News about The University

Quantum electronics accelerator awarded to Anasua Chatterjee and Ferdinand Kuemmeth

The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded Assistant Professor Anasua Chatterjee and Associate Professor Ferdinand Kuemmeth an infrastructure grant; adding to the NBI new cryogenic tools to screen quantum devices at low…

CBMR scientists win innovation funding to develop new anti-cancer and obesity drugs

The BioInnovation Institute (BII) has awarded two grants worth DKK 3.5M each to CBMR to develop new drugs based on its basic metabolic research.

Two grants for innovative research to help battle antibiotic resistance

With the use of 3D microscopy and mathematical modeling, Liselotte Jauffred will explore how the spread of antibiotic resistance is influenced by the way microbes organize themselves. Not in a test tube, but in a 3D…

Paul J. Steinhardt is awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour 2020

Paul Steinhardt is Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University where he is on the faculty of both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences.

Sapere Aude Grant for research into the connection between religiosity and wealth

Associate Professor Jeanet Sinding Bentzen from the Department of Economics has received the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s Sapere Aude grant for talented research leaders.

Researchers put human mobility into new formula

Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new knowledge about how we move around in our everyday life and bridges a gap in the scientific understanding of mobility.

The University of Copenhagen is home to the world’s best research environment in Sports Science

The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and the Institute of Sports Medicine at Bispebjerg Hospital – both departments at the University of Copenhagen – are together the world’s best research environment in…

Mathematical models contributes to the green transition

Independent Research Fund Denmark supports 65 research projects on green conversion. Associate Professor Trine Krogh Boomsma from the Department of Mathematical Sciences participates. She will find new mathematical…

‘Anthro Walks’ will compensate for COVID-19 restrictions

All students at the Department of Anthropology will get the opportunity to participate in weekly walks with informal academic conversations.

Grant for developing long term weather predictions in Denmark

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to provide us with a much longer perspective on the general weather situation in Denmark.

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports data science at MATH

Professors Susanne Ditlevsen and Niels Richard Hansen from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have been granted a total of DKK 16.6 million to explore new methods for statistical inference and to identify causal…

The Royal Academy’s gold medal to Gerd Grubb

The gold medal from The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters was awarded for a lifelong effort for Danish science. HM The Queen presented the award at a celebration on the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday. …

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

HyFlex: Studerende føler sig involverede på kurset ”Humanbiologi”

Professor Nicole Schmitt har ændret ni forelæsninger til formatet HyFlex, der blander online og fysisk undervisning. De studerende føler sig, Ifølge survey, meget involverede i undervisningen men ville stadig foretrække…

Award for Valuable Work on the Mental Health of Infants, Toddlers and Their Parents

Associate Professor Mette Skovgaard Væver, University of Copenhagen, receives this year’s ‘A Good Start in Life’ Award

Irene Tamborra receives KIF Prize 2020

The Danish Network for Women in Physics (KIF) has awarded the 2020 honorary prize to Associate Professor Irene Tamborra, leader of the AstroNu group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.

FinPharma kick-off webinar 21 October 2020

Come and join the FinPharma - Finnish Platform for Pharmaceutical Research (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/networks/finpharma)kick-off webinar October 21, 2020, 1–4 pm! In the webinar the brand new FinPharma researchers…

Using Your Smartphone in Class Does Not Affect Your Learning

A large-scale research project among university students reveals that using your mobile phone in the classroom does not affect your learning negatively

Quantum for Life – a new research centre

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted Professor Matthias Christandl from the Department of Mathematical Sciences a 6-year grant of DKK 48.6 million to build a cross-disciplinary research centre exploring the use of…

Charles Marcus honoured with the H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal

The Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science is awarding an H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal in physics to Professor Charles Marcus.

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Young researcher talents get prestigeous career push

The ERC starting grant means a lot to me, as it provides an important step forward in my academic career, says Leonardo Midolo, Niels Bohr Institute.