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Literature fans mesmerised by Paul Auster

Superstar author Paul Auster visited Copenhagen last week to receive a title as honorary alumnus at the University of Copenhagen. This reporter was invited to a closed session of dialogue on his literature

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Dean of Humanities quits job

Kirsten Refsing explains that she 'wants to go back to research', and that others should now be allowed to 'do the motivating'

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Science

Leading Google researcher turns prof

Corinna Cortes, researcher at Google, is an authority in machine learning. In March 2011 she joined the Department of Computer Science as a permanent member

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Chaos after fire at Denmark's International Kollegium

Sunday night students were evacuated as poisonous smoke seeped in through the ventilation. Four days later, confusion still reigns, with no internet and thieves lurking

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Politics

Dean: Merger will destroy my Faculty

While the Department of Chemistry welcomes the prospect of being merged with chemisty research at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharma's Dean Sven Frøkjær thinks otherwise. The merger would simply destroy a well-functioning research environment, he says

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Finding work is a full time job

Advice offered on the do’s and don’t's of Danish work culture

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Science

Accusations fly in possible new ‘Penkowa’

Health professor faces accusations of plagiarism and scientific dishonesty from former colleague. Pure harassment, she says, and has reported the colleague to the police. Links to the Penkowa complex

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Find your sport: USG 2011 summer programme is out

Marking the beginning of the University Sports Organization's summer activities, 20 students spent 3 hours of their Sunday afternoon biking in the hilly forests of Copenhagen

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Politics

Arab women tweet to survive

Female, Arab activists spoke up at a conference in Copenhagen this Monday. As cyberactivists, they spend most of their waking hours tweeting, blogging, and Facebooking about the Arab revolution. For one of them, the constant updating is a way to stay secure

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Competition: The bad, the worse, and the ugly

Our sponsors are donating an iPad 1 to the best or worst experience that you, our dear readers, have had at the University of Copenhagen. Up until now, it goes from worse to awful...

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