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In the Andes Mountains, the young Assistant Professor Mattias Borg Rasmussen has learned about the local value and meanings of water. Here water is a symbol of life, a dwindling and complex resource and a creator of collaborations.
It was tough to combine studies, a job search, and family life. But Christina just smiled, and took it all in her stride. At least on Instagram. Until one day she was lying down on the floor of the living room, under the table, unable to move.
Lars von Trier feels like he’s ready to give up filmmaking. It’s a feeling he’s never had, but in spite of his anxiety, his bouts of depression and the pain that sometimes comes with just breathing there are still things that make him happy: elegant passages from Tolstoy, a sophisticated way of terrorising people, the corner of a room in Sweden that reminds him of something
After a few years as graduates, these two young scholars had had enough of their lives behind desks. Today they are travelling around Denmark's small islands to do reports on what life is like there.
UCPH professor Oluf Borbye Pedersen wins the research communication Forskningskommunikationprisen for his enthusiasm in communicating his research into the countless health-friendly gut bacteria. The prize was awarded on 20th April by Minister Søren Pind.
Better pensions for PhD students and paid holidays for graduates are some of the results included in the academic agreement.
UCPH staff got a 6.2 per cent pay increase and get to keep their lunch break.
Humanities people, lawyers, and theologians are increasingly eating off plastic. One reader objects: Plastic cutlery is not a good idea from an environmental point of view.
Geology professor from the University of Copenhagen is the winner of the Rungstedlund Prize, which is awarded by the foundation behind the Karen Blixen Museum.
