NEWS All are welcome to attend Umeå University’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday the 28th of May, when 86 doctoral degree earners and 12 awardees will be recognised. The academic ceremonies will begin on Thursday evening with six award recipients holding lectures in the Humanities Building.
At the Spring Commencement Ceremony (Swedish: Vårpromotion), the doctoral students who have written, published and successfully defended a thesis are honoured with a conferment ceremony. Following the public defence of the thesis, the new doctor is entitled to be conferred and receive the doctoral insignia - a ring, hat and laurel wreath.
The 2011 ceremony will be held on 28 May at 13:00 in the Aula Nordica concert hall. Academic and scientific awards will be bestowed during the ceremony.
Lectures and ceremony programme with information on new doctors and award recipients (in Swedish)
Six of the 12 award recipients will be giving lectures on Thursday evening in the Humanities Building:
18:30 The market for pharmaceutic drugs
David Granlund, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Umeå Municipality’s scholarly award
19:05 Sustainable Development– quality of life, behaviour, technology
Håkan Gulliksson, Lecturer at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics
Faculty of Science and Technology pedagogical award
19:40 Our fantastic and phenomenally fascinating immune system
Kristina Lejon, Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine pedagogical award
18:30 Rings on the water
Anna Lindqvist, Senior Lecturer, Department of Creative Studies,
Umeå School of Education’s (USE) pedagogical award
19:05 Understanding the modern age with help of economic history
Thomas Pettersson, Lecturer at the Department of Economic History
Faculty of Social Science pedagogical award
19:40 Physics for humanists and the art of captivating interest
Professor Svante Norrhem, Deparment of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Faculty of Arts pedagogical award
Contact person: Ejvår Falck, Acting Mistress of Ceremonies Phone: 090-786 55 15 Mobile: 072-233 55 15
E-mail: ejvar.falck@adm.umu.se
Editor: David Meyers