Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, gave the opening address at the Nordic University Days event in Brussels today.
To address the “justice deficit” in cases of sexual violence the international conference Recognising Sexual Violence: Developing Pathways to Survivor-Centred Justice will explore alternative approaches to justice as part of efforts to hold the state and offenders to account.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and Pär Ahlberger, Ambassador of Sweden in Iceland, today opened the research station Solander's Eye, which is located on Breiðamerkursandur.
New opportunities will emerge at the Aurora universities with increased participation of the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the network.
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, research scientist at the Institute of Earth Sciences (part of the Science Institute, University of Iceland), has been elected as an American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fellow, for his research and contribution to the field of geophysics worldwide.
Students of the University of Iceland are invited to take part in „Sálrækt - group counseling“ this winter free of charge.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and Joan T.A. Gabel, President of the University of Minnesota, yesterday signed an agreement in Minneapolis extending the partnership between the universities by another five years.
Representatives of a newly appointed University of Iceland's University Council for the next two years met for their first meeting last Thursday 8 September.
Representatives from the University of Iceland accepted the Green Flag from the Icelandic Environmental Union on a special green orientation day that took place both in the University Centre and by the Main Building.
Emma Björg Eyjólfsdóttir has been appointed director of the University of Iceland Centre for Writing.
