Discover, try out, join in, marvel and play - this was the motto under which around 2,500 young and old guests visited the university's KinderCampus at the weekend. The second edition of the family day was also a complete success.

This month, 22 young people started their Voluntary Scientific Year at the university. The volunteers are deployed on both campuses of the university as well as in the university clinics. Many different activities await them.

Discover, try out, join in, be amazed and play - that's the motto of the KinderCampus on Saturday, 20 September, on the Haarentor campus.

The "Kontaktstudium" has been offering counselling and further education for migrants and refugees with previous educational knowledge since 2004 and is now undergoing essential further development.

The University of Oldenburg is now officially a "cycle-friendly employer".  It has been awarded a certificate by the General National Cyclists' Association (ADFC) in recognition of its measures to promote cycling on campus. 

As part of the Northwest Alliance, the University of Oldenburg has just presented itself at the annual conference of the German Academic International Network. The aim: to enter into dialogue with researchers working in the USA.

Whether in solar cells or in the eye: when molecules absorb light, they trigger complex processes. An international research team led by the Ultrafast Nano-Optics working group has observed how the very first moments of this process unfold.

The ‘DeutschPlus’ tutorial programme supports international students, as well as children and young people, in their language acquisition – in a playful, practical way and accompanied by dedicated tutors from the student body.

Judiciaries in a number of countries are increasingly under attack from populist parties. Political scientist Philipp Köker explains the strategy behind the trend – and how to counter it.

The global biodiversity targets adopted in 2022 are aligned with science and represent a major advance on the Aichi Targets adopted in 2010, an international research team reports in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Unusual seating furniture has recently been installed on the Haarentor campus. Sitting or lying down: here you can relax, learn and exchange ideas. Students from the Technical Education Working Group (ATB) worked on the benches.

Marine science, education, and staff and student exchange are among the key areas of the university's partnership with the Mandela University. At this year's board meeting, the partners reviewed existing collaborations and envisaged future paths.

150,000 households recently received some unusual mail. They are invited to become participants in the "Lower Saxony Panel" and actively take part in research themselves - for example that of political scientist Jan Sauermann.

Sebastian Wilks has been working at the university for 20 years. He is now head of the Academic Examination Office. He wants to use his position to help shape the university's development.

At the beginning of the month, 15 young people started their training at the university. The spectrum of training professions is broad - it ranges from administration to skilled trades to IT.

Australian bogong moths are famous for their long-distance migrations. An international team including Oldenburg researchers has discovered that the insects use the stars as a compass during their annual journey to cool inland caves.

In order to calibrate tiny radio transmitters, researchers from the Migration Ecology working group took to the skies. Their unique experiment was designed to enable more accurate tracking of migratory bird routes.

Biodiversity in the Wadden Sea has undergone a noticeable reorganisation since the middle of the last century, according to a new study. Researchers from Oldenburg and Groningen have analysed biodiversity using a holistic approach for the first time.

Unusual research approaches in which disciplines that at first glance have little in common join forces is a defining feature of the new "booster units" that will commence their activities in the upcoming winter semester.

A new paper published in Science by a team including ecologist Iliana Baums urges regulatory reform to accelerate coral restoration using assisted gene flow – an essential step to safeguard the economic and ecologic services that reefs provide.