Omnibus, April 2016

Uffe Kjærgaard, who won the 3 Minute Thesis PhD competition at AU in March, has qualified for the international final in Bologna in June. This is the…

The Villum Foundation has just awarded over 300 million DKK to 11 researchers within technical and scientific research at Danish universities. Four of…

The Independent Research Fund Denmark has just awarded DKK 318 million to 52 Danish research projects through its Research Project2 pool. 11 research…

The Master's reform isn’t going anywhere, so rather than resisting it, we should channel our energy into shaping high-quality new degree programmes.…

Professor Lene Aarøe receives the new Holst-Knudsen Research Talent Award for her research on political opinion formation. The awards comes with DKK…

Five new PhDs at Aarhus University have received the AU Research Foundation's annual PhD prize and DKK 40,000 each. The talent prize is given to young…

A now former postdoc at the Department of Agroecology has rightly experienced it as pressure on his academic freedom that the department head, Jørgen…

Shortly before Easter, the government party and its coalition partners introduced a reform of the university colleges, allowing for new Master’s…

Nanna Møller Jensen, PhD and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biomedicine at AU, won Forskerfesten – formerly known as the PhD Cup – on…

Professor Jesper Givskov Sørensen is the new Head of the Department of Biology. He has experience from both Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences.

Professor Birgit Liin is the new head of the Department of Law. She brings leadership experience from her time as Deputy Head of the department and,…

Starting a new life abroad is frightening and exciting at the same time. It’s the thrill of exploring, while missing your loved ones terribly. In her…

I must honestly say, it has been a difficult period. That’s how Henry Churchill Henson, a PhD student at the Department of Ecoscience, describes…

Beerceps Maximus, FUT, Apollonia and Profus competed for the Golden Bedpan at the 2025 Regatta in the University Park.

Were elephants and dromedaries once part of the opening procession? Does sailing on the University Park Lake make you sick? And are the gardeners…

AU had budgeted for a surplus of DKK 48 million in 2024 but ended up with a significantly larger surplus of DKK 184 million. This was largely due to…

The majority of staff at Aarhus University are satisfied with their jobs. But the latest workplace assessment (WPA) also shows an increase in the…

The two comedians Thomas Warberg and Mark le Fêvre will host this year's Regatta on April 25th.

Aarhus is the Erasmus Destination of the Year 2025. Studenterhus Aarhus and its international volunteer group Erasmus Student Network Aarhus (ESN…

If we fail to seize the opportunity to turn research into solutions for the future, we risk, at worst, missing the chance to make a meaningful…

The exams in Aarhus University's new exam hall in Lisbjerg will start one hour later than originally planned. This decision has been made by AU…

Danish universities agree that quiet rooms should be kept neutral and not used for religious preaching, according to a statement from the interest…

Aarhus University has completed its investigation into the cause of the gas leak that led to the evacuation of a building and the closure of several…

Minister for Digital Government, Caroline Stage Olsen (Moderates), visited Aarhus University on Monday for a debate on artificial intelligence, the…

Two AU students on exchange in Bangkok, Amalie Overgaard Stevnhøj and Amalie Girard, experienced the earthquake first-hand.

Minister for Immigration and Integration Kaare Dybvad Bek (Social Democrats) thinks another quiet room at Aarhus University sounds like a bad idea. He…

An unpleasant odour suddenly developed during a chemistry course at the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, which caused the teacher to…

At home, we’ve been sorting our waste into ten different categories for years. However, at several locations atAU, all the rubbish still goes into the…