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Ingvar Kamprad Design Center celebrates its 20th anniversary
By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 15 December 2022 Ingvar Kamprad Design Center, IKDC. Photo: Kennet Ruona A meeting at the kitchen table, with lots of coffee and snus. And a donation of SEK 250 million. That’s what happened when Ingvar Kamprad met LTH’s dean in 1998 to talk about the future of industrial design education at the University. The
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/ingvar-kamprad-design-center-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary - 2025-01-28
Professorship in Olof Palme’s memory to British-Israeli researcher
By ulrika [dot] oredsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Oredsson) - published 5 April 2023 Raphael Cohen-Almagor has his office at The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. Photo: Ulrika Oredsson A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle East
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2025-01-28
Finances a stumbling block for the move to Science Village
By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 8 June 2023 A vision of Science Village, the area between the research facilities MAX IV och ESS. ill: Science Village Scandinavia AB Plans to move some research and education to Science Village are being formulated. But the University’s finances are proving to be a limiting factor for the establishment. The goal f
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finances-stumbling-block-move-science-village - 2025-01-28
LU staff are best at sustainable commuting
By nina [dot] nordh [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (Nina Nordh) - published 15 January 2025 The results from the autumn travel habits survey show that a majority of the University’s staff (approx. 80%) get to and from work by walking, cycling or using public transport. This is a higher percentage than for other large organisations in Lund. However, there is potential for even more people to commute s
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-staff-are-best-sustainable-commuting - 2025-01-28
The faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024
Published 27 February 2024 Photos from the procession at the ceremony 2023. The Faculties’ honorary doctors for 2024 have been announced. They will be honoured at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony on 31 May 2024. Below is a summary of each faculty's choice of honorary doctors. Lund University School of Economics and Management Martha Bailey (to the left) and Anna Breman will both attend the
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculties-honorary-doctors-2024 - 2025-01-28
Concern when departments are merged
By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 30 May 2024 Mozhgan Zachrisson, head of The Department of Strategic Communication, and Ulrika Holgersson, head of the Department of Communication and Media. In January the two departments will merge. Photo: Jan Olsson Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineerin
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/concern-when-departments-are-merged - 2025-01-28
When studies depend on interpretation
By jessika [dot] sellergren [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 15 December 2023 Sign interpretation demands a lot of concentration. There are usually two interpreters in place during a lecture to relieve each other every 15 minute or so. Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provide
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2025-01-28
MFA Student Interview Series, part VIII: Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn and Karolina Bergman Engman
By filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - published 17 September 2024 Irene Margrethe Kaltenborn In KHM1 gallery IreneMargrethe Kaltenborn´s MFA exhibition Choreographies towards loss set the stage for the audience to enter artworks which echoed loss and a void, full of wonderment and poetics. The gallery was dimly lit and kept minimal, leaving room for the viewer to
Learning more about the endocrine system could lead to fewer cases of type 2 diabetes and obesity
By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 25 January 2023 Nurse Anna Hellman measures the blood pressure of a participant in a treatment study where researchers are investigating how the hormone vasopressin is affected by how much water we drink. Photo: Kennet Ruona How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? S
New type of solar cell is being tested in space
Towards green software: tackling the energy cost of scientific software
By caterina [dot] doglioni [at] hep [dot] lu [dot] se (Caterina Doglioni) - published 7 June 2023 The computing farm for the real-time data selection system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, where Lund particle physics researchers work, analyses up to 100000 collision events per second when the Large Hadron Collider is running. Image: ATLAS Experiment Research in particle physics often relies on si
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/towards-green-software-tackling-energy-cost-scientific-software - 2025-01-27
New discovery restores insulin cell function in type 2 diabetes
Published 8 October 2018 By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at L
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-01-27
Strict diet explains metabolic effect of gastric by-pass surgery
A new coordinator with a passion for interdisciplinarity: Markus Gunneflo
By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 4 February 2024 Markus Gunneflo, the new coordinator of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. Photo: Kennet Rouna Markus Gunneflo has always been interested in interdisciplinarity, and working with PhD students has been the most enjoyable part of his professional life. A perfect combination for the new coordinator of the Ag
https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/new-coordinator-passion-interdisciplinarity-markus-gunneflo - 2025-01-27
The recipe for a great antibody
By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 25 June 2024 "The hybrid antibody is significantly better than the body's own antibodies at fighting both streptococcus and SARS-CoV-2", say the researchers behind the discovery Arman Izadi and Pontus Nordenfelt. Photo: Tove Smeds.. Antibodies are the body's superheroes, recognizing and eliminating disease-causing substances.
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/recipe-great-antibody - 2025-01-27
The climate researchers' wish list for 2021
By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] LUCSUS [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 22 December 2020 2020 will be remembered as the year when the coronavirus paralysed the world. At the same time, the negative effect of climate change became increasingly apparent, and the pleas to listen to the scientist and the calls for action became even more urgent. What changes for the climate do resea
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/climate-researchers-wish-list-2021 - 2025-01-27
AI forces teachers to change the way courses are examined
By annika [dot] persson [at] ses [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson, communicator at the Department of Service Studies) - published 20 January 2023 ChatGPT is one of the AI services used in cheating. Academic misconduct has increased with about 200% during the past covid years. As a precaution Lund University has started a project to prevent deception and misleading in examination, whether it’s una
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/ai-forces-teachers-change-way-courses-are-examined - 2025-01-27
An old pollen seed can predict tomorrow's climate
By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 13 October 2020 3D illustration of different pollen. Is it possible that a tiny pollen dredged up from a European lake can hold answers about both our past and our future? Researchers at Lund University use pollen as old as 12 000 years to predict our future climate, and to study ecological and historical change. Researchers E
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/old-pollen-seed-can-predict-tomorrows-climate - 2025-01-27
LUCSUS is part of a EU-project to support and restore marine coastal ecosystems
By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 18 December 2020 Marine coastal ecosystems are severely threatened by the negative effects of climate change. At the same time, they are very important for climate change mitigation since they can store large amounts of carbon, and help sustain both life under water, and people’s livelihoods. LUCSUS is part of the four-year EU
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-part-eu-project-support-and-restore-marine-coastal-ecosystems - 2025-01-27