IBM is travelling to more than 20 university cities across Europe. "Smarter Planet Comes To You" is the name of the IT company's tour - the only stop in Germany: Dresden and Oldenburg. On 13 and 14 May, the large IBM cube will be located on the Haarentor campus of the University of Oldenburg between…

The Pacific oyster in the North German Wadden Sea - one of the best-known examples of bioinvasion. Oldenburg scientists have tackled the problem and calculated the global transport routes of invasive species.

Neurobiologist Prof Dr Illana Gozes from Tel Aviv University (Israel) has received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, endowed with 60,000 euros, at the suggestion of Prof Dr Christiane Richter-Landsberg, Department for Neuroscience at the university.

Business administration student Franziska Wolff applies to the international student organisation AIESEC for an internship in India. She spends five months there, working for a recruitment company. When she returns, she is deeply impressed.

"Mathematical Problem Solving and Proving - A Journey of Discovery into Mathematics" is the title of the new book by Prof. Dr Daniel Grieser, university lecturer in mathematics with a focus on analysis. On Tuesday, 7 May at 6.15 pm, he will present the book to interested laypeople on the…

Gisela Christel Schulze is calling for the debate on inclusion to be opened up. In this interview, the rehabilitation teacher talks about the advantages and disadvantages of inclusive education - and explains why inclusion must apply not only to school age, but to all stages of life.

What remains of Karl Jaspers? In this interview, historian of ideas Matthias Bormuth talks about the plans for the new Karl Jaspers Society in Oldenburg, about Jaspers' view of science from the outside - and why such a view is still worthwhile today.

Scientists from Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana are guests at the university. The reason: a DAAD project dealing with the introduction of degree programmes on corporate environmental information systems in these countries has started today.

Sustainable behaviour is becoming increasingly important for the economy. So-called corporate environmental information systems (BUIS) help by processing and providing operational and environmentally relevant information.

German-Turkish composers will be the guests of the university's composers' colloquium "Music of our Time" on six concert evenings. Jazz musician and producer Mehmet Ergin will kick things off on Friday, 19 April at 6 p.m. in the Chamber Music Hall (Haarentor campus, Building A 11).

John Hattie is one of the most influential educational researchers in the world. His book "Visible Learning" has caused an international furore and is now available in German. At the University of Oldenburg, Hattie addressed the question: What determines how well pupils learn?

"Visible Learning" - making learning processes visible - is his topic: New Zealander Prof Dr John Hattie is considered one of the most influential educational researchers of our time. He will be giving a public lecture at the university on Wednesday, 17 April at 10.00 a.m. (Haarentor campus, lecture…

The monarch butterfly covers a distance of more than 3,500 kilometres to reach its winter quarters. How does it manage this impressive continental flight? Oldenburg biologist Henrik Mouritsen and his team have sought - and found - answers.

Quantumfrog GmbH, a start-up from the University of Oldenburg in the field of web development, received the "Best of CampusGründung 2013" award today at the Hannover Messe. This makes it one of the best start-ups in Lower Saxony.

Overcrowded lecture theatres? Bulimia learning? As much input as possible and the best possible "reproduction competence"? There is another way, as a seminar at the University of Oldenburg's "Research-based learning in focus (FLiF)" project shows. By Amrei Ochner

"Pause for a moment. The theatre in the field of tension between society, market and art", Markus Müller, General Director of the Oldenburg State Theatre, will open the public series of lectures of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg (Haarentor campus, Building A 14, Lecture…

Wind energy is seen as a pillar of the energy transition. But is this still the case? Dr Stephan Barth, Managing Director of ForWind, on offshore wind farms, floating wind turbines and Germany's unique wind energy research network.

The offshore wind study programme started for the first time in Oldenburg in October 2012. The 24 participants in the programme, which is the only one of its kind in the world, are about to graduate. Those interested can apply for the next programme.

What determines pupils' learning success? Not least the "diagnostic competence" of teachers, say maths didactics experts Astrid Fischer and Johann Sjuts. This needs to be firmly anchored in the training programme - and represents a real challenge.

They are at home in boxes, in the attic or at the back of a cupboard: the "leftovers". Students on the Museum and Exhibition Master's programme are showing them in their exhibition "What's left - about picking up, stowing away and leaving behind". Nina Tillhon from the organisation team in…