News about The University

Sorcha MacLeod receives €2M grant from the ERC

Dr. Sorcha MacLeod has been awarded a Consolidator Grant of €2 million from the European Research Council for a new project aiming to provide crucial insights on the contemporary nature of mercenaries, and their…

Three SUND researchers receive ERC grants for groundbreaking research

The Consolidator Grant is given to three experienced researchers from SUND for projects examining childhood adversities and inequality, tissue development and novel RNA modifications.

Three SUND researchers receive ERC grants for groundbreaking research

The Consolidator Grant is given to three experienced researchers from SUND for projects examining childhood adversities and inequality, tissue development and novel RNA modifications.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of African Studies

There is an increase in technological consent forms, in research institutions in both Africa and the Nordics. It is often explained in complex legal terms and presented in written form. This increase in informed consent…

Different understandings of higher education: How students in Germany conceptualise the purpose and aims of higher education

Postdoc Gregor Schäfer has published the article “What is higher education to contemporary students in Germany?” in the journal Higher Education Quarterly. The purpose, aim and goals of higher education itself have been…

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize awarded to Freek Witteveen

At the newly held Chicago Quantum Summit, postdoc Freek Witteveen from the department’s QMATH Centre won the 2023 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize.

CIP Symposium 2023- find the presentations

CIP's Symposium on November 2, 2023, had a special theme focusing on Professor Anne Holmen's overall contributions to research in multilingualism, language teaching and learning, sociolinguistics, and more.

Denmark funds BRIC cancer research projects

From left: Fena Ochs, Jesper Andersen, Niels Behrendt Thanks to the generous donations made during the 2023 Knæk Cancer show last month, run by Danish Cancer Society and TV2, BRIC researchers Fena Ochs, Niels Behrend…

Clean Sweep: Department of Computer Science takes home three Business Awards

Two researchers and two students from the Department of Computer Science were presented with this year's business and innovation awards from the Faculty of Science.

DKK 24 millions for brain research at SUND

The 'Ascending Investigators' grants from the Lundbeck Foundation are awarded to researchers from across the country, including five from SUND. .

Jennifer Suurbaar

Ph.D., University of Ghana

Professor Paul Dupree - Honorary Doctorate Recipient

Our OxyMiST partner, Professor Paul Dupree from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, received an honorary doctorate in natural science from the University of Copenhagen on November 10. The…

Systematic review finds gaps in understanding microbe-driven acclimation and adaptation in wild vertebrates

In a recent preprint titled "Quantitative synthesis of microbe-driven acclimation and adaptation in wild vertebrates," researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics and University of Exeter conducted a…

Waste sorting at the Library

From 15 November and for the rest of the month, waste sorting bins will be set up in the library (as in the rest of KU). And these will be the ones you have to use here after. The bins around the study environment will…

Celebrating our new Professor Vito Foderà

Thursday November 9 we celebrated Vito Foderà’s inauguration as Professor here at Department of Pharmacy.

Professor Thue W. Schwartz wins UCPH Innovation Prize 2023

A founding member of CBMR, Professor Thue W. Schwartz is a pioneering fundamental researcher and co-founder of countless spinouts who has won this year's UCPH Innovation Prize.

Cecilie Rubow is Teacher of the Year at the University of Copenhagen

At the University of Copenhagen's annual commemoration, anthropologist and Associate Professor Cecilie Rubow has received the Teacher of the Year Award 2023 for excellent and inspirational teaching.

Johan Ulrik Nielsen is awarded the Gold Medal for his Prize dissertation 🥇

Indo-Europeanist Johan Ulrik Nielsen finishes his MA with a prize dissertation - and he was awarded the gold medal for it!

Distinguished researcher in the field of exercise physiology, honorary doctorate at University of Copenhagen

Professor Laurie J. Goodyear, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen for her outstanding research in the field of physical activity, particularl…

Five social science projects to investigate green transition

Five projects in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science receive a total of DKK 15.8 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) from the programme supporting independent green research.

Workshop: Assessment in Times of AI

Are you uncertain about how AI, chatbots etc., might impact your assessments and potentially introduce bias? This workshop offers valuable insights and guidance to help you reassess your approach.

Workshop: Navigating the risks associated with using ChatGPT in an academic setting

Did you know that 54% of Danish students have used ChatGPT to assist their studies and 19% have used it in an assessment situation? AI can do much more ..

Black Americans from well-educated families continue to face educational barriers

While racial disparities in education have narrowed in the US, African American individuals from well-educated backgrounds still find it especially difficult to attain the same high level of education as their parents.

New director at CIP

As of 1 January 2024, Professor Janus Mortensen takes over the position of centre director at CIP from Anne Holmen, who is retiring at the end of 2023.