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260 scientists sign petition for new Penkowa probe

Pressure is mounting on Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and the University of Copenhagen Board of Executives as they today Monday receive a petition from hundreds of researchers calling for a new, independent, Penkowa inquest. They are backed by the Student Council

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Politics

Documentation: Letter to Board calling for new Penkowa-probe

Letter (in Danish) by five professors calling for a new independent inquest into the Milena Penkowa fraud case, and the University of Copenhagen's role in it

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Campus Catwalk: Law vs. Science

Are you to the Lavish Layers of Law or the Simple Silks of Science? Vote for the faculty with the most fashion sense

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Science

Big Bang talk got a packed auditorium

Students and professors crammed in to lecture hall to find out what exactly happened before the beginning of everything. Theorist Roger Penrose did not disappoint them

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Politics

Media: Rector threatened critic with dismissal

University of Copenhagen managers tried to attach responsibility to a critical professor, say media. Rector's office denies charges, saying no 'staff member will be persecuted'

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Science

Freezing their butts off on Ringkøbing Fjord

Researchers are measuring the amount of ground water seeping into Ringkjøbing fjord on the west coast of Denmark. Normally, they need a rubber dinghy for their experiments

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Politics

International Office fends off exchange cuts

University of Copenhagen breathes a collective sigh of relief after standoff with the Ministry of Science over exchange student numbers: Two to three years reprieve

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Politics

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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