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Few people had heard of the virologist Allan Randrup Thomsen in February, but since March he has become one of the most cited researchers in the Danish media. This puts him in a vulnerable position, especially because he talks out about a virus that no one really knows.
Now Javiera Aravena-Calvo is, like her husband, a scientist in Copenhagen. This is after career twists that included volunteering in a lab in Israel.
She was an only child and felt the need to return to China after finishing her PhD in Barcelona. But her family urged her to focus on her science.
Ricardo now has a job as an engineer after following his wife to Copenhagen for her academic career
Children on scooters and bikes; teenagers; and older people out on their walks. They are all filling out the open void that is the University of Copenhagen after students and staff have been sent home. The University Post visited the university's squares and parks during the Danish quarantine.
Has your willpower been sapped by corona? Do not despair. The world wide web can give you everything from a real, human, study-buddy to the sounds of a reading room in your living room.
Copenhagen’s student café Studenterhuset grapples with an uncertain financial future as the Covid-19 closures and restrictions continue. There are still online events, and the cafés director hopes for financial support from foundations.
Several exchange students want their lease contracts terminated on rooms they have through the University of Copenhagen's Housing Foundation. This is after the students have gone home because of the corona crisis. The foundation rejects the students’ demands.
After economist Roberta Distante has found the good life with her husband and child, she can look back at the hard times.
Following a partner to a new country as a spouse is tough. Yet it can also be an opportunity: for the spouse, and for the Danish company that hires them, say two university consultants who help the partners of international academics in Copenhagen
