THE UIB MAGAZINE

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Hovedinnhold

The UiB Magazine utgis i august hvert år i forbindelse med mottaket av nye, internasjonale studenter ved Universitetet i Bergen (UiB).

Magasinets 2014/2015-utgave hadde et opplag på 8.000. I tillegg til våre nye, internasjonale studenter blir magasinet distribuert til UiBs internasjonale samarbeidsuniversiteter og andre partnere.

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Nede på denne siden er det også lenker til artikler fra 2014/2015-utgaven av magasinet. Artiklene er på engelsk.

The UiB Magazine 2014/2015

Dokumenter

uibmagazine2014.pdf

Blood sample to test a patient for diabetes, used as part of an article in the UiB Magazine on diabetes research.

Research in front: Solving diabetes

What roles do diets and genetics play in the development of obesity and diabetes?

Satelitte dishes in Svalbard, used as part of the research of the Birkeland Centre for Space Science, pictures are from an article in the UiB Magazine.

Research in front: Basic research in space

How is earth connected to space? That is one of the questions the researchers at the Birkeland Centre for Space Science are trying to answer.

Rector Dag Rune Olsen of the University of Bergen photographed on university campus.

The Rector Interview: Becoming leaders in Europe

Rector Dag Rune Olsen wants the University of Bergen (UiB) to be one of the leading universities in Europe.

University of Bergen Professors Randi and Gunnar Håland photographed at their home south of Bergen city centre.

The Alumni Interview: Randi and Gunnar Håland

Professors Randi and Gunnar Håland have added colour and spice to life and research at UiB, and have built relations that have put Bergen on the world map.

Surgeon and UiB researcher Sven Young using a smart phone to take a picture of an X-ray.

Training surgeons in Malawi

Traffic accidents are a huge burden on the health care system in Malawi. The University of Bergen (UiB) is a partner in a project to train more surgeons in Malawi.

Professor Peter Emil Kaland of UiB's Department of Biology at the Heathland Centre north of Bergen, a museum for the preservation of the traditional European heathlands.

Happy heathlands

Remains of the once dominant heathlands of northern Europe are preserved at the Heathland Centre north of Bergen.

Illustration by artist Oda Valle for an article on the Sea Lice Research Centre at the University of Bergen for the UiB Magazine 2014.

Tailor-made medicine to fight salmon louse

The salmon louse has become ever more resistant to drugs. The Sea Lice Research Centre in Bergen works to find new solutions to fight the louse.

Illustration by artist Oda Valle for an article on Media City Bergen for the UiB Magazine 2014.

Bergen points the way in innovative journalism

Media City Bergen is a proposed media cluster that is to open in 2017. UiB’s contribution to the cluster is a centre for innovative journalism – the Bergen Journalism Lab.

Postdoctoral Fellow Agnete Engelsen, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen (UiB), who got her PhD at UiB in May 2013 and is now a part of the CELLNET research group at the university.

On a quest to cure cancer

The premature death from cancer of a close friend and colleague, made Agnete Engelsen even more determined to find a way to cure this devastating disease.

Photo of a teacher walking amongst students in a school in Xuyi County, used as part of an article on Chinese-Norwegian relations in the UiB Magazine.

China’s history shapes the future

Norwegian emigrants have long traditions of making it in China. But what is needed to succeed in modern China?

small-scale farmers in the Bagre region in Burkina Faso, participating in a project to become more self-sufficient in rice, used to illustrate article in the UiB Magazine.

On the verge of a food crisis

Climate change threatens world food supplies. UiB researcher Birgit Kopainsky uses simulators to see how these changes affect food systems. She hopes her research can help predict future food crises.

Professor Eirik Holmøyvik, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen photographed in June 2014 for the UiB Magazine.

The Norwegian Constitution: from autocracy to democracy

When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.

Illustration of young woman having trouble sleeping after excessive use of electronic gadgets, illustration originally in the UiB Magazine 2014.

To surf or to sleep? That is the question.

Taking your mobile phone, tablet or computer to bed is a bad idea if you want a good night’s sleep.

Photo showing two boards full of mathematical riddles, the picture is from the Bergen Algorithms Research Group's offices.

Travelling at the speed of algorithms

Young researcher Michał Pilipczuk has solved a 20 year-old mathematical riddle. His work can help computers make better choices. It also brought him the 2013 Meltzer Award for young researchers.

18.08.2014