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The photo shows several participants of the excursion. They are standing on a mountain and looking into the distance. There are lakes and several hilltops.
Campus Life Environmental Sciences

In the land of the midnight sun

Unspoiled nature, vast lakes, reindeer everywhere – on a field trip to northern Sweden, students from various degree programmes were able to…

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Sustainability Top News Higher Education Policy

The greenhouse-gas balance: a driver for climate action

A reliable basis for making climate-friendly decisions within the university has been created with the latest release of the greenhouse gas report.…

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Sustainability Top News

Role model for sustainability

Commitment to sustainability has a long tradition at the University of Oldenburg. Now the university has been nominated for the German Sustainability…

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Campus Life

A place to relax

Come to rest, recharge your batteries, pray or meditate: The Room of Silence offers everyone on campus a place to retreat from the sometimes hectic…

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The picture shows the Ukrainian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. A Ukrainian flag and a flag of the European Union wave in front of the building.
Ukraine Top News History

“This war is a turning point in history”

Malte Rolf is a professor of Eastern European History. In this interview he talks about the historical roots and significance of Russia’s war against…

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Top News Environmental Sciences Marine Sciences

Mudflat dwellers under heat stress

How does unusual heat affect the flora and fauna of the Wadden Sea? Researchers from the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

How microplastics end up in the marine atmosphere

Tiny plastic particles can be found in the marine atmosphere even far from coasts, according to a study recently published in the journal Nature…

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Top News Neuroscience

Study finds that mosquito hearing could be targeted by insecticides

A new study by researchers from University Oldenburg and University College London (Great Britain) shows that specific receptors in the ears of…

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Die drei Studentinnen sitzen am Tisch, der voll ist mit medizinischen Materialien wie Mundspatel, Spritzen und Infusionsbehältern. Hinter ihnen steht ein Mann im Kittel.
University Medicine Campus Life Landingpage [Entdecken] Persönliches

In Dr Frank N. Stein's office

The University is offering a new and unusual class for medical students. In Escape Room Neurology, they have just 90 minutes to apply their medical…

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Underwater picture. A person in a diving suit with mask, oxygen tanks and fins knots a thick cord.
Research Campus Life Marine Sciences Study Affairs

Diving for science

For those who like the idea of combining scuba diving with science, the Scientific Diving course at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the…

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Top News Biology

A delicate compass

Many songbirds use the earth's magnetic field as a guide during their migrations, but radiowaves interfere with this ability. A new study has found an…

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Photo of the Altwarmbücher Moor near Hanover. In the foreground water can be seen, in the middle a green overgrown island. In the background are bare trees, for example birches.
Top News Environmental Sciences

Restoring ecosystems is a huge task

Peatlands, meadows, forests: About 80 percent of habitats in Europe are in poor condition. Rainer Buchwald explains in this interview why this trend…

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Research Top News History

Pioneers in digital presentation and research of cultural heritage

How can historical objects and documents in museums and archives be preserved, interpreted without bias and made more widely accessible using digital…

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University Medicine Top News

New algorithm for quicker detection of antibiotic resistances

Oldenburg researchers develop method for improved identification of potentially resistant bacterium which can cause, among other things, urinary tract…

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International Summer Fest 2023

Best mood, delicious food and fantastic acts: At the stage on the square between the A14 and the SSC, at the 30 stands with dishes from all over the…

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Top News Higher Education Policy International affairs

An extraordinary friendship

The University of Oldenburg and Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa, celebrate 25 years of cooperation - and adopt a roadmap with…

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Graphic representation of the Pride flag (background) with a graphic representation of the dismantling of the Cecil Rhodes statue.
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Decolonising Gender Studies

How are racism, sexism and queer hostility intertwined? In this interview, Sylvia Pritsch talks about decolonisation and the responsibility that…

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A lithium-air battery cell in front of a test stand. Photo: Fraunhofer IFAM
Top News Chemistry

Towards the batteries of the future

They are regarded as possible high-energy electricity storage devices of the next generation: lithium-air batteries. A research project with Oldenburg…

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Research Top News Environmental Sciences

"Species are disappearing faster than we thought"

The local loss of species may often be underestimated. A new biodiversity study by Lucie Kuczynski and Helmut Hillebrand shows that species richness…

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A wooden board covered in sand lies on the beach.
Research Top News Marine Sciences

The fate of plastic waste

Researchers in the "Macroplastics" project studied the dispersal pathways of plastic waste in the southern North Sea for four years. 63,000 wooden…

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