2013.06.25 | All groups, Health and disease, Health
One in five Danes suffers from an allergy. At Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, researchers have identified a treatment which may be able to end the allergy pandemic.
2013.06.25 | Health and disease, All groups, Health
Summer means barbecues and plenty of meat. But take a minute to think about what - and how much of it - you are actually putting on the grill. Eating too much red meat increases the risk of developing cancer, warns a researcher from Aarhus University.
2013.06.24 | Public/Media, Arts
When the whole concept of tourism arose back in the Golden Age, there was also an anti-tourism movement. Artists rejected the idea of being streamlined tourists in favour of what they regarded as a more authentic form of travel. And the hunt for authenticity is still going on in the modern world.
2013.06.24 | Public/Media, Arts
Even though the Danes are among the world leaders when it comes to using their bikes on an everyday basis, Denmark is less popular than it used to be as a destination for cycle tourists. An anthropologist from AU has been studying the phenomenon of cycle tourism to find out what it takes to enjoy a holiday on wheels.
2013.06.24 | Public/Media, Arts
Ystad has a Wallander package, Paris offers a Da Vinci trip, and Oxford has Harry Potter tours. It’s called film tourism, and it has grown into a world-wide phenomenon. In Denmark film tourism is still relatively new, but one expert believes that in future Danish towns and cities will play an increasingly major role when tourists want to see where…
2013.06.25 | Health and disease, Public/Media, Health
The international doping conference at Aarhus University will provide a forum for discussing what we actually know about doping in sport. For example, it will take a critical look at our knowledge of doping cultures, the athletes’ psychology and existing research in the area.
2013.06.28 | Events, All groups, All AU units
People thronged the University Main Hall as employees, students and collaborators from the past eight years said farewell to the outgoing Rector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen. Read quotes from the speeches and see the photos from the farewell reception
2013.09.30 | Research, Public/Media, All AU units
Centenary of Bohr's revolutionary model of the atom
2015.04.29 | Collaboration, Alumni, External target group
Recently, the 15,000th alum became an active member of Aarhus University's alumni network. Therefore, we went to Aalborg to meet the Russian girl, who put a milestone in the history of AU Alumni.
2013.07.24 | Research, All groups, All AU units
It all started with a deeply original, but quite unphilosophical article from 1913, in which Niels Bohr gave a surprising, even provocative, new picture of the architecture of the atom.