Faculty Management at Natural Sciences wants to phase-out iNANO as a department-like centre: "The way it has operated has been dysfunctional"

25 June 2025 Article

The Faculty Management at Faculty of Natural Sciences wants to phase-out iNANO as a department-like centre. It is primarily an organisational restructuring – research and the nanoscience degree programme will continue, the dean and vice-dean emphasise. Staff and students at iNANO are concerned about the decision.

25 June 2025 Opinion

Open letter: No real opportunity for staff to object to management's decision to phase out iNANO

The decision to phase-out iNANO as an independent administrative unit – without involving staff or students in the process – gives rise to serious concern, confusion, and uncertainty, write nine professors affiliated with iNANO in an open letter to the Faculty Management at Natural Sciences. They call for an overall plan and, not least, a professional assessment of the value created by iNANO and encourage further development rather than phasing it out.

25 June 2025 Opinion

Reply: Nanoscience is ready to continue at departmental level

Nine professors affiliated with iNANO criticise the Faculty Management of Natural Sciences in an open letter in Omnibus for deciding to close iNANO as a department-like centre. The Dean's Office responds to the criticism in this reply.

25 June 2025 Article

Research group in biomedicine receives award for Research Environment of the Year

The Davis Lab at the Department of Biomedicine has received the Young Academy's Research Environment of the Year award. The research group focuses on creating an inclusive, welcoming and cohesive group, two of the researchers explain.

24 June 2025 Article

The European Commission's visit to AU leads to sealed off roads, closed buildings and telework

The European Commission's visit to Aarhus University will lead to increased security measures. On 2 and 3 July, a number of staff and students will be working from home. Lockers in locked buildings must be left unlocked for the sake of police security checks, AU informs.

23 June 2025 Opinion

COLUMN: Peter hasn’t prepped. Have you? And how about AU?

Imagine that the power stops flowing from the sockets. As was the case recently with the major power outage in Spain. Associate Professor Peter Bakker has dwelt a little on that scenario – he is not ready. Is AU?

23 June 2025 Article

Four AU researchers receive major grants from the European Research Council

Researchers from the faculties of Natural Sciences, Arts, and Aarhus BSS have each received grants of up to DKK 20 million for their research over the next five years. For one of them, it's not the first time.