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Million Swedish kroner to Maiken Nedergaard for discovering the brain's cleaning system

UCPH professor Maiken Nedergaard is this year's recipient of the prestigious Stora Nordiska award. She receives the award for her discovery of, and research into, the brain's ‘cleaning system’, the glymphatic system.

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Award winner presents a biblical buffet

Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme receives the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters’ silver medal for her research on the Old Testament. She knows everything there is to know about what they actually ate in the Bible.

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Natural History Museum lays off staff again – merges with Biology to sort out finances

The financially troubled Natural History Museum of Denmark is to merge with the Department of Biology starting January. This means another round of layoffs

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My job: Precision engineer at the School of Dentistry

Downstairs — It's not every day you meet a metal worker in a crispy white lab coat. But you do at the Department of Odontology.

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The underground movement fighting for the German language

A group of theology students and staff are attempting to create awareness about why the German language is important for their subject. And they are using unconventional methods in the underground movement ‘Deutsch, bitte'.

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"Trying to fall asleep, I lay thinking about my studies for several hours.”

It started with insomnia and exam stress. Then came heart palpitations, chronic fatigue and irritation. After a tough semester Emil is now on sick leave with a depression. And he is, by far, not the only one.

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7 things you have to see at UCPH on Culture Night

Dead animals, explosions, lectures and hidden corners of UCPH that are normally locked up. Let us be your guide to the Culture Night on 12th October.

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The good life out on South Campus

In January 2017, theologians, lawyers and information studies moved to South Campus. Before the move, people voiced their protests and concerns. We went out there to give it a once over.

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Stress: One in five students has sought professional help

The students at the University of Copenhagen are (still) hurting. So much so, that nine out of ten have been stressed over the last semester, and one in five has sought professional help. This is according to a new study from the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs (DM).

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My job: taster

Belinda Lange of the Department of Food Science co-ordinates a team of professional taste-testers

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