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Rasmus Pagh @rasmuspagh.net · 14h

Getting ready to celebrate 150 years of women at @ucph.bsky.social with the Wave workshop, focusing on algorithmic research
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Auditorium with projector showing:
Wave | women in algorithms venture into exploration

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 1d

The latest climate report from the University of Copenhagen #UCPH is grim reading:
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University of Copenhagen fails to cut emissions — now higher than in 2018

The University of Copenhagen’s latest climate report shows an increase of more than 20 per cent in total emissions since last year. The Niels Bohr Building is a big boost to the numbers, but the energ...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the University of Copenhagen #UCPH ’s greenest — and perhaps most beautiful — campus (though there’s a fair amount of concrete too, because nothing can be that perfect):
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Inside Frederiksberg Campus: The greenest, quirkiest place at UCPH

Inside Frederiksberg Campus: Your guide to bars, canteens and quiet corners on the University of Copenhagen’s greenest campus

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 2d

The University of Copenhagen #UCPH is holding fast and sticking to its current policy. This is in the wake of the so-called Bangladesh case, which has the University of Southern Denmark #SDU now rejecting all non-EU applicants:
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University of Southern Denmark (SDU) shuts door on non-EU applicants

Danish regional university SDU rejects non-EU applicants, while Roskilde University (RUC) closes a programme following the Bangladesh case. The University of Copenhagen sticks to its current policy ho...

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

Second of five Denmark lectures today! Tuesday, 7 October, 14–16 hrs, "Abolitionist Horizons" public lecture at Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/glo...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 3d

A new AI model can predict the onset of illness across entire populations. It raises ethical questions. Interview with Søren Brunak, University of Copenhagen #UCPH:
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Algorithms are learning to predict your next illness

A new AI model with contributions from the University of Copenhagen can predict the onset of illness across entire populations. But it also raises ethical questions about data security — and about peo...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 4d

For the first time, University of Copenhagen #UCPH is to allocate students' exchange placements for study abroad by lottery, not grade point average: uniavisen.dk/en/lottery-t...

Lottery to decide who goes abroad from University of Copenhagen — not everyone’s happy

Random selection has been introduced for exchange placements to promote equality and diversity — but the move has stirred up opposition

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 8d

I'll be talking about The Language of Climate Politics under the Trump regime at The Center for Applied Ecological Thinking at the University of Copenhagen on October 21st.

Are you in Copenhagen? Come out!

And if can't make the talk but are around, DM me. I'll be in Denmark for two weeks ❤️🇩🇰

Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 8d

Well, there you are (again), @doctorvive.bsky.social! 😀

Read more and register here: cape.ku.dk/eng/calendar... #dkgreen #dkpol

Poster announcing the talk described by in the link.

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 8d

Grading can feel a bit like a lottery. Former law student now quantifies how much it actually is at #UCPH University of Copenhagen law faculty: uniavisen.dk/en/wide-disp...

Wide disparities at University of Copenhagen law exams revealed

A former law student has mapped out the grades from more than 700 examiners at the Faculty of Law. The results show differences of up to five grade points between examiners on the same exam — enough t...

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SMARTbiomed @smartbiomed.bsky.social · 29d

New upcoming seminar in Copenhagen on October 13 from 14:00 - 15:00:

Erica Moodie, Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University and Canada Research Chair, will give a presentation on "Assumptions in Causal Inference".

More info and abstract: smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

All are welcome!

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 9d

It’s been a hot couple of months for staff at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN) on Frederiksberg Campus:
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Staff trapped in renovation chaos on Frederiksberg campus

The Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences on Frederiksberg Campus is wrapped in thick plastic, leading to noise and headaches for staff. Health and safety reps criticise the working condition...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 10d

We can't avoid the cuts to the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science, says rector: uniavisen.dk/en/rector-on... #UCPH

Rector on cuts to Faculty of Science: There’s no way around it

The Faculty of Science has to make cuts because the faculty has, over a number of years, spent beyond its income, and because operating costs for the buildings have increased. We understand the frustr...

