Omnibus, April 2016

All parties in the Danish Parliament have agreed on the allocation of the research reserve funds for 2020. The agreement is good news for the…

She had a seat at the table when the board voted to put AU through the most brutal round of budget cuts the university has ever suffered. She helped…

As a result of this year’s election, new representatives will take over four of the five seats on the university board that belong to the university’s…

Biologist Rasmus Ejrnæs will host the weekly nature program ‘Vildspor’ on the new radio station Radio4, which came on the air last week.

November is election time for students and employees at Aarhus University. This year, only one of the student spots on the AU Board is up for…

A university that makes its voice heard more in public debate, at least one new interdisciplinary research centre and educating students in the…

The university’s perception of students as rational animals following the straight path of common sense through their studies contrasts starkly with…

That antiseptic hospital smell still lingers in the walls of Aarhus’ former municipal hospital. But not for long: builders are hard at work on AU’s…

In the Hopper Building, the lightsabers of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker light up – in red and blue – when the restroom on the corridor is busy. This…

You’d have to be a fool (or a vegetarian) not to enjoy a Danish pork roast – juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside. But the licorice thing (Why…

Campus life at AU is informal – you’re on a first-name basis with your professors, and you can even run naked through the University Park. To get the…

AU’s biologists have been pushing for more untamed nature into the University Park for a long time. And now a little strip of wildflowers is blooming…

As a student, you might spend a lot of time wandering around campus looking for a nice, quiet spot to study. Here’s a tip: check out Museum Ovartaci…

Save the date: Saturday August 31st. AU’s research foundation invites you – and everyone else in town – to a huge street party on the grounds of the…

Denmark’s well-organized society and free education are attractive. But it’s hard to crack the code of the language, the weather is chilly – and so…

There are some deadlines you just don't want to miss. And there are events you’re really going to regret missing out on. There are also days where you…

After the new higher education and science minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen puts down her champagne glass and rolls up her sleeves, one of the first…

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (Social Democrats) is presenting her new government today, including the new higher education and science minister –…

Mette Frederiksen (Social Democrats) is Denmark’s new prime minister, and tomorrow she’ll announce her new government, including the new higher higher…

On the new committee for diversity and gender equality at AU, each faculty is represented by one woman and one man. Associate Professor Ebbe Bødtkjer…

PhD student Tobias Sandfeld from the Department of Bioscience in Aarhus doesn’t believe that AU can become sustainable unless measures aimed at…

The single letter ‘d’ separating mord (murder) from mor (mom) can literally be fatal. But linguist Ocke Bohn can’t hear the difference – and he’s not…

A new PhD project has analyzed employment trends at Danish universities over the past two decades for the first time. While the proportion of tenured…

Reality is in the eye of the beholder. In this case, the eyes of four new AU employees from other countries who participated in AU’s workshop for new…

Close to half of AU’s employees are not familiar with the university’s gender equality policy, reveals a survey by an AU researcher. It also reveals…

Rector Brian Bech Nielsen speaks about quotas at AU with about the same enthusiasm as fishermen discussing North Sea cod quotas. In other words, he…

AU’s rector is pleased that the new WPA shows that stress is down, but he’s surprised that more than one in ten employees thinks that they aren’t free…

There’s no dialogue about gender at AU, men have an easier time gaining a network in the research world, and female researchers need to take the lead…