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.
The Actually Real Story of the Pug Order A small dog, a secret lodge, the university of Goettingen – don’t belong together? Actually, they…
Larry Page did it. Sergey Brin did it. Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos did it, too – all of them founded a (very successful)…
Whenever someone from a prominent family gets married in India, they go out of their way to decorate the whole city. Bright banners are…
When I decided to go for my first internship as a naive third semester student, I had many questions: How many will be useful?…
Have you ever had one of those special ideas that you thought might turn into a really good business idea? Unfortunately, I have to…
Of the four semesters I’ve spent studying in Germany, I’ve moved into four different apartments. Why, you ask? I have no good reason for…
I can’t hear it anymore, but there’s also no way of ignoring it: Corona significantly changed our everyday lives. For us as students, who…
Keeping up with the university and everything concerning student life – what better way is there than getting informed on social media? We selected…
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…