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In an attempt to fight corruption, students in Serbia are blockading universities and shutting down roads and bridges with demonstrations. According to a student spokesperson, those in power have responded by paying EUR 50 per beaten-up protester.
Albert Schliesser from the Niels Bohr Institute gets the prestigious award for research into quantum phenomena. He is one of five young researchers who are honoured for strengthening Danish-based research at an international level.
Under Katherine Richardson’s leadership, SSC has worked to develop UCPH’s sustainability profile. Now, the centre is closing, and the task is being centralised. The problem, Richardson argues, is that UCPH is currently staffed with nothing but »future intentions.«
The Danish healthcare system is contributing to a massive waste of resources. And in some cases it is directly harming patients, says Professor John Brandt Brodersen. He calls for a paradigm shift and an end to »patchwork solutions« on medical and health education programmes.
As students, they were tour guides at Rosenborg Castle, where visitors were fascinated by a prank chair from the royal court. Now, as two young researchers, they set out to uncover the story behind an elaborate trick.
At one of the smallest study programmes at the University of Copenhagen they feel the great power rivalry up close — both academically and personally.
Several people have fallen into the canal by the Faculty of Law, but those responsible refuse to put up fencing. »It is generally safe to walk around them,« is the official response.
We now know that pigs' grunts can be translated into underlying emotions after an unusual collaboration between University of Copenhagen biologists and a documentary production company.
University denies there is a security risk, but will still replace all Chinese surveillance cameras on campus.
With a large research grant from the Villum Foundation, Ana Prohaska, a researcher in ancient DNA, could provide answers to how forests will respond to climate change.
