News archive
2011.07.05 | News from the management
Six more heads of departments appointed
Five new heads of departments have now been appointed at Science and Technology as well as the new head of the Department of Economics and Business at Business and Social Sciences.
2011.06.29 | Research
Important contribution to clarifying the biochemistry of the degradation of phosphonate compounds
Researchers have found that the bacteria's ability to degrade phosphonates takes place via a complicated complex of five different proteins.
2011.06.27 | Education
Study environment survey: satisfaction, but room for improvement
The students are basically happy going to Aarhus University, according to the man responsible for the new study environment survey.
2011.06.26 | Research
Harold Bluetooth’s Vikings were Polish mercenaries
As part of an international team of researchers, archaeologists at Aarhus University can reveal that a large part of Harold Bluetooth’s Viking army consisted of foreigners – possibly from Poland.
2011.06.24 | People
Food researcher appointed Honorary Doctor
Klaus G. Grunert, professor of marketing and director of MAPP at the Department of Business Administration, Aarhus University has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Vaasa in Finland.
2011.06.23 | Talent development
The European Young Researchers' Award 2011
The Selection Committee has unanimously decided to give the European Young Researchers Award to Dorthe B. Ravnsbæk from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, iNANO, at Aarhus University
2011.06.22 | Research
ICOA will help strengthen the sustainable development of global corporations
More than half of the researchers at ICOA will, in close co-operation with global corporations and international top researchers, aim to strengthen the transition of corporations to a more sustainable business.
2011.06.21 | Talent development
Three Steno grants to Science and Technology
Anders Nedergaard Jensen, Department of Mathematics, Wilm Daniel Kissling, Department of Bioscience, and Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Department of Geoscience, have each been awarded a Steno grant by the Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences (FNU).
2011.06.20 | Research
Student publishes study of the sun
MSc student Michael Lindholm Nielsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, has found a method to predict the future activity of the sun. This has resulted in an article in the esteemed scientific journal Solar Physics.
2011.06.17 | News from the management
Rector’s summer speech: A strong university has become stronger
Things are going well for Aarhus University. The students are satisfied, the merger with the Engineering College of Aarhus (IHA) has finally been approved, and Tomorrow’s AU is gradually becoming a reality.
2011.06.14 | Research
Europe has a nitrogen problem
Although nitrogen is vital for plant growth, too much of a good thing can be bad; Europe’s water and air are at risk of being choked by nitrogen. A new European book deals with the problem and offers solutions.
2011.06.09 | Awards
Hans Brix appointed honorary professor in China
Professor Hans Brix, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, has been appointed honorary professor at the Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China.
2011.06.08 | News from the management
Potential merger with the Engineering College
Aarhus University and the Engineering College of Aarhus have been given the green light by a majority in the Danish Folketing to start negotiations for a merger.
2011.06.08 | Events
Europe/Africa divide
A recurring theme at the two-day conference on North Africa and the Middle East sponsored by AU's center for Islamic Studies and Radicalization, was the impact that North Africa has on Europe and the rest of the world.
2011.06.06 | Research
Danish-led team of researchers has a good grip on antimatter
The mystery of antimatter has come one step closer to being unravelled. An international team of researchers at CERN, led by Dr Jeffrey Hangst from Aarhus University, has succeeded in trapping antihydrogen atoms for more than 15 minutes.