It grinds, rattles, scrapes and rings - the piano in the Audimax of the university's lecture theatre centre. Is it possessed by a wild spirit? Musicologist Christiane Abt will uncover the mystery together with KinderUni students on Wednesday, 4 September at 4.30 pm in her lecture "Mysterious sounds…

In high-performance sport, the boundaries between "permitted" and "unauthorised" are fluid, says Thomas Alkemeyer. The Oldenburg sports sociologist analyses the current doping debate - and finds the public uproar over the use of performance-enhancing drugs "astounding".

Dennis Höting and Jens Runge are Business Informatics students at the university. In their joint Master’s thesis, they are focusing on cycling in the city of Oldenburg and will be carrying out a measurement campaign from 26 August to 1 September 2013.

Sabrina Nordmann, Bachelor's student of Art & Media, German Studies, has won the student design competition for the University of Oldenburg's online journal "forsch!". Nordmann designed a logo for the interactive student journal, which will be launched this autumn.

Her logo, an owl, adorns the…

Prof Dr Babette Simon, President of the University, is a new member of the Supervisory Board of Düsseldorf University Hospital. The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia appointed Simon for a four-year term as an external expert from the field of medical…

Unknown creatures - animals and life forms that no one has ever seen before or that have only just been discovered on a research excursion - this is the theme with which the KinderUniversität starts the autumn semester.

The Neurogenetics working group headed by Hans Gerd Nothwang is researching deafness genes. The scientists have now published their findings in the renowned Journal of Biological Chemistry. They show that Deafness genes fulfil an extremely important function for the hearing process.

Thousands of students are currently applying for places at German universities. But what is it like to be a first-year student? Regina Wall, Rita Sonnenberg and Rachel Hänßler began their studies at the University of Oldenburg in the winter semester last year and share their experiences.

Kuni, the mascot of the KinderUniversität Oldenburg, is already in the starting blocks - with three exciting excursions into the world of science for KinderUni students from the city and region.

It all starts on Wednesday, 21 August! Now is the time to secure your tickets for the "autumn…

The BIX library index is a nationwide performance measurement tool for public and academic libraries. This year, Oldenburg University Library received top marks in three out of four categories.

Prof. Dr Gunilla Budde, historian and Vice President for Studies and Teaching at the University of Oldenburg, has been appointed to the Oldenburg State Theatre's Administrative Committee by Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture, Dr Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic.

The ten-member administrative…

Radiotherapy is one of the three pillars of cancer treatment, alongside surgery and drug therapies. Oldenburg scientists have been researching measuring devices that record the distribution of radiation doses in the body for ten years. A contribution by medical physicist Björn Poppe and the "Medical…

Humza Imran Mirza has travelled around 6,000 kilometres to study Engineering Physics at university. He only left his home country of Pakistan six months ago. But he already feels at home at university. In this interview, he talks about his first experiences.

Prof Dr Babette Simon, President of the University, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt". The Advisory Board is to support the scientific work of the new "Berlin Institute of Health (BIG)/Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)", an…

More and more citizens are participating in energy cooperatives. What role can this co-operative form of business play in the future? The new BMBF joint project "EnGeno" aims to provide answers to this question. Irene Antoni-Komar and Niko Paech talk about the specific research objectives.

Prof. Dr Babette Simon, President of the University, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the "German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)" - one of six German centres for health research.

"Experience college life in America": that's what Katharina Bieloch wanted when she decided to spend a semester abroad at Longwood University in Virgina. There was a lot of paperwork to do beforehand. But for the Oldenburg student, the effort was more than worth it.

The newly founded Scientific Advisory Board of the Didactic Centre (diz) has held its inaugural meeting at the university. The committee is based on a recommendation from the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony, which evaluated the diz in 2011.

Prof Dr Katharina Al-Shamery, chemist and Vice President for Research at the University, has been elected as a new member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) by the General Assembly in Berlin.

The University Senate is the DFG's most important science policy body. It addresses…

Having fun, learning new things, making a difference and helping: These are the most important motives for participating in service learning. The majority of students get involved for intrinsic and altruistic reasons. This is one of the results of an impact study.