University Life

Big Data

2021.04.27

Big Brother isn’t always as clever as we think

New research questions the value of digital surveillance and big data. Sometimes traditional and less privacy-invasive data can predict human behaviour much more effectively.

Extension

2021.03.11

Rector to continue to 2025

Henrik C. Wegener’s name will remain on the door to his rector office at the University of Copenhagen for the next four years.

Conference

2021.02.24

UCPH gathers medical anthropologists for a conference on chronic conditions

With close to 500 participants, the Chronic Living conference on 4-6 March will be one of the largest medical anthropological events on record.

Low mobility

2021.02.24

Educational mobility on the decline in Denmark

In 20 years, the impact of parental background on children’s education has increased significantly, and today Denmark is on par with the US despite free education and state education grants.

Education

2021.02.04

New unit at UCPH to put focus on research into children and education

New funding from the Ministry of Children and Education will enable researchers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences to strengthen quantitative research into children’s education and their social mobility.

appointment

2021.01.29

Kirsten Busch Nielsen to continue as dean at the Faculty of Humanities

After eight months as acting dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Kirsten Busch Nielsen has been appointed dean for the next five years.

FOOD SCIENCE

2021.01.05

Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently

Two studies from the University of Copenhagen show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at discerning bitter tastes. The research suggests that this is related to anatomical differences upon the tongues of Danish…

Education

2020.12.08

Researchers: Drop the notion that more hours spent studying guarantees higher educational quality

Several Danish universities have a financial incentive to ensure that their students spend a great amount of time on study-related assignments. But the number of hours spent by students on their studies does not…

MOBILITY

2020.11.19

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.

artificial intelligence

2020.11.03

New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world

Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR and fully understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Now,…

artificial intelligence

2020.11.03

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…

TREES

2020.10.20

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…

New Prorector

2020.09.30

Professor of social data is appointed Prorector

Professor David Dreyer Lassen will take up a new position as Prorector at the University of Copenhagen on 1 January 2021. He will be in charge of research, innovation and overall relations with foundations and…

Teaching

2020.09.04

Lecturer takes laptops and smart phones away and musters student presence

Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. In a new study, a UCPH researcher and her colleagues at Aarhus University analyzed the results, which include greater student presence,…

New study

2020.05.28

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

Online meetings

2020.05.18

Do you also suffer from Zoom fatigue?

After a long day of online meetings and classes, many people feel tired and exhausted. And with good reason because, when online, we are deprived of the many impressions and signals that help us to better understand wha…

Technology

2020.05.12

3D breakthrough: Now anyone can print an interactive model of the brain

A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print interactive 3D objects. These might include models of the brain, to be used as educational tools.

anxiety

2020.04.30

How to deal with anxiety and worries in corona times

For many students suffering from anxiety, the corona crisis is of great significance. But as a student there are many things you can do to subdue and contain your anxiety.

Corona crisis

2020.04.27

Five pieces of advice for teachers giving online lectures

A large number of teachers and instructors are struggling to optimise their digital instruction during the corona crisis. In this article, a professor of digital media and learning from the University of Copenhagen…

Start-up

2020.04.15

Student start-up will offer microbreweries cheap high-end quality control

The start-up company BIRanalyzers is creating a new system for monitoring the quality of beer. It is both cheap and reliable, thus it has the potential to make microbrewing more stable and to reduce waste. To achieve…

corona virus

2020.04.02

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is bein…

Prize

2020.04.02

Prominent Researcher Receives Queen Margrethe II's Science Award

The award is presented by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and this year goes to Professor Anja Groth for her research into epigenetics. The award ceremony, where the award is handed out by the Majesty…

Paracetamol

2020.03.25

Health researchers find solution to life-threatening side effect

Through studies of rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen may have found the reason behind of a large drop in blood pressure in patients receiving intravenous pain medication.

CRISPR

2020.03.24

Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR

We humans are far from the first to exploit the benefits of CRISPR. Groundbreaking research at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has helped to redefine what CRISPR is. UCPH Researchers have discovered that primitive…

Virus

2020.03.12

Virologists monitor which coronaviruses that occur in Danish animals

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have mapped the different coronaviruses that occur in Danish animals. They emphasise that these viruses are harmless to humans.