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15 notable UCPH figures that changed the world

You may know Kierkegaard, Ørsted and Grundtvig. But what about Halfdan Mahler, Corinna Cortes and Rasmus Rask? These 15 University of Copenhagen (UCPH) figures have made their mark on the world. Here is the bare minimum of trivial facts that you need to know about them.

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My sanctuary

One throws punches, the other prays. A third one shakes her ass. We met six students in the places where they go to be alone.

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The mind-bending physics of Scandinavian sea-level change

The Greenland ice sheet is a poster child of climate change. But in the Nordics, what happens in West Antarctica and Alaska has a more profound impact on local sea level rise. Sounds strange? Here’s how it works.

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Student sports association at UCPH threatened with closure

After 100 years of student sports at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), the KSI non-profit student sports association is now in danger of being shut down for good.

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Unexpected alliance yields valuable insight into bacterial survival strategy

Work done by molecular biologists and physicists from the University of Copenhagen provides an explanation for how bacteria survive viral attacks

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The hungry student guide to Copenhagen's soup kitchens

Copenhagen is a jungle of soup kitchens like no other. This little guide gives you the overview your rumbling stomach longs for. 

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Three UCPH women honoured as science talents

The award 'For Women in Science' pays tribute to noteworthy female research talents, and the three prize-winners this year Kirsten Marie Ørnsbjerg Jensen, Katrine Ter-Borch Gram Schjoldager and Sofia Ribeiro are all from the University of Copenhagen.

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Anja C. Andersen: I've now got a more elegant platform

Anja C. Andersen has been promoted to professor with communication responsibility at the Niels Bohr Institute.

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What the dean learned from his boxing match

John Renner Hansen describes his unconventional trajectory to an academic career, where he needed both a Plan A and Plan B, especially in his duties managing scientists and staff as the dean of Faculty of Science.  

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Head aquarist: Octopus with shark tattoos

He is the aquarist, or animal keeper, at the Øresund Aquarium. And he is a nature guide, ticket seller, craftsman and multi-tasking handyman at the UCPH aquarium in Helsingør.

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