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Peter Brodersen ordered a new computer via the UCPH IT department and was notified that the delivery time was 5½ weeks. Not good enough, he says: Researchers work under time pressure. But according to the deputy director of IT, it cannot be done any faster, as UCPH has opted not to keep Apple computers in stock.
University of Copenhagen’s prorector Thomas Bjørnholm is to leave his workplace of 32 years. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden’s research grants
The Greenland ice sheet is a poster child of climate change. But in the Nordics, what happens in West Antarctica and Alaska has a more profound impact on local sea level rise. Sounds strange? Here’s how it works.
The University of Copenhagen needs to sharpen up its freedom of research wording on future contracts with external parties. This is according to the supervising authority the Danish Agency for Institutions and Educational Grants.
The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen has done well this year in terms of getting funding from the Villum Fonden's Young Investigator Programme. 10 out of the 18 young grant recipients are from this faculty.
Plastics made from biomass are still too costly and too energy-intensive to be able to compete under normal market conditions. A UCPH scientist now wants to make this change.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted a total of DKK 360 million from the foundation's Challenge Programme, divided into six different projects. Three of the recipients are UCPH researchers.
What constitutes a ‘threat’? International project led by a UCPH associate professor is to identify the key elements in threats.
Universities are a good investment: the most recent report from the League of European Research Universities finds that universities generate €100 million in value each year.
GenomeDenmark was selected in recent poll as the 2017 research-project of the year. But despite being hailed for its potential to lead to a breakthrough in the field of personalised medicine, the project lacks money to carry out the next stage of its research
