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.
UI Scientists, along with their collaborators at NASA, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and computer giant IBM, and other partners, have been awarded a prize by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) this year for developing an open-source AI foundation model in remote sensing.
This annual event brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and community advocates to discuss urgent challenges facing the Arctic region
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.
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.
