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'Spy' professor accepts court verdict

Copenhagen's 49-year old Finnish scientist Timo Kivimäki will not appeal his five month prison sentence for giving information to the Russians

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Network to take a look at surveillance

Pro’s and con’s of increased public surveillance the focus of network and upcoming conference

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Frustration over limbo in professor spy case

Fuzzy regulations over diplomatic contacts irritates the head of the political science department. No decision yet on Finnish professor's status at University

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Photo evidence: Glaciers can return

Greenland’s glaciers can recuperate within a short time frame if temperatures drop, shows research from the University of Copenhagen. 80-year-old photographs, discovered in a basement archive, prove that the ice was actually melting faster then, than it is now. See some of the old photos right here

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Study: Scandinavia best at research

New figures show that high levels of research and development, international collaboration and high-impact research results make Nordic countries top the world in research

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See pictures of plant fascination day at uni

Strange succulents, tiny seedlings and plant pests (under the microscope). All laid out in the greenhouses

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Historians debate Copenhagen links to Nazis

University of Copenhagen scientists kept co-operating with Nazified German scientists during the 1930's, and the official University upheld a co-operation policy with the Nazis from 1940. Recent conference sheds light on a murky period in Danish history

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Ancient societies were more complex

Conference on near eastern history will highlight ancient interactions and multiculturalism

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Feature: Clues to crisis are hidden in the data

To prevent the next crisis we need a much better understanding of something economists call 'disequilibrium'. So the argument of Professor Katarina Juselius, head of Copenhagen's new Soros-backed economics centre, in this featured comment for the University Post

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Health Faculty: We messed up, but no harm was done

More details have emerged surrounding the sudden appearance of scientific samples in the Milena Penkowa fraud case. Faculty director admits to minor mistakes: It was the Faculty that delayed. And Penkowa's name was, in fact, on the freezer

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