Published 16 August 2021 Arrival Days are taking place today and tomorrow. Lund University expects around 2 000 international students this autumn. (Photo: Nga Nguyen) The Arrival Days for international students who are to begin their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2021 are Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 August. All the events during the reception days and introductory weeks have been adapt

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Published 29 September 2021 Photo: Fredrik Schlyter Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest control of a species that can destroy more than 100 million cubic metres of spruce forest during a single year in Europe and Asia. Mapping the genome o

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Published 20 October 2021 The recovery was a technically challenging mission (Photo: Steve Jones) A World War II pilot has been laid to rest in his hometown in Maine, following a complex recovery mission led by Lund University archaeologist Brendan Foley. US Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau was on a B-17 bomber that came under attack in 1944, and sank off the coast of Croatia. 77 years l

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Published 25 March 2020 Charlotta Johnsson (Photo: Tiina Meri) In the current extraordinary situation, voluntary initiatives and ideas have taken off at Lund University, at several different faculties. Everyone is helping where they can. In times of significant pressures on society, many people want to contribute to ensure the functioning of healthcare and education.  When it became apparent that

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By maria [dot] lindh [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Lindh) - published 11 May 2019 A donation saved the tulips in the Botanical Garden. Photo:Kennet Ruona The presence of the glorious tulips, which have captivated so many of the visitors to the garden and spread to the Instagram accounts of the residents of Lund, is in no way guaranteed. Neither are the coming summer flowers currently

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/botanical-garden-temporarily-flourishing - 2025-07-19

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 13 June 2019 Stefan Sveningsson and Mats Alvesson. Photo:Louise Larsson Leadership is merely one among an arsenal of tools at the disposal of managers and employees to create a well-functioning group or organisation, according to organisational researchers Mats Alvesson, Stefan Sveningsson and Martin Blom at the School

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/researchers-leadership-overestimated-rely-more-employees - 2025-07-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 18 March 2025 The conference was opened and closed by Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo, a representative of the Resguardo Indígena, Condagua, Putumayo, Colombia. Inspiring, diverse, and multidisciplinary! DevRes2024, hosted by Lund University, brought together 200 researchers and practitioners from 16 different countries, for a two

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Published 23 May 2017 One world, one future, LUMES sustainability professionals meet again. Photo: Håkan Röjder. - This was the best alumni conference yet. We had a great programme, created by and for alumni and students, a good turnout and amazing weather, says LUMES Student Coordinator Amanda Elgh.Last week, 160 alumni and students from countries such as Germany, Ecuador, Greece, the US, India a

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Published 25 March 2019 Tobias Wörner performs a five second squeeze test (Photo: Viktor Granlund) Five seconds is enough to assess the status of a hockey player’s groin. For the first time, a simple field test, called the five-second squeeze test, has been used on icehockey players to see if it can indicate current hip/groin function and hip muscle strength. According to the new study from Lund U

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/groin-and-hips-hockey-players-examined-five-second-test - 2025-07-19

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 28 April 2025 Oxygen fluctuations on ancient shallow seabeds may have been crucial for the evolution of animal life. Photo: Mostphotos/MIRMAXSTOCK In a newly published study in Nature Communications, Emma Hammarlund and her research team at Lund University detail how daily fluctuations in oxygen levels influenced the r

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Published 14 November 2018 Kick-off for LU Futura in August 2018. Photo: Kennet Ruona With research at eight different faculties, Lund University has a unique opportunity to look at future problems from all possible perspectives. LU Futura, the University’s new think-tank, will take an interdisciplinary approach to important future issues.  LU Futura operates in the interface between the Universit

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Published 21 September 2023 Photo: Håkan Rodhe Meet our new colleague Georgios Pardalis who recently joined the IIIEE. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, with master’s degrees from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gävle and a PhD from Linnaeus University, he has now moved to Lund. Georgios has a background in Building Technology and Industrial Economics, and will be worki

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-georgios-pardalis - 2025-07-19