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This Sunday: Piano virtuoso to play John Cage

Artistic event to feature mushrooms, silence, and music. Special guest is virtuoso pianist Rolf Hind who will play avant garde master John Cage. Free entrance for everyone

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Science

Historians debate Copenhagen links to Nazis

University of Copenhagen scientists kept co-operating with Nazified German scientists during the 1930's, and the official University upheld a co-operation policy with the Nazis from 1940. Recent conference sheds light on a murky period in Danish history

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Culture

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk gets Sonning prize

Prestigious cultural award goes to a man who has 'challenged cultural boundaries', says jury

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Opinion

Comment: Responsibility – where did it go?

Ministers, instead of lashing out at young academics, should speak more about their own responsibility in creating jobs. So says the chairman and vice-chairman of the University of Copenhagen in this featured comment, where they also call for a broader definition of 'innovation'

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See photos from the Life Sciences revue

The revue spirit is spreading throughout the university. Our photographer visited the former Faculty of Life Sciences over the weekend as the students got on stage to mock university life

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International

In Greece, social media replaces cash

The Greek crisis is boosting a new social phenomenon. So says an Athens PhD student who is living through the crisis and researching it at the same time

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Politics

Jobless students, a new 'cognitariat'

Europe has vast numbers of young, unemployed academics. They need to stop paying their debts and start stealing from supermarkets: Most importantly, they need to change the way they think, argues Italian theorist Bifo

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Opinion

Comment: How should we respond to the crisis in Europe?

In this featured comment Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and Prorector Thomas Bjørnholm argue that even in times of high unemployment, money should be invested in research and education

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Culture

Erasmus group seeks volunteers for refugees cause

A volunteer effort, SocialErasmus, wants to promote collaboration and benefit the local community this weekend. Political refugees need support, says Copenhagen life science student who is going to help out

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Culture

Menstrual blood art installation in basement

Gender researchers met up to discuss materialism, and to blend art and science with a provocative happening

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