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Professor of astrophysics Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard from Aarhus University will be the first Dane to receive the Norwegian Kavli Prize for outstanding scientific research. The prize is one million dollars. He will share the prize with two other researchers within the same field of research: asteroseismology. One of them is affiliated with Aarhus University as an honorary doctor.

A new survey shows that employers are keen to work with AU students. And many employers would like to collaborate even more in the future.

The Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research went to professor of medicine Søren Riis Paludan, and professor of biology Signe Normand received the Victor Albeck Award. The awards were conferred on Wednesday 25 May on the occasion of Aarhus University’s annual awards ceremony in the Main Hall. On the same occasion, the Aarhus University Research Foundation conferred five PhD prizes – for the twentieth time.

When studying at AU, journalist and cycling expert Brian Nygaard believed his degree in philosophy could only lead to a career in research or teaching. But, after graduating, he became head of press for a cycling team. Read ‘five questions’ with the philosophy alumnus and cycling enthusiast, who is also involved in wine production – and still vividly remembers his old teachers.

It is deeply concerning to read the 120 testimonies that PhD student Maria Toft from the University of Copenhagen has taken initiative to collect for…