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A few years ago, Maria Ekelin, programme director for our midwifery programme at the University of Texas, taught within the framework of STINT Teaching Sabbatical. "I'm passionate about educational issues and always have the University of Texas and how they did it in the back of my mind".A few years ago, Maria Ekelin, program director for our midwifery education, was in Austin, University of Texas

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/time-apply-teaching-sabbatical-among-most-fun-things-ive-done-teacher - 2025-12-20

Trots att den förlegade synen på äldre är utbredd och det flödar av stereotypa bilder är medvetenheten om så kallad ålderism begränsad. En ny snabbguide ger enkla tips om hur du i din kommunikation kan motverka diskriminering av äldre. Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) och Förenta Nationerna (FN) har i snart 20 år uppmärksammat ålderism, som enkelt uttryckt kan beskrivas som en fördomsfull inställni

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sex-skrivtips-att-motverka-alderism - 2025-12-20

The students are not satisfied with the University's system for quality assurance of education. "It does not maintain the high and even quality that we would like", says Ella Sjöbeck, vice president of LUS, the umbrella organisation for Lund University's students' unions. At issue is the national review of the quality assurance work of higher education institutions currently being conducted at mos

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/students-criticise-quality-assurance-education - 2025-12-20

Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/uzbekistan-takes-steps-towards-establishing-welfare-state-and-eradicating-poverty-iron-feast-iron - 2025-12-19

Jiao Dong defended her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of February 2023. Inspired by the memory of patients she met during her time as a student studying oral surgery in China, she has spent the past four years researching a regenerative medicine strategy that can be used to repair the function of the salivary gland. In this interview, we learn more about her innovative research efforts, the inspiration b

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bioengineering-and-cell-derived-strategies-salivary-gland-regeneration-phd-interview-jiao-dong - 2025-12-19

Gratisappen COVID Symptom Study hjälper studien med samma namn att i pandemitider bidra med kunskap om virusets komplexitet och framfart. - Det har blivit mer än vad jag hoppades på än när vi lanserade studien. Deltagare runt om i Sverige har engagerat sig och lagt en minut om dagen på att svara på frågor kring sin hälsa, berättar Maria Gomez professor i fysiologi vid Lunds universitet. Frivilliga

https://www.lu.se/artikel/studie-sparar-pandemins-spridning-i-sverige - 2025-12-20

Bundy Academys stora pris 2022 om 3 miljoner kronor tilldelas Sebastian Palmqvist, docent i klinisk minnesforskning vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid minnesmottagningen vid Skånes universitetssjukhus, för sin forskning kring förbättrad diagnostik vid Alzheimers sjukdom. Motivering"Sebastian Palmqvist har publicerat ett stort antal arbeten inom området kognitiva sjukdomar och Alzheimers sjuk

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/2022-ars-pristagare-av-bundy-academys-stora-pris - 2025-12-20

Gratisappen COVID Symptom Study hjälper studien med samma namn att i pandemitider bidra med kunskap om virusets komplexitet och framfart. – Det har blivit mer än vad jag hoppades på än när vi lanserade studien. Deltagare runt om i Sverige har engagerat sig och lagt en minut om dagen på att svara på frågor kring sin hälsa, berättar Maria Gomez professor i fysiologi vid Lunds universitet. Frivilliga

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/studie-sparar-pandemins-spridning-i-sverige - 2025-12-19

Bundy Academys stora pris 2022 om 3 miljoner kronor tilldelas Sebastian Palmqvist, docent i klinisk minnesforskning vid Lunds universitet och överläkare vid minnesmottagningen vid Skånes universitetssjukhus, för sin forskning kring förbättrad diagnostik vid Alzheimers sjukdom. Bundy Academys stora pris 2022 om 3 miljoner kronor delades igår ut till Sebastian Palmqvist, docent i klinisk minnesforsk

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/2022-ars-pristagare-av-bundy-academys-stora-pris - 2025-12-19

Celebrate Culture Night with Lund University! Browse among all our activities for young and old, which extend from morning to late evening. Culture NIght Lund is a festival for the whole Lund Municipality, and Lund University is a part of the programme.Bring your family or friends and take a part of the events and activities that Lund University have to offer. For everybody and all ages. Some of t

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-culture-night-saturday-20-september - 2025-12-20

During the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz will be the new Director of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), during the period of 2019-2021. Per Mickwitz is currently the Research Director of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), where he is also a research professor.  As of 1 January 2019, he will be Director of the IIIEE and he will be employed as prof

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/mickwitz-his-new-position-director-iiiee - 2025-12-20

An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, led from Lund University in Sweden, is thereby ready to proceed with the trial. “We are excited and looking forward t

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2025-12-19

An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, led from Lund University in Sweden, is thereby ready to proceed with the trial. “We are excited and looking forward t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2025-12-19

Professor Stina Oredsson and the owner of the women’s underwear store Kvinnligt under, Carolina Le Prince, have together created a calendar of partially nude women. This unusual way to raise money for cancer research resulted in SEK 235,000. Stina Oredsson (right) receives the collected money from Carolina Le Prince (in the middle). Carolina Le Prince shows us the calendar when we visit her store

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/calendar-girls-promote-cancer-research - 2025-12-19

Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2025-12-20

Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With its breadth and cutting edge, Lund University has unique opportunities to tackle c

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-university-investing-sek-100-million-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-12-20

When the researchers from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) cross the border into Bhutan, the first thing that strikes them is the sense of calm and peacefulness. But it is not just the tranquillity of nature that attracts them, they are here to deepen the collaboration between Swedish engineering know-how and Bhutanese sustainability philosophy – an international exchange that has been going on fo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/land-happiness-learning-lund - 2025-12-20

Med målet att digitalisera svenskt tryckt material från 1400-talet till nutid har ett samarbete inletts mellan Kungliga biblioteket och de fem universitetsbiblioteken i Lund, Göteborg, Stockholm, Uppsala och Umeå. Samarbetet lägger därmed grunden för ett långsiktigt arbete för svensk digitaliseringsverksamhet. Det material som avses är till exempel böcker, tidningar, tidskrifter, rapporter och lär

https://www.ub.lu.se/artikel/nationellt-bibliotekssamarbete-digitaliserar-svenskt-tryck - 2025-12-19

After a long economic crisis, Lebanon is on the brink of ruin. The currency has lost much in value and people's savings have been eaten up. The crisis in the country is also taking place at the political and social level. Despite this, the corrupt elite continues to rule the country, without being punished for their wrongdoings. Rola el-Husseini is a researcher at CMES and Department of Political

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/will-lebanon-survive-crisis - 2025-12-20

In a recent interview, we had the chance to catch up with Abigail Altman, an alumnus of the WCMM research school, who embarked on an inspiring initiative, visiting Internationella Engelska Skolan in Staffanstorp to introduce the world of science to 12-13-year-olds. We had the pleasure to interview Abigail and she shared her motivations, experiences, and insights gained from this engaging outreach

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-school-alumni-spotlight-inspiring-next-generation-scientists - 2025-12-19