Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (18 March 2022):
"Dear students and colleagues,
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (25 March 2022):
"Dear students and colleagues,
One of the primary roles of a university is to tackle urgent challenges. In order to do so, we need unwavering commitment to freedom of thought and expression. In our new strategy, we pledge to seek new solutions to problems, using forward-thinking based on collaboration and interdisciplinary vision. The University has also resolved to combat misinformation. We understand now better than ever how entire nations can be controlled through a bombardment of propaganda that bears no relation to reality.
Life expectancy in Iceland has been gradually rising in recent decades as society progresses in other areas. Data from Statistics Iceland show that on average, both men and women in Iceland can expect to live to over 80 years old, which is among the highest life expectancies in Europe. Furthermore, a child born today is more likely to see their 100th birthday than not. The ageing population has prompted scientists to start looking at various issues to do with rising numbers of elderly people in our society, including the impact on the social system and the healthcare system and ways to ensure that as many people as possible are able to grow old with dignity.
A team of scientists from a large number of different institutions that study Icelandic ecology are now involved in an extensive collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), aiming to shed new light on how organisms, from the smallest to the largest, respond to each other and to environmental changes. A pilot project planned for this summer will focus on coastal ecosystems in Iceland.The project is called TREC and is part of the EMBL's programme for the next five-year cycle, "Molecules to Ecosystems". The research theme is planetary biology and the aim is to harness the latest technology and methods in molecular biology to learn more about the status of individual ecosystems and the health of our planet.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (4 February 2022):
"Dear students and colleagues,
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (15 October 2021):
"Dear students and colleagues,
Public trust is not something that universities can take for granted, but for years the University of Iceland has been ranked as one of the most trusted institutions in the country. The same is true of the University's international reputation. Equality is not just one of the University's core values, but one of the key foundations of the Icelandic nation's trust in UI. Equality is a key focus of the new Strategy of the University, because without equality the University cannot achieve a leadership role in knowledge creation for Icelandic society.
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Ph.D. student: Catherine Rachael Gallagher
Dissertation title: The timing and mechanisms of sulfur release by Icelandic flood lava eruptions: Holuhraun 2014–15 CE and Laki 1783–84 CE a case study
Opponents: Dr. Valentin Rudolf Troll, Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Dr. Colin Macpherson, Professor at Durham University, UK
Advisor: Dr. Kevin W. Burton. Professor at Durham University, UK
Dr. Þorvaldur Þórðarson, Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland
Dr. Bruce Houghton, Gordon A. Macdonald Chair and Professor at SOEST, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (12 November 2021):
"Dear students and colleagues,
Last week, a group of students and staff from the University of Iceland travelled to Tarragona, Spain. The purpose of the trip was to take part in the Aurora Autumn Biannual conference organised by the University of Rovira i Virgili. This was the eleventh Biannual that has been held since the Aurora collaboration began in 2016.
Ph.D. student: Mostafa Ghasemisarabbadieh
Dissertation title: Thermal stabilization of oxytocin and fibroblast growth factor 2
Opponents: Dr. Kazimierz Wisniewski, Senior Director of Chemistry at Peptide Logic LLC, San Diego, USA
Dr. Felix Khuluza, Senior Lecturer at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
Advisors: Dr. Benjamín Ragnar Sveinbjörnsson, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Iceland and Dr. Sveinbjörn Gizurarson, Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Iceland