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American student at AU: I thoroughly enjoy the fact that I'm not in America right now

The distance between Denmark and America brings a sense of calm to American Ciel Floden, who has already voted by mail in the presidential election. However, the emotions and gravity of the election are slowly making their way across the Atlantic, weighing heavily on Ciel Floden the day before the crucial election on Tuesday, November 5th. She has a plea for the Danes: "Have grace with us".

Aarhus BSS to redesign its two largest Master’s programmes and cut admissions to several Bachelor’s programmes

The large Bachelor’s programmes Law and Economics and Business Administration won’t face resizing measures, according to the faculty’s plan. But the Master’s programmes in these subjects will be redesigned.

OPINION: Research leadership: Danish universities and senior researchers can do better!

Danish universities should be bolder in promoting research output, and leading researchers (especially professors and senior scientists) should seek international recognition more actively, writes Aliakbar Kamari, associate professor at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Aarhus University, based on his experience working within Danish academia for almost a decade.

He is Denmark’s fastest on the roads – but still a rookie in the hospital

In September, Jacob Sommer Simonsen knocked almost two minutes off the Danish marathon record, which had been untouched for 39 years. Besides running 190 kilometres every week, he’s also doing his Master’s degree in medicine at Aarhus University and started his clinical training only weeks before the record-setting race. And he’s recently become a father for the second time.

Aarhus' future mayor on being at the helm of the country's largest student city: "We shouldn’t rest on our laurels"

On Wednesday, Anders Winnerskjold was appointed as the next mayor of Aarhus, set to succeed Jacob Bundsgaard when he steps down on 6 November. Omnibus took a moment to speak with the future mayor about his priorities as he takes the helm of the country’s largest student city – and whether he plans to continue his predecessor’s tradition of kicking off the Regatta.

Explainer: What the university election is all about

It's not just Americans who will be heading to the polls in November - as a student at Aarhus University, you’ll be doing the same.

Danish Data Protection Agency criticises AU data protection in a number of projects - AU has to improve, says deputy director

Following an inspection at Aarhus University, the Danish Data Protection Agency has criticised the university’s processing of personal data in a number of research-related cases. AU has acknowledged the mistakes and must be better at taking care of personal data according to the deputy director.

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