Spiekeroog mudflats. The globally unique large-scale project provides new findings for biodiversity research.

Tomorrow, Friday 20 March, the Astronomie AG is offering the opportunity to experience the partial solar eclipse live from the University of Oldenburg. The meeting point is at 9.30 a.m. at the main entrance to the Wechloy campus.

Reintroducing insects and other aquatic animals to streams in their natural environment: This is the aim of a new research project led by biologist Ellen Kiel. For three years, she and her team, with the help of students, are developing suitable "mobile homes" made from natural materials such as…

Last lecture in the KinderUni spring semester on 18 March.

Lucien Minka studies at the University of Oldenburg. He also works with children and young people from socially disadvantaged families. His father already found his way from Cameroon to the University of Oldenburg - in the 1970s, under almost unimaginable conditions.

At this year's CeBIT in Hanover, scientists from the University of Oldenburg and the OFFIS computer science institute will be presenting the analysis of large amounts of data, flexible and secure solutions for teleworking and interaction options for palliative care patients.

Current trends in school and quality development will be the focus of a large-scale conference at the University of Oldenburg from 19 to 21 March.

The physician and Director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine III at Düsseldorf University Hospital, Prof Dr Dr Hans Michael Piper (62), was unanimously elected as the new President of the University of Oldenburg by the University Senate in the first round of voting today.

In Dohuk in northern Iraq, she is known simply as "Professor Monika": Oldenburg educator Monika Ortmann is establishing a co-operation with the university there and has helped to initiate a special needs and rehabilitation education degree programme in Dohuk. In this interview, she talks about…

Almost 250 young academics and young managers from business, culture and administration took part in the "Impulsforum" on 5 March in the lecture hall centre of the University of Oldenburg, which was offered for the first time by the Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg e.V. (UGO) and sponsored by the…

The shell of the new "WindLab" research laboratory for turbulence and wind energy systems is complete. The centrepiece of the new 2,300 square metre building is a turbulent wind tunnel. It is intended to help increase the efficiency of wind farms.

The role of religion in a secular society - and the significance of Pegida and counter-protests: a contribution to the debate by theologian Ulrike Link-Wieczorek.

Decision by the University Senate on the office of President on 11 March

Afraid of the blank page? How to get started? How to overcome writer's block? Questions about content and research, structure and presentation? At the third "Long Night of Seminar Papers", students will receive support with their work projects.

"Biblical-theological concepts of family in the Old Testament" will be presented by Dr Kim Strübind, Protestant theologian at the University of Oldenburg, on Thursday 26 February at 7.30 pm in the Oldenburg Synagogue (Leo-Trepp-Straße 17). Strübind's lecture marks the start of the lecture series…

The winners of the University of Oldenburg's 14th Carl von Ossietzky Composition Competition have been announced. This year's competition was for compositions for piano. The five-member international jury, headed by Oldenburg composer and university lecturer Prof Violeta Dinescu, received more than…