From a small town in central Italy to the centre of a huge empire: how was the incredible rise of the Romans possible? And why is Roman history particularly interesting for us as contemporaries of globalisation? An interview with ancient historian Michael Sommer.

The Helene Lange College "Queer Studies and Intermediality: Art - Music - Media Culture" is focusing on queer art, music and media culture and will kick off on Thursday, 4 July at 5 p.m. (Haarentor Campus, Building A8, Room 0-001).

"Queer questions binary gender systems such as male and female,…

How do fish larvae that have drifted for kilometres manage to return to the reef where they were born? An international team of researchers has investigated the migratory behaviour of coral reef fish. And discovered that the animals use a solar compass to navigate in the open ocean.

2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther's theses. What is the function of the Reformation anniversary? Can it be used for ecumenical commemoration? And is it possible to commemorate the Reformation "differently"? An article by theologian Andrea Strübind.

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg has two new Deans: in future, the medical doctor Prof. Dr Erik Harms, Director of the University Children's Hospital in Münster until 2008, and the former State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science, Dr Josef…

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Oldenburg is once again receiving financial support. The district of Ammerland - on behalf of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft (AG) der Landkreise und kreisfreien Städte Weser-Ems - and the city of Oldenburg are providing a total of one million…

Destructions, emotions - works of art: students from the Institute of Art and Visual Culture investigated the aesthetic quality of deformations. Their works can now be seen in the "deconstruction circus" exhibition in Oldenburg. An interview with Kim Triebe and Alina Edelmann.

"Learning from and with each other: For a common future of humanity" is the title of this year's "Karl Jaspers Lecture on Contemporary Issues" on Monday, 24 June at 4 p.m. at the University of Oldenburg (A14, Lecture Hall 2).

They have conquered the treetops of the tropical rainforest in a fascinating way: epiphytes, so-called epiphytes. The Oldenburg ecologist Gerhard Zotz describes how they withstand the extreme solar radiation - and why their prospects are nevertheless not good.

The summer holidays are just around the corner and preparations for the KinderUniversität autumn semester are in full swing. KinderUni fans should mark the following dates in red in their calendars: 21 August, 4 and 18 September.

More than 60 experts discuss diversity issues at a conference organised by the Institute of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation.

Palmyra: legendary trading centre for Bedouins, ancient trading and cultural centre for merchants and their caravans - that was the oasis city in present-day Syria. In his lecture "Palmyra. City on the Silk Road. Old and new archaeological research in Syria", Prof. Dr Andreas Schmidt-Colinet will…

The DFG has approved nine million euros for the third funding phase of the Collaborative Research Centre "Active Hearing". What are the scientists' goals and how can their findings be applied in practice? An interview with Georg Martin Klump, head of the research project.

All students, academics and employees of the University of Oldenburg who are interested in starting their own business are invited to promote their own business idea at the Entrepreneurship Spring School. It will take place on 13/14 June at The Smart House Oldenburg and is organised by the…

How can wind energy be fed into the electricity grid in a controlled manner? A question that poses challenges for science and industry. Oldenburg physicists show how turbulence affects the electricity production of large wind farms.

Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann is once again funding the north-west German co-operation project "Freedom Space Reformation" this year. Projects and events will take place until December under the annual theme "Reform movements, Reformation and religious pluralisation between fanaticism…

Cuban, American and German students worked together on an international love song revue. Singing student Anna-Rabea Schulz talks about the preparations, love songs and Cuban temperament.

Edward O. Wilson, the outstanding American evolutionary biologist and "father of sociobiology", is the subject of an annual lecture series on biodiversity, which will continue on Wednesday, 29 May, 18:00, at the University of Oldenburg (Wechloy campus, lecture theatre W3 1-161).

Edward O. Wilson, the outstanding American evolutionary biologist and "father of sociobiology", is the subject of an annual lecture series on biodiversity, which will continue on Wednesday 29 May at 6 p.m. at the University of Oldenburg (Wechloy campus, lecture theatre W3 1-161).

Prof Dr Jody Hey,…

Almost everyone knows it: Football today is a mass phenomenon. When the sport was introduced in the German Empire, things were very different. In this interview, Jörn Esch explains why this was the case - and why the idea of football as a workers' sport is a myth.