News about The University

Honorary Grant Awarded to Julie Laursen

Julie Laursen received a grant from the Ellen and Hans Hermer foundation for her significant effort in research on punishment and prisons.

An effort for the work environment

Raising awareness and making an effort for the work environment at BARC.

New Danish super material will improve the competitiveness of Danish industry

New Danish super material will improve the competitiveness of Danish industry.

Seminars with CTR researchers are online

Two seminars by the Crop History Consortium in the Ancient Crop seminars, with participation of Centre for Textile Research’s researchers Chiara Spinazzi-Lucchesi and head of centre Elsa Yvanez, are published on YouTube…

SMiD’s honorary prize

Klaus Bruhn Jensen, professor at the Center for Tracking and Society, has been awarded SMiD’s prize for 2026.

ATR and ATN is now fully available online

The annually published Archaeological Textile Review as well as the hitherto Archaeological Textiles Newsletter are both available on the Royal Danish Library’s Open Access website tidsskrift.dk

BARC 'n Bowl

A new sport in the BARC portfolio

Industrial waste used to develop non-toxic wood protection

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new, non-toxic method for protecting wood that could eventually replace conventional pressure-treated timber.

New investment to democratise access to genomics technology

Up to DKK 95 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will enable the implementation of the Genomics Research Infrastructure (GRI) and ensure open access to advanced functional genomics technology and…

Introducing ToRS Grant Lab

Introducing the very first iteration of the ToRS Grant Lab concept.

The French memorial event for Paul Auster

The French memorial event for Paul Auster (1947-2024) takes place at l’École normale supérieure in Paris 19 May, 14-18.

Thomas Arn Hansen joins CMP

Thomas joins the PhIP-Seq team

AI in Life Science Summer School 2026

Join the AI in Life Science Summer School 2026 with the title: AI and Data Science – Applications and Opportunities in Health Sciences. Building on Denmark’s globally unique health data infrastructure and strong culture…

New English Courses and Workshops for Staff

In 2026, CIP will expand its English course offerings for employees with new courses and workshops in presentation skills and pronunciation. These offerings help strengthen employees’ competencies in English-language…

The Gen_G Phenomenon: New Generations / Old Rules

Why the real generational gap in the global film industry may not be only about age.

Mapping neuron complexity to tackle Parkinson’s at its earliest stage

When Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed, many dopamine-producing neurons are already severely depleted. Once neurons are lost, they cannot regenerate, and treatment options become limited.

Podcast about food waste featuring CIP project

On behalf of the project group behind "Fighting food waste - navigating values choices and habits", Janus Mortensen participated in the podcast the ESG panel.

Gloria Kyrila will defend her PhD thesis

Gloria Kyrila will defend her PhD thesis on O-mannosylation as a protein maturation checkpoint in KIAA1549::BRAF-driven gliomas at the University of Copenhagen on 24 April 2026.

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences has decided to initiate a process to merge the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology into a single department by mid‑2027 at the latest.

Noah Ghermay Ghebremichael

Bachelor of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medicinal Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Registration for all PhD supervisor courses

Currently registration via the course database is not possible. Please register by sending an email to phdkursus@sund.ku.dk. Your email must include the following information: Your full name UCPH ID (if you are…

From clinic to classroom: Dental care and innovation

Why is it important that future dental hygienists learn to work innovatively? We talked to Ulla Kortegaard Bendtsen about this. Ulla was trained as a dentist in 1986 and has taught at the School of Dental Hygienists and…

Congratulations to Matthias Mann with the 2026 Canada Gairdner Award

with this year's Gairdner International Prize together with Ruedi Abersold and John Yates.

Head of Centre Andreas Bandak has been promoted to full professor

Andreas was unanimously and unconditionally being appraised in his professor assessment and has assumed a professorship in the department starting April 1. He will continue his work on the electives teaching program and…