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Moving to large cities is good for the environment (25.11.2015)

Living in the city benefits the environment, says geographer Håvard Haarstad. The Ten Minute City may be the future of urban living.

Biology students participating in global experiment (24.11.2015)

The goal is to understand how the ecosystems on Earth will be affected by a future climate distinguished by more extreme weather.

Three knights, used to illustrate a news article about the plans to establish a Medieval research cluster at the University of Bergen.

New dawn for Medieval studies in Bergen (24.11.2015)

In the new University of Bergen strategy, the aim is to strengthen Medieval studies in Bergen by establishing a cluster bringing together the best Medieval researchers in Western Norway.

The PhD Interview: Pollen from the past may predict the future (20.11.2015)

Vivian Astrup Felde studies the relationship between pollen and plants. She looks for changes in vegetation in Norway. Her research could provide answers to what to expect of the future climate.

Record-breaking online course at UiB (20.11.2015)

Around 8,000 students from around the world registered for the online course Causes of climate change. More online courses are in the works at the University of Bergen.

Saving children from HIV (18.11.2015)

12 months of liquid HIV drugs for babies during breastfeeding from HIV positive mothers protects them from infection, shows a new study published in The Lancet.

UiB sets ambitious goals for student exchange (13.11.2015)

For the first time, the number of UiB students taking courses abroad has passed 30 per cent. Now the university wants to increase this number to more than 40 per cent.

Tore Furevik, director of the Bjerknes Centre for climate research, is talking about seasonal predications for temperature and rainfall in South and East Africa on a climate conference in Uganda.

UiB participates at Uganda climate conference (12.11.2015)

The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research attends the climate conference at Makerere University in Uganda. The output from the climate conference will be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

SPONGES WITH POTENTIAL: Sponge grounds in the deep ocean are vulnerable, but vital for the ocean’s circuits. This is a sponge ground 600 meters under the sea, near the Schultz Massive, near Svalbard in the Norwegian part of the Arctic.

Unique marine research programme funded (11.11.2015)

The University of Bergen will be coordinator for a research project mapping sponge grounds in the North Atlantic. The project, funded by Horizon 2020, is ground-breaking for the exploration of unknown deep sea habitats, with possible environmental and medicinal gains.

At this lecture in strategic communication, Tarjei Skirbekk, former political adviser for Labour foreign and health minister Jonas Gahr Støre, is guest lecturer. “Our reality today requires a good strategy. Some years ago a front page in a newspaper was

New course in strategic communication (10.11.2015)

Strategic communication is a new course at the University of Bergen. The course aims to educate students to think strategically – both as communicators and as citizens.

UiB was awarded the public procurement award for innovation

UiB receives public procurement award (09.11.2015)

The University of Bergen has been awarded the Public Procurement Award for Innovation.

Department of Geography employs renowned scholar (09.11.2015)

Stefan Bouzarovski is a leading researcher on energy and low-carbon transitions. He has accepted a visiting professorship at the University of Bergen.

Proteins could hold key to a cure for cancer (06.11.2015)

How does cancer spread? Cancer researcher Even Birkeland examines thousands of proteins to figure this out, in order to develop a better method for treatment.

UiB and the Paris Climate Conference (05.11.2015)

From the hard sciences to law, the humanities and social sciences – here is how researchers and students at the University of Bergen work to solve the climate challenges.

Pioneer in algorithm research to UiB (05.11.2015)

World renowned researcher in computer science Michael Fellows has accepted a position at the Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Blombos Cave tells the story of mankind’s early ancestors. There are now plans for an archaeologically themed museum close to the site. Photo: TRACSYMBOLS

A museum to highlight Africa as the birthplace of mankind (04.11.2015)

The Blombos Cave in South Africa has given us vast knowledge about our early ancestors. Professor Christopher Henshilwood is working to set up a museum near the archaeological site, highlighting Africa as the birthplace of mankind.