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2020.04.02 | Administrative, Administration (Academic), All groups

Positive economic result in a challenging time

High returns on investments of surplus liquidity in 2019 and restraint during the autumn’s Finance Bill uncertainty helped to turn a budget deficit into a surplus. AU's board of directors will continue to focus on reducing the university’s equity in coming years.

Katherine Patrice Gill, External Communications Officer of DANWISE. Credit: Tibor Salzer
Katherine Gill gave a talk on “The science behind bias” at a pop-up event hosted by TEDx Aarhus, located at the Kvindemuseet in August 2019. Using her neuroscience background, Katherine spoke about how the brain innately makes associations for predicting future scenarios, and that this is the basic mechanism behind unconscious bias. Credit: Astrid Collin
Members of the DANWISE team during their first Annual General Meeting, held at Aarhus University, April 2019. Credit: Tibor Salzer

2020.04.02 | People news, PhD students, Department of Biomedicine

DANWISE strives for gender equality, equal rights and opportunities in Denmark

The Danish Society for Women in Science (DANWISE) is a non-profit organization to address gender inequality in Denmark, representing women from academia and industry within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) and Humanity fields. Katherine Gill, External Communications Officer of DANWISE and a postdoctoral…

Photo: Aarhus University's new climate strategy focuses on four focus areas: Campus, transport, procurement and waste.

2020.04.02 | Administrative, Administration (Academic), All groups

AU adopts ambitious new climate strategy

Aarhus University has approved its first climate strategy. The overall goal of this ambitious strategy, which covers the period up to and including 2025, is a significant reduction in the university’s carbon emissions. This will take structural changes and more climate-friendly choices on the part of employees and students, as well as close…

2020.04.14 | Administrative, All groups, All AU units

Aarhus University is bringing payments to suppliers forward

Aarhus University wants to support companies in Denmark that are under severe pressure due to the corona situation. Therefore, Aarhus University is bringing forward payments to suppliers.

Postdoc, MD Stine Yde from The Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University will investigate the effects of coronavirus on pregnant women and infants. Photo: Tonny Foghmar.

2020.04.07 | Grants and awards, Health and disease, Academic staff

Pregnant women to be tested for coronavirus

A new research project being carried out by researchers from Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark, aims to clarify whether pregnant women and newborn babies are a special risk group in relation to coronavirus. The Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting the project with almost DKK 2 million.

2020.04.02 | Administrative, Administration (Academic), All groups

The right pay and on time - even with corona

In a new series of articles from University Director Arnold Boon, we highlight important operational tasks being carried out in different corners of the administration. This month, focus is on the payroll department at AU HR, who make sure that everyone is paid on time, even while we are all working from home.

2020.04.02 | Meeting, Administration (Academic), Public/Media

Department Meeting - zoom meeting

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Break time workouts, virtual classes, home offices in bedrooms and office fellowship with the kids. The Corona crisis has changed the working day for all of us.

2020.04.01 | Administrative, Technical / administrative staff, Health

Photo report: Show me your home office

The corona crisis has turned our everyday life on its head and life in a state of emergency is different for all of us. For some of us it is a question of sustaining, for others a time of development. We pay a visit to ten of our colleagues, each of whom share a little of their new working day.

2020.04.01 | People news, Public/Media, Dandrite

Congratulations to Dr. Sara ElFarrash for earning a double PhD degree

Dr. Sara ElFarrash defended on March 25th her phd thesis “Alpha-synuclein and Parkinson’s disease: A target for future neuroprotective therapy” at Mansoura University. She earns a double phd degree with recognition from both Mansoura and Aarhus University, where Assoc. professor Peter Bross was the faculty representative from Health at Aarhus…

Four hard-working researchers in their offices at home - here in a selfie or photographed with mobile phones with help from family members. From the left Professor, DMSc Ulf Simonsen, Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Clinical Associate Professor Ole Schmeltz Søgaard and Professor Søren Paludan.

2020.04.01 | Research, Health and disease, Academic staff

Researchers: Remember what we can do together – also after the pandemic

The corona virus provided researchers, foundations and government agencies and institutions with a common enemy to unite against. This has led to lightning fast applications, unexpected collaborations, overwhelming collegial helpfulness and self-examination – also of the critical kind – among some of the researchers who received funding in no time.

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