News about The University

When children bring viruses home, it can take a heavy toll on younger siblings later in life

Infants exposed to respiratory illnesses via older siblings typically fare worse in terms of education, income and health in adulthood. This is shown by new research from the University of Copenhagen.

Two new grants will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease

Grants will support clinical translation of cell therapies for dementia and kidney disease.

Researchers receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models

Agnete Kirkeby and Matthew Gillum receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models.

The seeds of the future are sprouting at KU FOOD

At KU FOOD, we are happy to announce that we are ready to welcome a new batch of green minds entering the Bachelor’s programme in Food Science and Nutrition.

Researchers receive Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Grant to screen for appetite-regulating targets in stem cell models

A research project based at the Department of Biomedical Sciences receives a grant of 75 million DKK over 6 years from the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Update April 2026

Dear Fellows, Spring is here, and so is the beginning of a new host of tracks and events with The Society of Fellows. In our last newsletter, we welcomed the 4th UCPH Forward Cohort into the Society of Fellows, updated…

Young people from less advantaged backgrounds are more likely to have an undiagnosed eating disorder

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that eating disorders are not necessarily more common among families with a high level of education – but that young people from these families are more likely to b…

Congratulations to Dr Adrian Henggeler

on the award of a Swiss National Foundation Postdoc Fellowship

Researchers aim to rethink how ADHD is understood

Assistant Professor Jelle Bruineberg has been awarded the Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project that aims to develop a new understanding of ADHD. The project combines…

Record-breaking SMBE 2026 conference brings more than 1,700 evolutionary biologists to Copenhagen

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2026 conference concluded after a week of inspiring science, lively discussions, and record-breaking participation, with more than 1,700 researchers gathering in…

Anna Nobis visits CMP

Anna visits VLPVAC team 02/07-30/09/2026

PRIVACY at the European Architectural History Network Conference

From 17-21 June 2026, PRIVACY researchers attended the 9th Biannual Conference of the European Architectural History Network in Aarhus. PRIVACY was represented in three different panels covering many different topics.…

Study: Not all active learning methods are actually activating students 

Instructors who self-identify as using active learning methods still spend most of their class time lecturing in many cases, new research shows.

The offices of the departmental libraries are closed

We are closed in weeks 28, 29, 30 and 31, i.e. from 6 July to 2 August.

William Hamilton Byrne receives the DFF Sapere Aude Grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

William Hamilton Byrne, Assistant Professor at MOBILE, has been awarded with the DFF Sapere Aude Grant for his project 'Legal Evolution in International Law' by the International Research Fund Denmark. The grant…

Bridging Research and Business to Build a Sustainable Future in Agriculture │Yngvi Bio

How do you move from groundbreaking science to creating a business? Meet Yngvi Bio, a spin-out from the University of Copenhagen. By harnessing proteins found in nature, the company hopes to replace chemical pesticides…

Professor Tom Gilbert elected to the EMBO Membership

The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics is proud to announce that our Director, Professor Tom Gilbert, has been elected to the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Membership - one of the highest…

Peace or sovereignty? The Sino-Japanese dispute and the League of Nations’ Covenant

Blog post by intern Cecilie Rinder Myrup.

Third BOHR21 Workshop hosted by the Niels Bohr Archive

The Third BOHR21 Workshop takes place in Copenhagen from 29 June to 1 July 2026 in the historic Auditorium A at the old Niels Bohr Institute.

Why do people take out their cameras and film in situations of grave danger?

In a new article "Fight, flight, freeze, film", Associate Professor Nina Grønlykke Mollerup proposes filming as a new response to threat, adding to the commonly recognised responses of fight, flight and freeze. Looking…

Global Neutrino Network Dissertation Prize goes to Tetiana Kozynets, former Ph.D. at NBI.

Tetiana Kozynets, former PhD student at the Niels Bohr Institute, awarded the 2025 Global Neutrino Network (GNN) Dissertation Prize for her Ph.D. thesis from NBI

Congratulations to Niels Mailand

with the ERC Advanced Grant

Craig Day has received the prestigious Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant

The Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen congratulates Craig Day, Assistant Professor, on receiving the prestigious Sapere_Aude: DFF-Research Leader Grant.

TreeSense welcomed into the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Rasmus Fensholt is new member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.