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“A place full of opportunities” – Rico Krause, international student at Umeå University

Studying abroad, a path to personal and academic development.

Graduate course an experiment in reimagining science

IceLab Camp: a graduate course and an experiment in how scientific collaboration happens.

Undisciplined curiosity drives versatile Inge-Bert Täljedal

Academia, politics, philosophy, culture, religion. Inge-Bert Täljedal's commitment spans a wide range of areas

Has her heart with women affected by violence in Congo – receives medal

Ellinor Ädelroth is awarded Umeå University's Medal of Merit for her scientific and humanitarian work.

80 years of enchanting stories from Moominvalley

Tove Jansson’s Moomin stories turn 80 years old and continue to charm new generations of readers.

Cornelia RedekerProfessor vid Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetRoll: Katalogansvarig, Prefekt

How buildings can help us become self-sufficient

Cornelia Redeker is shaping tomorrow's cities with climate change in mind.

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A day at work - EU research-project CoCo

We give you an insight in what goes on at the department of Political Science

Published: 2025-04-28

The importance of libraries

Artist Shubigi Rao emphasises the importance of libraries in many of her works.

Published: 2025-04-07

Signs of life: he detects biosignatures in preparation for future Mars missions

Alef dos Santos studies microbes in extreme environments to find chemical traces of extraterrestrial life

Published: 2025-04-03

Christiane Funk is fascinated by the superpower of microalgae

Christiane Funk is passionate about small organisms with great potential for a more sustainable future.

Published: 2025-03-31

A day at work - Convention in Chicago

A day in a life of a researcher in Peace and conflict studies

Published: 2025-03-24

Citizen science – a part of open science

Inviting the public in your research requires careful preparation, and the library can provide advice.

Published: 2025-03-21

Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes

Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.

Published: 2025-03-11

Lucía's Return to Umeå

Her advice to prospective students: embrace the opportunity for growth and new experiences.

Published: 2025-02-24

Co-creating resilient futures in the Arctic through food

Arctic Six Chair Danielle Wilde explores ways to reimagine the role of food and food practices in the Arctic.

Published: 2025-02-20

Five hundred years of love

Studies on metaphors in English show that love is often described in terms like a commodity.

Published: 2025-02-13

Tatiana developed strategies to build her professional network

Tatiana's journey is a testament to how education, culture, and passion can shape an inspiring career.

Published: 2025-02-03

The Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test - Umeå University´s assignment since its beginning

Umeå University has been tasked with designing and developing the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test since 1977.

Published: 2025-02-03

Arctic Six Chair examines the future of Arctic teacher education

Arctic Six Chair Björn Norlin will investigate Sámi content in teacher education at northern universities.

Published: 2025-02-03

Graduate school exchange programme brought Sultana to Linköping

The National Research School in General Practice welcomed to pre-doc stay in Linköping.

Published: 2025-01-31

From the Umeå lab to around the world – how genetic scissors are now being used

Key pieces of the puzzle for the gene scissors were discovered in Umeå. The tool is used for many things.

Published: 2025-01-17