Hello and welcome to the new blog of the University of Göttingen. Here we offer you information, insights and stories about the Georg-August-Universität.
Here at BLUG, we’re always focused on telling exciting stories, giving practical tips and sharing interesting background information about the University of Göttingen. In…
When I first started studying in Göttingen in 2014, I was overwhelmed with all the new information. Those are my login details for this…
Barbecuing is one of the most popular activities in Germany: 97% of people here say they love to grill. But BBQs can get boring…
During my studies, I’ve probably spent most of my time with attempts to memorize entire sentences that I had previously copied from books and…
I used to be pretty good at learning something by heart. Poems, dates, citrate cycle – no problem during school. Now, having almost completed…
In this year, I have taken more walks than ever before in my life. Since March it has become part of my routine to…
As a student, life is super easy and relaxed – or at least that is how many non-students imagine student life to be. Of…
Stressed and exhausted by all the studying and writing papers? Want to get a little distraction and test your knowledge of our favorite city?…
By now we’re all well aware of just how deeply the coronavirus pandemic has permeated into our lives. If there is one thing we’ve…
Not only has the Corona pandemic turned the world upside down, but also our private lives. The digital semester demands students to adapt to…
We’re living in a singularly extraordinary time. Nobody could have predicted the ways in which the pandemic would change the world as it has….
The door falls into the lock behind me, rays of sunlight tickle the tip of my nose, a deep breath, a light breeze –…
During the first few weeks at university there are numerous new impressions coming your way – I know what I’m talking about! To make…
This semester is different. More digital, more mobile, more exhausting, more comfortable, more annoying, more relaxed, more complicated… It’s just different. Starting your studies…
„Hello Ms Schebitz, we regret to inform you that you unfortunately were in contact with a person infected with the Corona virus. Therefore, I…
Actually, this would be a video of our collective blood donation experience by the BLUG-Team (#BLUGSpende). Instead, because of Corona (which by now feels…
Even though all university towns surely are similar in some ways, life in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is different than it is in Göttingen. In today’s…
Happy International Women‘s Day! To mark the occasion we would like to commemorate three important women, who have left visible marks on science and…
Most people moving to new cities are filled with excitement plus a tinge of anxiety. My first feeling upon coming out of the train…
Fasching or Karneval – maybe you have come across one of these words lately. They basically mean carnival, which is also called the “fifth…
A somewhat bleak room in the Göttinger Umwelt- und Naturschutzzentrum (GUNZ). Several tables arranged in a circle. On the wall a whiteboard with the…
You are doing it, I am doing it, and pretty much everybody else on campus is doing it, too: Surfing the world wide web…
E-sports… before the interview I was curious, whom I would actually meet. My idea of an e-sport athlete resembles more of a pale, skinny…
Pattering rain on the windows, two teapots in front of me, one with black tea and the other with peppermint. Colorful magazines are lying…
“Today, life at university is better than in the past!” Doris Köplin gives me a friendly look over the table in front of Café…
Starting university can be a pretty overwhelming experience, especially in a new city, and even more so when that city is seven seas away…
This Christmas season, BLUG will be opening some festive doors for you! Behind them you will find information, advice, and support concerning all aspects…
This Christmas season, BLUG will be opening some festive doors for you! Behind them you will find information, advice, and support concerning all aspects…
This Christmas season, BLUG will be opening some festive doors for you! Behind them you will find information, advice, and support concerning all aspects…
The term ‘fall’ is an old British word for the season originating sometime in the 16th century, and ever since then it has been…
It’s very crowded this Monday evening in the ZHG. A loud babel of voices rises from the crowd. It seems like I am not…
The helmet sits firmly on my head. The straps are tightly fastened under my chin. My support wheels are gone. It’s sometime in the…
Inventing the electromagnetic telegraph, proving the constructability of a heptadecagon, defining and giving his name to the Gaussian distribution, coverboy of the former German…
It is a place that fills your stomach and soul at once. I can’t imagine my daily life without it! Apart from a warm…
