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DNA researcher Julien Duxin has just arrived in Copenhagen to be in charge of his own laboratory for the first time. And with a DKK 10 million grant, he's off to a good start.
Humanities at UCPH gets financial boost from the Velux Foundation's treasury for four very different projects that all help achieve a sustainable society based on knowledge
In the basement of the old Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University deformed animals are kept in formalin. The veterinary collection of deformities has lost its scientific value, but it is a cultural treasure that is in danger of disappearing
The industrial production of insects in Denmark and the consumers’ acceptance of insect food is the subject of an interdisciplinary collaboration between four universities, including UCPH, where four departments are researching the subject
The University of Copenhagen is the best in Denmark at attracting private funding. Prorector Thomas Bjornholm says that academic freedom is not being curtailed by these funding billions
WINNERS – The Carlsberg Foundation’s Research Prize 2016 goes to mathematics professor Tobias Holck Colding and professor of international development law Morten Broberg. Each prize winner will receive DKK one million.
Five Danish researchers have each received the coveted giant grants from the European Research Council of 1.5 million Euros. Four of them are from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Penkowa has won her appeal in the High Court and is acquitted of a strong charge of 'blatant forgery'. The ruling states however, that Penkowa with the forgery showed "cynicism"
Junior researcher Kristian Holst Laursen reveals the tampering with our foodstuffs by using analytical chemistry. Food fraud is big business, and the perpetrators often get away with it because there are no reliable analytical methods to provide evidence
Female professors earn an average of DKK 24,000 less than their male colleagues in annual salary. Especially the Faculty of Humanities' women are falling behind. They get an average of DKK 86,000 less than the faculty’s male professors – and DKK 113,000 less than the men in the Faculty of Health and Medicine
