Rural peripheries - are they the "problem areas" that many have long perceived them to be or, on the contrary, the engine of dynamic development, for example for tourism, agriculture or the energy sector? A geographical symposium at the university painted a differentiated picture.

The new issue of the research magazine EINBLICKE has been published. "We need to rethink the university" is the cover story.

An international team of researchers has had 20,000 litres of seawater from the North Atlantic transported by tanker to Heidelberg University for analysis - including marine researchers from the University of Oldenburg.

"Open to new paths": in line with this motto, the university is successfully driving forward its internationalisation. At a conference of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) in Berlin, it received a certificate for its participation in the internationalisation audit.

The performance of the BallettCompagnie Oldenburg is the focus of the New Year's reception of the University and the University Society on 22 January 2015 at the Oldenburg State Theatre. The company will perform compositions by Andrei Jakowlewitsch Eschpai and Georges Bizet, which will be played by…

The 2014 North German Science Prize has been awarded to the ‘Wind Energy Research Network’. The consortium comprises ForWind – the Wind Energy Research Centre at the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen – as well as the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology…

Gunilla Budde, Vice President for Studies and Teaching, yesterday honoured nine lecturers with the "Teaching Prize" for the 2013/14 academic year. For the first time, the jury awarded a special prize in the "Project" category.

New funding programme from the state and the Volkswagen Foundation / Oldenburg scientists involved in two further projects

Corporations are amassing huge amounts of data that allow detailed statements to be made about a person. How do data protectionists deal with the phenomenon of "big data" - is data protection even possible? Interview with information law expert Jürgen Taeger.

Helping people to organise their lives more flexibly with a technological innovation: That is the goal of the university's latest start-up, LowoTec, which has now been awarded a one-year EXIST start-up grant. The computer science graduates affectionately call their products "Alice" and "Bob".

On 19 November, Oldenburg researcher Prof. Dr Henrik Mouritsen, who is known worldwide for his research on migratory birds, accepted the €5,000 prize for excellent research from the Oldenburg University Society (UGO).

Studying humanities, cultural studies and social sciences opens up a wide range of academic appointments - but usually without a clearly defined path. This was also the experience of university graduate Daniela Maschmann. The TV journalist is one of the alumni who will be giving tips at the "Career…

The world's most modern research vessel is now in the service of science. The "Sonne" was handed over to German marine research by politicians at the ICBM site in Wilhelmshaven - where it also has its home port. In December, she will set off on her first expedition to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Twelve students from the School of Business, Economics and Law took part in a business etiquette seminar.

UGO proposes renaming Uhlhornsweg. Excerpt from the board's letter to Lord Mayor Krogmann.

What would Oldenburg be without the university? Eleven students on the "Museum and Exhibition" Master's degree programme have addressed this question and designed the "Cloud Cuckoo Castle" exhibition. The exhibition will open on Monday, 17 November at 6 p.m. in the Schlaues Haus.

The new "Teacher of the Year for Science Subjects" comes from Jülich: Werner Decker received the €15,000 Klaus von Klitzing Prize, which was awarded for the tenth time by the University of Oldenburg and the EWE Foundation.

It was founded shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain: The Federal Institute for the Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe (BKGE) - an affiliated institute of the University of Oldenburg - is celebrating its 25th anniversary at an international conference.

"Limits…

"The idea of the university" is the focus of an international symposium hosted by School IV - School of Humanities and Social Sciences on 13 and 14 November.

What constitutes a university? To approach this question, Prof Dr Volker Berghahn from Columbia University, New York, will begin by comparing…

When there is noise from several sources, hearing aids often no longer help the hearing impaired. With the help of electroencephalography (EEG), scientists at the Hearing4all cluster of excellence are working on developing a new type of hearing aid - controlled by the wearer's thoughts.