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2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
Living cables explain enigmatic electric currents
The enigma of electric currents in the sea bed has been solved. Scientists at Aarhus University have sensationally discovered bacteria that function as living electric cables. Each one of the centimetre-long "cable bacteria" contains a bundle of insulated wires leading an electric current from one end to the other.
2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
NO EXPLOSIVES FOUND AFTER BOMB THREAT AT CAMPUS FUGLESANGS ALLÉ
Aarhus University received a letter on friday morning containing a bomb threat against Campus Fuglesangs Allé. The area was searched by the police and nothing suspicious was found.
2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
Challenges for international universities
Representatives from 38 universities in 28 countries met at Aarhus University from 24th to 26th October to share knowledge and experience about what it means to be an international university.
2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
Meet the Danes
Aarhus University along with Studenterhus Aarhus is organizing an Internationalize with (Aarh)us-project, where you as an international PhD or Post Doc are offered a Danish contact family and a unique insight into the Danish culture outside academia.
2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
Aarhus researchers top the bestseller list
Aarhus University Press latest initiative for sharing knowledge has turned out to be a success.
2012.10.30 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
Culture and politics in Lithuania
Lithuania is in focus, when Aarhus University and the Lithuanian Embassy work together to host “Lithuanian Days 2012” from the 8th to the 9th of November.
2012.11.05 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
HR: Let your voice be heard!
Louise Gade, the Deputy Director of AU HR, hopes that all members of staff will contribute to the process of psychological workplace assessment. This is the only way to get a true picture of job satisfaction at the university, she says.
2012.11.05 | UNIvers nr. 12 - 2012
New psychological workplace assessment at AU
The new study of job satisfaction at our university is being supplemented by special questions focusing on the reorganisation process. The questionnaire has been drawn up in collaboration with staff throughout the organisation, and the voices of part-time staff and student assistants will also be heard.
2012.10.08 | UNIvers nr. 11 - 2012
A successful Brazilian in Aarhus
Brazilian Studies is becoming a popular subject, and Aarhus University has increased its collaboration with Brazilian universities. One of the people behind the success story is Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, who used literature and music to get closer to Denmark.
2012.10.08 | UNIvers nr. 11 - 2012
The lost graduation
David Vranicar from the USA is a former student of AU, and also used to be the international student writer for UNIvers. He has now written a book about what it’s like to be a graduate in a time of crisis and to travel half-way round the world in search of a steady job.