http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2238&languageId=1&contentId=-1 RSS Feed from the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Umeå University, Sweden http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=189280 The study of “sexual conflict” between males and females helps us to understand why sexual reproduction persists given that it can be costly, especially to females. One aspect of this conflict concerns how females respond to increased mating events that are of more benefit to males than to themselves. This work on traumatic insemination was conducted by Umeå University researcher Tom Cameron together with colleagues at the University of Leeds. The results have been published in Biology Letters. Wed, 09 May 2012 06:36:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=189280 2012-05-09T06:36:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=189083 Jürgen Leonbacher, a German exchange student at Umeå University, is currently taking a course in Abisko, a small town in northern Sweden with only 85 inhabitants, 195 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. However, he is neither bored nor freezing. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:59:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=189083 2012-05-07T06:59:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=186652 Umeå University has been ranked first in Sweden and fifth globally for student satisfaction according to the International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded by international students from 208 universities in Europe and throughout the world. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:32:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=186652 2012-04-04T08:32:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=185612 Jason Shogren and Susan Baker, who have been Royal Guest Professors at Umeå University, will be attending the “Faith in the Future” environmental symposium on global sustainability at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on 22 March. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:58:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=185612 2012-03-21T13:58:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=176186 Professor Nancy Langston has been named the King Carl XVI Gustaf Professor of Environmental Sciences for the 2012-13 academic year in Sweden. Langston will hold a visiting professorship in the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious studies at Umeå University. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:56:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=176186 2011-11-30T09:56:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=172647 The Swedish Research Council has reached the decision to grant SEK 73 million (€8 million) in funding to 27 new research projects within the natural sciences and technology at Umeå University. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:50:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=172647 2011-11-07T09:50:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=163888 A new international study co-authored by researchers at Umeå University confirms that whilst snow has an insulating effect which helps plants to grow bigger, heavy and prolonged snow can, in certain circumstances, also encourage the rapid and extensive growth of killer fungal strains. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:55:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=163888 2011-06-20T08:55:00Z http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=163699 The Faculty of Science and Technology has appointed two honorary doctors for 2011: Professor Bingbing Liu, China, and Professor Mary Power, USA. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:05:00 GMT http://www.emg.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=7094&languageId=1&contentId=163699 2011-06-20T08:05:00Z