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'.
Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir, a Professor of History in the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology, has been awarded a prize from the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
Psychological counselling for the children of University students and staff has been increased considerably at the Student Psychology Clinic.
UI hosted over 500 Nordic Historians
Projects on the roadmap are expected to meet high standards for supporting research quality and are encouraged to promote collaboration and shared use of infrastructure.
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Professor at the faculty of psychology and Rögnvaldur Jóhann Sæmundsson, Professor at the faculty of industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science, have been appointed Pro-Rectors at the University of Iceland.
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.
New and more precise predictive models have been developed that could potentially help us respond earlier to infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