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 13d

I participated as an ‘opponent’ in a PhD defence yesterday at the University of Copenhagen (ie one of the examiners) and it was an incredibly lovely experience. The thesis was excellent and a genuine pleasure to read. The defence was a joy and bookended by lovely celebratory meals.

A canal lined with tall colourful buildings and small boats.

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 11d

Stories of a deeply polarised United States are exaggerated: uniavisen.dk/en/the-media...

The media wants you to believe the US is divided. It’s not, says UCPH researcher

Stories of a deeply polarised United States are overblown. Just 1.1 per cent of Americans want an ethnically homogeneous society. This is according to a new study led by psychologist Séamus Power of t...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 16d

Last week marked the inaugural meeting of the research network Objects of Knowledge, hosted at University of Copenhagen. It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I talked briefly about a fascinating item from our collections: one of Johannes Bureus’ copper plates.
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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 18d

Controversial political science intro programme at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH is now focussed on shaping an inclusive community. We turned up to see what this looks like — ten years after the scandals:
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From sexism to safe spaces: Political Science reinvents intro week

The controversial Political Science intro programme is now focussed on shaping an inclusive community. The University Post turned up to see what this looks like — ten years after the scandals erupted.

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 18d

Rector should intervene to stop Faculty of Science #UCPH cuts, write representatives:
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Dreyer should take responsibility and avert layoffs

There are two reasons why the Faculty of Science face cutbacks. Neither of them are the Faculty of Science's fault. Yet right now, the plan is to let us pay for other people's mistakes. That is not go...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 22d

The University of Copenhagen has four campuses. Here’s
one of them: City Campus: uniavisen.dk/en/inside-ci...

Inside City Campus: Bars, basements and hidden gardens

The University of Copenhagen has four campuses. Here’s your guide to one of them: City Campus. The guide has everything you need to know for student life in the heart of the city.

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UCPH Section for Freshwater Biology @fblucph.bsky.social · 23d

Applications open! ❄️ KU’s Arctic Biology Field Course 2026 takes students to Greenland to study freshwater ecosystems: fish, algae mats, predator–prey interactions & more. 🌊🐟🌿
👉 Apply by Oct 24: kurser.ku.dk/course/nbik1...
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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 24d

Two University of Copenhagen #UCPH students were a part of a Danish rugby sensation:
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Study hard, tackle harder: Copenhagen’s rugby rebels

Two powerhouse UCPH students made rugby history with silver for Denmark. We met them to talk competition, bodies, and the brutal balancing act between university life and niche sport.

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 25d

Nynne Christensen has just been honoured for her efforts to make life that little bit easier for Faculty of Science staff at University of Copenhagen #UCPH:
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Faculty of Science layoffs »absurd«, says award-winning staff rep

Nynne Christensen has just been honoured for her efforts to make life that little bit easier for Faculty of Science staff affected by reforms. But being a staff representative has got more difficult: ...

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 25d

No Danish PhD? No postdoc grant: uniavisen.dk/en/no-danish...

No Danish PhD? No postdoc grant — Danish researchers punished for going abroad

UCPH graduate Andreas Nabil Younan is soon to complete his PhD at the University of Cambridge in the UK. But he is barred from applying for the most relevant postdoc grants in Denmark.

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Trygve Ugland @tugland.bsky.social · 25d

I am now well settled at the University of Copenhagen, in my capacity as a guest researcher for the Fall

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 28d

Reaction from #UCPH Dean: uniavisen.dk/en/dean-the-...

Dean: The University of Copenhagen still excludes international voices

We asked Dean and diversity sponsor Bente Stallknecht about initiatives after a inclusion survey revealed that international students and staff face language and cultural barriers.

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University Post @universitypost.bsky.social · 28d

Internationals at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH face language barriers, exclusion from social contexts, and fewer career opportunities:
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The University of Copenhagen’s inclusion survey: This is what surprised us

The University Post has done a deep dive into the University of Copenhagen’s first major inclusion survey — here are our key takeaways.

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