Biologist André Frainer shows in his thesis how important aquatic species richness is to the functioning of northern stream ecosystems. He defends his results at Umeå University on December 6.
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Professor Stefan Jansson has been named the Linné award recipient in botany at the annual meeting of the "Kunglig Fysiografiska Sällskapet" on 2 December. The prize committee honours Stefan Jansson as "undoubtedly one of Sweden's most prominent (and also most cited) plant physiologists.
Professor Martin Karplus, one of the three 2013 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, will visit Umeå University on Friday 13 December to give a lecture on his groundbreaking research. His visit to Umeå University is due to the fact that one of his former postdoctoral students now works in Umeå.
Three Researchers from UMIT was awarded grants from the Swedish Research Council, totaling almost 10 MSEK.
Norms, values, language and culture is the theme for the 2011 Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS). This international, interdisciplinary research School attracts participants from all over the world. The deadline for applications is getting closer.
It is the interdisciplinary and multicultural perspectives that are the main reasons why PhD candidates should apply to attend Bergen Summer Research School, says school leader Kjersti Fløttum.
Mahmoud Suliman Bashir’s love for the weapons and ornaments of the Iron Age made him one of the stars of the BBC series “Lost Kingdoms of Africa”.
Growing up in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, Mahmoud Suliman Bashir dreamed of being a drummer. He even applied to study music at the University in Sudan. But due to a series of unfortunate events, he ended up studying archaeology instead.
– If we are to fight poverty, we need to communicate more clearly through the media and to get across that poverty is a human rights issue, says Alberto Cimadamore.
The 50 year old Argentinian took over as leader of the Bergen based Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) in late spring and has spent the summer thinking about how he wants to shape the fight against poverty in his three year tenure as head of the project.
Time: Wed 2014-01-29 10.00
Location: L51, Drottning Kristinas Väg 30
Type of event: Licentiate seminars
Leonor Fini was a recognised artist and personality in Europe's cultural life in the middle years of the 20th century. Her many-sided oeuvre will be presented in an upcoming exhibition at Bildmuseet, the very first presentation of the artist in the Nordic countries.
The Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE) at Umeå University have introduced new scholarships for talented master’s degree programme applicants from non EU/EEA countries beginning their studies in autumn 2014.
