Over 140 international students began their studies at the University of Iceland this semester, thereof 107 exchange students.
The Royal Gustav Adolf Academy has awarded Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Professor in Medieval Icelandic Literature at the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, the Dag Strömbäck award.
Sigurður Yngvi Kristinsson, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, has received a 1.5 million Euro grant from the European Research Council for the study iStopMM (Iceland Screens Treats or Prevents Multiple Myeloma).
Bengt Holmström, Professor at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), receives this year's Nobel prize in economics with Oliver Hart, Professor at Harvard University.
The book Minor Knowledge and Microhistory - Manuscript Culture in the Nineteenth Century was recently published by the distinguished publisher Routlegde.
Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Medicine received a 2 million Euro grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to fund research on whether traits can possibly explain people's varying reactions to unexpected crises.
The School of Health Sciences invites all students and staff to participate in a conference promoting the latest developments in biomedical and health sciences in Iceland taking place in Háskólatorg on 3 and 4 January 2017.
The University recently launched a new service for international staff. The UI Relocation Service is a new platform aimed to service both international staff and their recruiters.
Sixty-four doctoral candidates, whose doctoral defence took place at the University of Iceland from 1 December 2015 to 1 December 2016, received the University’s gold medal at the Ceremony for graduated Doctors.
RIKK - Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference at the University of Iceland is organizing a Nordic conference on gendered violence with focus on perpetrators held in Helsinki 30 November - 2 December.
