Mushrooms are a delicacy but it is better to know the good from the bad and the poisoned! The University of Iceland and the Children touring Association offer their annual hiking trip with science tips to Heiðmörk to gather and study mushrooms on Saturday 1 September.
Orientation Days for International students at the University of Iceland began yesterday and continue until 24 August.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, receives the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Society (GRSS) award 2018 for his outstanding contribution to research in the field of remote sensing.
The 17th International Saga Conference will be held in Reykjavík and Reykholt this week (13 - 17 August).
The Student Innovation Fund provides universities, research institutes, and companies with the opportunity to hire university students in undergraduate and graduate studies during the summer to work on research and development projects.
An international conference on systems thinking for Icelandic educators and students will be held at the University of Iceland 6 – 10 August; the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland has been travelling in Canada where he has visited numerous universities and institutions to discuss collaboration.
Orientation Days for International students at the University of Iceland will be held from 22 to 24 August.
Elísabet Brynjarsdóttir, President of the Student Council of the University of Iceland, has been elected President of the Aurora Student Group.
Two undergraduate students at the University of Iceland received the Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu scholarship for a 10 week project this summer at California Institute of Technology - Caltech in Pasadena, California.