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Apply for the European exchange places!

2012-02-09
Application deadline is March 1.

Opening of the new Bildmuseet postponed

2012-02-08
The opening of the new Bildmuseet building on Umeå Arts Campus has been planned for 18 March, but delays in construction have caused museum director Katarina Pierre to reevaluate the date. The decision has been made to reschedule the opening to May.

Invitation to Workshop on Gender, Laughter and Humour Across Cultures and Time, Umeå University, Sweden, December 8-9, 2012

2012-02-07
Laughter, its meaning and propriety have continuously occupied the mind of philosophers, moralists and dramatists since at least Antiquity. In a modern context, laughter is typically associated with humour and joy, but not all laughter is the fruit o...

SvD.se: Umeå study finds Stockholm pollution can cause premature births

2012-02-06
Pregnant women exposed to air pollution are at higher risk than others to give birth prematurely, according to a research study involving a large number of mothers living in Stockholm, reports the news website TheLocal.se. The study was conducted by ...

Architecture students exhibit visions of Garbage City in Cairo

2012-02-01
The project work in the garbage collecting community in Mokattam Village, Cairo became a head-on collision between two cultures. Now the students in year three at the Umeå School of Architecture exhibits their ideas on a better society for the reside...

Call for papers: Feminism in Academia: An Age of Austerity? Current Issues and Future Challenges

2012-01-25
Friday 28th September 2012, The University of Nottingham Keynote Speakers: Professor Mary Eagleton (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) Professor Mary Evans (Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Design student awarded for visions of future boating

2012-01-25
Kosin Voravattayagon, studying the master programme in transportation design at Umeå Institute of Design, has received first prize in the Finnish marine design competition Visions of Future Boating.

Hip size may be the key to link between obesity and premature death

2012-01-22
A research team headed by Associate Professor Stefan Söderberg from Umeå University has for the first time demonstrated that the effect of obesity on the risk of premature death is seriously underestimated unless a person’s hip circumference is taken...

Why do smells make some people sick?

2012-01-18
Do you get a headache from the perfume of the lady next to you at the table? Do cleaning solutions at work make your nose itch? If you have symptoms prompted by everyday smells, it does not necessarily mean you are allergic but rather that you suffer...

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