The company Etude has started testing its first game and is now looking for testers with experience in playing a musical instrument. The game, also named Etude, is a role-playing game for 2-8 players. Players compete against each other and at the same time, work together to create music.
Rúnar Unnþórsson, professor of engineering at the University of Iceland is currently working on a fascinating study looking at battery recycling and, together with his students and in close collaboration with the startup company Alor, exploring how used EV (electric vehicle) batteries can be given a new purpose.
Study about school avoidance in Icelandic compulsory school pupils, together with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department at Landspítali University Hospital (BUGL).
The research project “Climate Crisis and Affect: An Investigation of Embodied Emotions and Behaviours Regarding Climate Change in Iceland”, focuses on the effects of climate change in Iceland as seen from a social and philosophical perspective.
Testing a new leg press to protect older people against muscle loss
The election for the position of UI Rector has begun and will end at 5 pm tomorrow. You can vote online in Ugla here.
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.
The second round of the election for the position of Rector at the University if Iceland will be held on 26 and 27 March between Magnús Karl Magnússon, professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir, professor at the Faculty of Political Science.
Applications have now opened for stundents at the University of Iceland to participate in the project ReyVarstigur – From Reykjavik to Warsaw: in the Footsteps of the Polish Enlightenment.
New research conducted by an international research team, including the University of Iceland, reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western dietary pattern high in fat and sugar and low in fresh ingredients—may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism in children.
