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Rector: Suspicions are unwarranted

Formal rules of procedure were upheld, and suspicions of foul play are without sound basis, says Rector, as he responds to critics' claims that he in 2003-2004 unduly supported Penkowa

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Politics

Rector overruled experts and favoured Penkowa

Ralf Hemmingsen hand-picked official scientific opponents, and placed undue pressure on a research committee to ensure Milena Penkowa her doctorate in 2003-2004. This is according to new claims released Friday in the Danish section Universitetsavisen

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Science

Top physicist to go beyond the Big Bang Wednesday

Famous physicist Roger Penrose to present his new model of the universe, where the Big Bang was not the beginning

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Culture

Campus catwalk: Pharma vs. Social Sciences

Lab coat or shabby-chic fur? Vote for the faculty with the most fashion sense

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Politics

Reported fraud to the police - and was fired

The lecturer who reported a top scientist to the police for fraud in 2008 was subsequently fired, it has emerged. According to her former employer, her dismissal was just due to the cutbacks at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Politics

University tried to stop police fraud probe

Department head wanted to stop a filed police complaint against top researcher for embezzlement

Uniavisen
Campus

All staff to use mobile phones at work by 2013

University of Copenhagen will save money by getting rid of fixed line telephones, says IT department

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Politics

Rector: No plans to resign over Penkowa case

Ralf Hemmingsen has no plans to step down. This is despite the furore over his role in the fraud cases involving brain researcher Milena Penkowa

Uniavisen
Culture

Canteen stormed by hungry foreign students

Rumours of cheap lunch had international students pouring in to staff canteen ‘Le Cannibale’. Now a strongly-worded ban in English is to scare them off. There is just not enough space, says deputy manager

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Politics

Rector was warned about Penkowa in 2003

Media report that Ralf Hemmingsen was tipped off as early as 2003 about Milena Penkowa's research results in Spain

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