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Female bugs overcome cost of traumatic sex

2012-05-09
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 themselve...

A semester abroad above the Arctic Circle

2012-05-07
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.

International students give Umeå University top marks for satisfaction

2012-04-04 (from 2012-04-02)
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.

Royal guest professors invited to unique environmental symposium in Stockholm

2012-03-21
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.

American named King Gustaf Visiting Professor of Environmental Science

2011-11-30
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.

SEK 73 million in science and technology research funding

2011-11-07
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.

Arctic snow harbors deadly assassin

2011-06-20
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.

Honorary doctors in the fields of ecology and physics

2011-06-20
The Faculty of Science and Technology has appointed two honorary doctors for 2011: Professor Bingbing Liu, China, and Professor Mary Power, USA.

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