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Discovering the mathematical landscape (28.01.2016)

According to Professor Hans Munthe-Kaas, the science of mathematics is like climbing a mountaintop and discovering new landscapes. He is now in the final round for an ERC Advanced Grant.

FOUNDER OF THE BERGEN SCHOOL OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Social anthropologist Fredrik Barth established a strong research environment at UiB, and became the university’s first professor from the social sciences.

Social anthropologist Fredrik Barth dead at 87 (27.01.2016)

Fredrik Barth was considered the most renowned social anthropologist from Norway, and founded the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen (UiB).

Children born in winter have vulnerable lungs (27.01.2016)

Smoking mothers, respiratory infections and the date you were born contribute to determine how fast your lungs are aging.

Anders Sleire is a PhD candidate in statistics at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bergen (UiB). The industrial PhD is completed in collaboration with his employer Bergen Energi Markets.

Working with industry to create more PhDs (26.01.2016)

By offering industrial PhDs, the University of Bergen is strengthening the collaboration between the private sector and the university. In the last five years, 21 students have been enrolled in the scheme.

Every child everywhere benefits from breastfeeding (25.01.2016)

21st Century women – in rich and poor countries alike – do not receive the support they need to breastfeed.

The fire that changed Bergen (21.01.2016)

The fire of 1916 changed the appearance of the Bergen city centre. The University of Bergen Library and Bergen City Museum now present the major exhibition "From the Ashes - The Bergen Fire of 1916."

Why do we fart? (21.01.2016)

Humans release approximately 73 litres of intestinal gas a year and according to Professor Trygve Hausken, there is no reason to hold back a fart.

Medical students ready for Russia (21.01.2016)

The University of Bergen has established a medical student exchange cooperation with the North-western State Medical University in St. Petersburg.

UNESCO chair established at the University of Bergen (18.01.2016)

The UNESCO Chair will focus on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management, Nature and Culture.

Unique digital research lab established at UiB (15.01.2016)

A new computer lab represents UiB’s and Bergen Research Foundation’s biggest investments in on infrastructure in social sciences ever. This will make UiB one of the most interesting places for social sciences in Europe, says Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, leader of the project.

Children’s opinions overlooked in care order proceedings (08.01.2016)

In almost 70 per cent of cases concerning children being taken from their parents and who are in foster-care, the children’s voices are more or less absent in written decisions.

ADHD can be linked to mothers with inflammatory diseases (08.01.2016)

Children of mothers with diseases like asthma or arthritis have up to eighty per cent higher risk of developing ADHD.

Damian Flores from the Estate and facilities management division of UiB and. Gisle Clemetsen, construction manager at Stoltz Entreprenør, on the roof of Jahnebakken 5. This building will host the climate researchers of Bergen from February 2017.

Uniting the climate elite (04.01.2016)

A dream of the UiB´s climate researchers is about to come true. The rehabilitation of the new headquarters for climate research in Bergen has started.