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Is your data beautiful?

The third annual Art in Science photography contest wants you to show the world what science looks like through your eyes

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Campus

Copenhagen mayor planning 800 temporary student-housing units

Copenhagen’s mayor hopes to take advantage of changes in the zoning law to build housing for students on vacant lots

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Culture

The first lady

Inge Lehmann never received the same recognition at home in Denmark that she did abroad. Now, the woman who discovered that the Earth has a solid core has become the first woman has been given the place she deserves alongside the University of Copenhagen’s most towering figures

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Culture

Be happy, please!

In his PhD dissertation, Mikkel Krause Frantzen has studied how depression is depicted in literature and art. The works about the essence of depression provide both insight into the disease and into the society we live in.

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Politics

"Like being at an exam – every day"

On 18th April, law student Kristian Hegaard started in the Danish parliament for the Social Liberal Party as a substitute for Martin Lidegaard. We asked him how his first week at Christiansborg has gone.

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Campus

Med students organise free first-aid course

University of Copenhagen med students are providing free first-aid and CPR courses to other students

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Education

Pind’s ministry: Student commitment is "relatively low"

Students in higher education have evaluated their fellow students' ‘commitment’ in a new study. The result shows a "relatively low" commitment according to the Ministry for Higher Education and Research - and Minister Søren Pind believes that students should "pull up their socks and take responsibility".

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Science

Nature’s healing power

Dorthe Djernis is doing her PhD on whether mindfulness treatment in a therapeutic garden can reduce stress in students. Her work is based on research showing that nature can heal the sick.

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Education

Pind changes plans for control of Danish universities

After massive criticism, Minister of Higher Education and Research Søren Pind has changed his plans for controlling the country's universities. Students and staff will still have a place on the committee that is to appoint the chairman and external board members. But the agreement still curbs university autonomy, say critics.

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Campus

Punk legends and dancehall top Spring Festival bill

AV AV AV, Bikstok, Bisse and Sort Sol headline the UCPH Spring Festival on Friday 5 May, at Universitetsparken

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