Crown Princess Mary Center changes name In connection with the succession of the throne the Crown Princess Mary Center at the University of Copenhagen will change name.
22-year-old talent is now ‘researcher Tetris’ world champion With world-class programming, 22-year-old computer science student William Bille Meyling beats seasoned professors at the unofficial world championships in geometric algorithms. He was recently honoured for his…
New Head of Department for the mathematicians From 1. September 2023, Professor and Head of Section Mogens Steffensen will be the new Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. He will work for the Department’s academic researc…
New vice-dean at University of Copenhagen SCIENCE Professor Jesper Wengel is a high-profile researcher, inventor and business owner. From 1 September 2023, he will also be the new Vice-Dean for Innovation and External Relations at SCIENCE – the University of…
Universities must stand out as unique physical meeting places Education will be disrupted over the next ten years, placing great demands on university degree programmes, says Professor Andreas de Neergaard, who, from 1 September 2023, is the new Associate Dean for Education at…
Engaging mindfulness Odysseus Stone defends his thesis on ”Mindfulness” on 29 June 2023, 13:00. The defence takes place at South Campus, Auditorium 4A-0-69. More details
Professor Jørgen Wojtaszewski receives the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Distinguished Investigator Grant With DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Professor Jørgen Wojtaszewski will illuminate the cellular signals that insulin uses to initiate biological effects, and how these signals are affected when insulin…
Opening of the Center for Gene Expression The Center of Excellence "Center for Gene Expression", CGEN, funded by the Danish National Research Foundation opened on April 1st 2023.
Deniz Sarikaya guest scholar in the HPS section from January to May 2023 While he is here, Deniz will work on the project “Theoretical virtues of conjectures and open questions in mathematical practice“ funded by funded by the DAAD.
Jesper Lundsfryd Rasmussen new Postdoc at IND Jesper Lundsfryd Rasmussen will join the HPS-group in a Postdoc position, starting October 1 2022.
Professor Inge Tetens named as ‘Top Reviewer’ for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Every year, the four American Society for Nutrition (ASN) journals identify up to five ad hoc reviewers to be named a Top Reviewer from the previous year. Selections are based on the quality, number, and timeliness of…
Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award Savanna Life was designed by an interdisciplinary team working with a game designer to facilitate involvement and discussion about natural resource management and sustainable futures in the cross-boundary Greater…
Star communicator: "A Facebook thread spawned one of my best research articles" Somewhat unconventionally, the SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2019 goes to a researcher with a sizeable social media footprint. Thousands of LinkedIn and Twitter followers provide Professor Marcel Bogers with access to…
Distinguished physiologist honorary doctor at the University of Copenhagen Friday, November 8, 2019, Professor David James from the University of Sydney is awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen for his outstanding contribution to research in physiology, biochemistry…
Mindeord: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) En af Danmarks førende fysiologer og foregangskvinde indenfor den sammenlignende fysiologi døde i sidste uge. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen blev 96 år gammel og var Danmarks første doktor i Odontologi og første kvindelige…