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From dissections to bananas: how a teacher team mastered video production!

The didactical challenge Time constraints are a recurring issue in the first-year course Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology. In the current setup, teachers demonstrate dissections to a lecture hall of 180 students,…

Talk for PhD students and PhD supervisors: Thanking while thinking

How gratitude can enhance inspiration and supervisor-student relationships in the PhD context. Time and date: 20 March 2025, 15.30-17.00 Deadline for registration: 10 March 2025 Who can come? This talk is for PhD…

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

The Graduate School opens at 12.00 PM 17 January

The Graduate School opens at 12.00 PM 17 January 2025. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible

Hui-Yi Yang gives presentation at CAA conference in New York

PRIVACY PhD student Hui-Yang is currently preparing for giving the first presentation of her PhD scholarship at the annual CAA (College Art Association) conference in New York City this February. Yang's presentation wil…

Joseph Matthew Rogers is our new Associate Professor in Peptide and Protein Medicinal Chemistry

At Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Joseph Matthew Rogers is now Associate Professor within the field of Peptide and Protein Medicinal Chemistry, as of February 1, 2025.

Henriette Hoffmann-Veltung joins CMP

Henriette joins the EPITOPE team

New project to pave the way for true interdisciplinary research

The world needs interdisciplinary solutions, yet the systems surrounding research often hinder collaboration between disciplines. A new project aims to change that.

The Graduate School closes early Wednesday 15 January

The Graduate School closes early Wednesday 15 January. From 13:30 telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

Impaired face-to-face interaction and emotional energy in cochlear implant usage

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.

New INTERSECT fellow Ana Waqar Khan

Ana Waqar Khan is an urban planner and MEXT Embassy Scholar pursuing her graduate studies at the University of Tokyo.

SUND researchers receive nearly 14 million for basic research

With this autumn's grants from the Carlsberg Foundation, 10 SUND researchers receive a total of nearly DKK 14 million for research on, among other things, the importance of musicians and animals for humans during…

New INTERSECT fellow Daniela Villegas

Daniela Villegas is a journalist, feminist and social researcher with a PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney.

(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.

Mikkel Vind Abrahamsen is awarded the Semper Ardens Accelerate Grant

Associate Professor and BARC member Mikkel Vind Abrahamsen is awarded the Semper Ardens Accelerate Grant by the Carlsberg Foundation for his project "IrregularFit: Maximizing Space Efficiency for Complex Shapes".

JOIN LERU DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 AT UCPH

The 14th edition of the LERU Doctoral Summer School will be held at the University of Copenhagen from 23 until 27 June 2025. The theme for the Summer School is “Artificial Intelligence across University Disciplines –…

New co-management at UCPH Lighthouse

The University of Copenhagen has adopted a 2030 strategy to strengthen innovation and contribute more to solving societal challenges An important element of the new strategy is a strengthening of Lighthouse, which will…

Infants' development of self-awareness to be explored with major grant

A new research project will investigate how infants' brains develop self-awareness. The project, supported by Carlsberg Foundation, is led by Victoria Southgate, Professor at the Department of Psychology.

New NNF Data Science Investigator at BIO

The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports highly promising starting group leaders in data science and computational science with the 'Data Science Emerging Investigator' grant. Sarah Rennie has received approx. DKK 11…

New project aims to make data science a meaningful part of high school mathematics

With support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a research project aims to determine how data science can become part of mathematics in upper secondary school without exceeding the boundaries of the curriculum.

Anette Müllertz receives DNA’s Industripris 2024

DNA, Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi (Denmark’s Science Academy), has awarded Professor Anette Müllertz the prestigious prize in recognition of her impressive career where she has united experience from both…

Talk for PhD Supervisors and PhD Students: Clear Communication Starts with The First Minute

Imagine if, in less than a minute, you could: Get to the point Deliver a clear message Summarise a complex topic In this workshop you’ll learn two simple frameworks that make all that possible. Whether you are…

"Weapons of Mass Distraction?" Conference held in November

On the 14th and 15th November 2024 DISTRACT hosted the conference "Weapons of Mass Distraction?"