Blotted, scribbled on or mouldy in the archive: Oldenburg scientist Prof Dr Jörg Lücke is researching how dirty and therefore unreadable texts can be cleaned automatically. The newly developed text cleaning software can do a lot more in the future.

Opening ceremony and information market for first-year students on Monday, 13 October, in the Audimax of the lecture hall centre

Dr Rolf-Peter Illigen, former member of the Executive Board of Gegenseitigkeit Versicherung Oldenburg (GVO), has been honoured with the University Medal. Prof Dr Bernd Siebenhüner, Vice President for Young Academics and Quality Management, presented the award at the annual conference of the…

The University's Start-up and Innovation Centre is continuing its successful work: the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is extending funding from the EXIST IV programme for a further two years. The central theme of the second project phase: "Female Entrepreneurship".

More than 300 students from the University of Oldenburg are now drawn abroad every year. One of them is Mira Hazzaa: the semester in Istanbul was both a new beginning and a journey of discovery for her.

Students and employees of the University of Oldenburg and its EXIST partner universities can now apply for the "University of Oldenburg Founder Award 2014".

Numerous phenomena and experiments on the subject of hearing will be the focus of the open day of the "Haus des Hörens" on Friday, 26 September at 13:00. The motto of this year's event is "Turkey Encounters". The Haus des Hörens is thus joining the "German-Turkish Year of Science" and the "Turkey…

Controlling heat flows even at the smallest level and thus preventing computer chips from overheating, for example - an Oldenburg physicist and two colleagues from Paris have come a step closer to achieving this goal. The highlight of their ideas is a material with very special properties.

Attention young researchers: On Wednesday, 1 October, be sure to bring a torch! That's when the KinderUni Oldenburg will be holding "Light Painting - Music Illuminated", and the Audimax in the lecture theatre centre will be pitch dark at times.

How can electricity be generated with colourful films? How do our senses of taste and smell work? Which materials can be used to utilise sunlight to generate energy? These and other questions will be answered at the "Experience Chemistry" open day on Saturday, 20 September, on the Wechloy campus.

Neuropsychological therapies aimed at regaining cognitive abilities in brain diseases such as stroke, Parkinson's and dementia are the focus of the 29th annual conference of the Society for Neuropsychology. It will take place from 18 to 20 September at the University of Oldenburg.

The Gründomat in the cafeteria is reminiscent of one of those snack machines you find at railway stations. But instead of food, it is labelled "Original product ideas from the university". But what exactly is a "Gründomat"? And how do the product ideas get into the machine?

Dr Holger Lindemann is guiding the inclusion process at Oldenburg's schools and researching it at the same time. In an interview Lindemann talks about visions and concerns, about new, different teaching and about the journey being its own reward.

A sporty start to the autumn semester - advance ticket sales underway

Credit scoring is a mathematical-statistical procedure that allows conclusions to be drawn about a buyer's creditworthiness, for example. Oldenburg lawyer Prof Dr Jürgen Taeger has examined the legal aspects of these procedures in an international comparison.

Jischa's lecture is part of the 28th international conference on environmental informatics "EnviroInfo", which is being held at the university from 10 to 12 September with over 150 participants.

The first two Oldenburg medical students from the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen are now starting their academic year at the University of Groningen.

What actually is "crowdinvesting"? EFNW GmbH, an Institute affiliated with the University of Oldenburg, has published a study on the phenomenon. The authors have found that the "fun investors" of the past have been joined by professional investors.

Nina Tsydenova moved from Moscow to the University of Oldenburg to study for a Master's degree. In this interview, she talks about the differences in everyday student life, her enjoyment of cycling - and the occasional longing for car exhaust fumes.

The series of events "In the footsteps of Carl von Ossietzky" will focus on the eponym of the University of Oldenburg and the history of the Emsland camps in lectures and an excursion.