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A new Centre of Excellence at the Faculty of Theology will investigate the porous boundary between public and private life.
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.
Newly named chairman of the board Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen promises to work to give students more opportunity to learn from researchers.
Newly named chairman of the board Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen plans to defend the university’s ability to conduct independent research. For students, he’s promising more opportunity to learn from researchers.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has put billions into the University of Copenhagen. Now one of the top people from the foundation’s company Novo Nordisk has been made the new chairman of the University’s board. What is the significance of the marriage between the university and the pharmaceutical industry?
Look up. Play the jazz saxophone. The inspiration can come from the strangest places, says UCPH’s international star lawyer, professor and center director Mikael Rask Madsen.
Alternating groups of students from the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies have come together over the last three years to set up an annual musical written and produced by the students themselves. This year is no exception. We met a few members of the team.
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.
