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Who are the staff at UCPH? Glass washer Aase Sander

Aase Sander has been a glass washer at the Department of Biomedical Sciences for eight years. The salary is one of the lowest at the university, but she is happy with her job nevertheless. This portrait is part of the article series 'Who are the staff at UCPH?'

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Science

Farmers to use insects as their new livestock

Associate professor Nanna Roos wants to create a food production of insects and her first endeavors to achieve this took place in Kenya through the project GREENiNSECT.

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Campus

The Maersk Tower is one of the world's most sustainable laboratory buildings

The laboratories take up most of the space in the 15-storey Maersk Tower and turn it into a real energy drain. Yet through the course of its eight-year-long construction, it has succeeded in implementing many initiatives that save energy and resources

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Campus

Guideline change requires rector approval for VIP visits

A guideline adopted two days after the visit of Catalonian leader Carles Puigdemont instructs event organisers to inform the rector if they invite a VIP

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Campus

5 fun courses that you did not even know existed

Foam, raffle games and beer tasting, all in the name of science. Your fellow students are doing courses you probably didn't even know existed. Here is a handful of niche subjects to inspire you in your choice of elective subjects.

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Campus

Students get easier complaints procedure for sexual harassment at Faculty of Science

A new simple complaints procedure is to be introduced for unwanted sexual attention from staff and fellow students at the Faculty of Science.

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Campus

Medical students help each other out with their stress

If the study environment is afflicted by a performance culture, then any changes should start with the students themselves, according to the students behind a club at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.

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Science

Nothing is impossible in West Africa

Through 25 years of cooperation in West Africa, Professor at the Department of Food Science Lene Jespersen has collected valuable knowledge of both food science and other cultures.

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Campus

Your newest environmental podcast, launched by UCPH student

Student Stine Eiersholt launched her podcast, Influenced by Nature in hopes of inspiring change in a subject otherwise dominated by negative outlooks. Nearly one year later, the podcast is growing strong and she is hoping to push her ambitious ideas forward.

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Campus

Ringmaster in the kitchenette

There are just under 10,000 staff at UCPH. One of them is the circus director

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