A new study on risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries may have revealed a previously unidentified risk factor.
Most Icelanders are familiar with the need to be cautious around the dwellings of elves and hidden people in rocks and hills. Most of us have heard ghost stories that make our hair stand on end or tales of troll women who turned to stone under the rays of the sun.
Rector Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir sent the following message to students and staff at the beginning of the autumn semester: Dear students and colleagues, welcome to a new academic year.
This summer, Earth scientists from the University of Iceland took part in field research in Mongolia with the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology based in Jena, Germany. During geological mapping, the scientists coincidentally discovered rock carvings (or petroglyphs) that were three thousand years old.
A large group of students are currently finding their feet at the University of Iceland, getting to know both the campus and new people. Some are making connections that will lead to lifelong friendships based on shared classes, group work assignments and student social events.
Research scientists at the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Húsavík are currently developing an innovative approach in whale research based on environmental DNA or eDNA.
It is not only students and staff who reside on the university campus - a large flock of Greylag Geese lives here too. These geese aren't wild birds in the traditional sense; instead, they've adapted their behaviour to city life and live in close proximity to humans.
Hrefna Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, has been awarded a grant of nearly three million US dollars—equivalent to over ISK 360 million—by the international research fund Wellcome Trust.
This major science festival will take place at Laugardalshöll on Saturday, 27 September, between 12 and 17. This year marks 20 years since Researchers' Night was first held in Iceland.
The American Academy of Nursing has named Connie W. Delaney, Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota, and an honorary doctor at the University of Iceland, a 'Living Legend'.
