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Culture

Night in the Botanical Gardens

CULTURE NIGHT– It was the only night of the year that you could walk on the grass

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Culture

Life Science pumped up the music

CULTURE NIGHT - The Faculty of Life Sciences presented microscopic images of seeds, accompanied to ‘evolution’ and older classics

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Science

Copenhagen gets grant to combat obesity

A DKK 120 million grant from the Ministry of Science now has the University of Copenhagen (U of C) working to understand, prevent and treat lifestyle illnesses

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Politics

God doesn’t mind blasphemy, but we do

Religious feelings, bullying, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Two editors stake out the issues four years after the Mohammed cartoons

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Science

Quest for the genetics of obesity and diabetes

Health scientist Thue W.Schwartz, who explains to us that some kinds of molecule give you the urge to eat, eat, eat

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Culture

University all set up for Friday event

Friday evening and night, 9 October, you have the chance to explore the innards of Copenhagens musums, offices, institution's and workplaces. The University of Copenhagen is in on it with freaks, gruesome body painting and a race between an algae and a sperm cell

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Culture

Partners of University of Copenhagen internationals speak out

The wives, husbands and partners of international researchers put their own career on standby to come to Copenhagen. Now, they see themselves as ‘an untapped resource’

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Education

Humanities reel in the PhD’s from abroad

From zero to 25 pct. internationals in just a few years. The humanities have overcome Danish candidate favouritism

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International

US stronghold on higher-education loosens

Asian countries gain ground on US in academic investment and research

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Education

Updated: Copenhagen slips a bit on rankings

The results are in. Take a look at the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings for 2009. University of Copenhagen did, well, OK. A distinguished position, says rector.

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