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UiB Innovation Festival 2024
UiB Innovasjonsfestival 2024

Success for the first innovation festival at UiB

There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).

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Image of UVDAL STAVE CHURCH (1170 A.D.)

Ancient proteins reveal secrets of Uvdal Stave Church

A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that hide glue made from calfskin was used as a binder in the paints used to produce Uvdal stave church’s decorations. Surprisingly, tests also uncovered traces of human saliva.

OCEAN FUTURES 2030 EVENT
Peter Haugan, Francoise Gaill and Lise Øvreås in conversation at the Ocean Futures 2030 event at the House of Literature in Bergen on 17 September with audience member shooting photo on mobile.

Raising public ocean literacy awareness

The fifth event in the Ocean Futures 2030 series was co-organised by UiB and France’s embassy in Norway to discuss global ocean awareness across sectors. Watch the recording.

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Yan Li at the tip of Nordnes, Bergen.

Wave Researcher Awarded ERC Starting Grant

Yan Li receives prestigious research support for the quest to understand how extreme ocean surface waves affect us. Such waves pose a threat to ships and infrastructure, becoming increasingly frequent and extreme due to climate changes.

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Universities Launch Global Coalition to Support Refugee Education at Scale

16 universities from across the globe come together to improve and increase access to higher education for refugees and their communities.