The University Board decided at its meeting on 14 May 2024 to say no to an academic boycott of Israel, while at the same time condemning all violations of international law and demanding an immediate ceasefire and a halt to the attacks against civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The University Board decided on 14 May 2024 to offer Hanna Ekeli the position of Faculty Director at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo.
UiO has developed new web pages with information, routines, and guidelines related to our international research and education collaborations.
Employees at the University of Oslo (UiO) are satisfied with the support from colleagues, management, and the work climate, while participation and flow of information score somewhat lower. Here are the results from the first joint work environment survey (ARK) at UiO.
This week the Green Office celebrates its one year anniversary. The students from the Green Office share some thoughts on the first year and their plans for the future.
Nobel Prize winner Emmanuelle Charpentier as well as Dr. Sjur Bergan and Professor Trond Petersen are among UiO's honorary doctors 2024. They will be formally appointed at UiO's Annual Celebration on 2 September, where topics related to academic freedom and democracy will receive special attention.
Co-Create is all about helping students turn big ideas into real solutions for real-world problems. Students in the Oslo region who are curious about startups and entrepreneurship or just love solving problems can now apply to attend the new student innovation programme Co-Create. Application deadline for the initial design thinking workshops in March is 7 March.
An error in Feide has led to some of UiO?s service providers receiving more information than agreed when users (students and employees) logged in with Feide between 19 January at 11.43 and 25 January at 13.57.
An initiative at the Faculty of Medicine has become a donation scheme that everyone at UiO can use: PCs and other IT equipment to be phased out can be donated to primary schools in Ukraine.
The committee that will propose a new language policy for UiO is now getting started. The group is led by Helge Jordheim, and they are seeking input for their work.
A researcher from Gaza, Mohammed Hassouna, affiliated with the E-Pal project led by LINK at the University of Oslo, was killed in Gaza on December 17.
The Growth House at University of Oslo is managing a new collaborative project which will strengthen the student innovation culture in the Oslo region. The project has been granted support from Innovation Norway. The goal is to establish more start-ups and contribute to value creation. OsloMet, BI, Kristiania, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Startuplab are collaborators.
UiO is one of the nine partners in the university alliance Circle U. Now, six new Academic Chairs, as well as an Academic Director, have been appointed. These are part-time positions with a special responsibility for developing educational activities and opportunities across the universities.
Norway Life Science 2024 gathers leading actors in health and life science, to find the solutions that will allow Norway to get more in return from the large investments in health research.
No?lle Streeton at the Faculty of Humanities and Victor Greiff at the Faculty of Medicine have received ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council.
A record number of 63 applications were submitted when UiO advertised the innovation funds this year. 23 projects have been granted funding from the rector's office to develop solutions to meet societal needs. We congratulate all the research groups.
Five promising researchers at the University of Oslo have been awarded ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council. The projects showcase the breadth of UiO's disciplines, ranging from sustainability and marginalization to plasma accelerators and sleep.
The University of Oslo aims to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In 2022, the total emissions were reduced by eight percent compared to 2018.
There was a knife incident in a building associated with UiO today. Two of our employees were injured. The police have the perpetrator under control.
Yesterday we welcomed around 7000 new students to UiO. A large group of buddies are ready to guide them through the start of studies programme.
You can either have a guided tour with one of the hosts, or use our brand new audio guide.
Now students who want to pursue a career in innovation and entrepreneurship can take an honours certificate in Life Science Innovation. From 15 September it will possible to apply for admission, the application deadline is 15 October. The studies will start in January 2024.
Anders Jahre's Main Award for 2023 is awarded to Professor Maiken Nedergaard, University of Copenhagen. Anders Jahre's prize for young researchers is given to Assistant Professor Marcus Buggert, Karolinska Institutet.
The faculty is allocating just under NOK 1.7 million to stimulate academic development and research on the consequences of the war in Ukraine.
The University of Oslo annually awards five prizes for research, young researchers, education, dissemination and innovation.
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