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Science

Corona investigator: »Viruses a greater threat than climate change«

Global politics, conspiracy theories, and increasing polarisation all helped to sabotage the mission. But Professor Thea Kølsen Fischer hopes to resume the hunt for the origins of corona.

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Coronavirus

Jens Lundgren: More extreme statements and strange theories now

Many people have found what he said useful during difficult times, according to a top professor and now government adviser. Discouraging, though, has been the encounter with »the dark side of Denmark«. And then there was the mink issue ...

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Opinion

Feeble reopening

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Coronavirus

Students met each other for the first time when the university reopened

Life is slowly returning to the University of Copenhagen and a number of first-year students can now see each other in real life this week — for some it will be the first time.

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Science

Study: 1 out of 3 University of Copenhagen medical students infected with Covid-19

One out of every three medical students at the University of Copenhagen have been infected with the coronavirus. This is the surprising conclusion from a comprehensive study by two bachelor students.

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Coronavirus

Five tips for university instructors to improve online teaching

Vary the teaching, follow-up questions on how students feel, be available. Danish youth well-being group unpacks five ideas for lecturers to get the distance learning working.

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Coronavirus

She was doing an autopsy on a mink. Then, suddenly, her whole field of research vanished

Two mink researchers at the University of Copenhagen are shocked by a process that not only discontinued all mink breeding in Denmark, but also the purpose of their whole research.

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Coronavirus

Students not feeling safe at exams: »Why do I have to be exposed to this?«

A group of maths students feel pressured to have to turn up to a physical exam with over 100 other students. It should be online, they say. And in the meantime, three corona-infected students who took part in other physical exams, have set off an email briefing from the university to other participants.

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Politics

He runs a global project against corona, but still answers emails from random people

Jens Lundgren heads a project in the DKK 65 billion coronavirus initiative initiated by the White House. As an HIV researcher, he has previous frontline experience against an unknown virus, but he has never tried working so quickly – or getting so many e-mails and threats.

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Coronavirus

No social events: Here are the new restrictions at the University of Copenhagen

Students and staff no longer allowed to grab a beer on campus or socialise after lectures. New corona measures implemented at the University of Copenhagen until 22 September.

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