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    New student delegation for communication, wellbeing and a green campus

    The newly elected delegation took up its two-year mandate on 1 November 2020 and aims to focus on five short and long-term topics during the first year of their mandate: communication with students, strengthening collaboration with the housing department, generating an active student life during COVID-19, improving the academic wellbeing and sustainability on campus.

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    LCSB partners with SciCrunch to promote reproducibility of research

    As part of a broad initiative aiming to guarantee research quality and reproducibility of scientific results, the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg is partnering with SciCrunch Inc. The LCSB will be one of the first academic institutions to use SciScore – an automated validation tool for scientific articles –…

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    Uni.lu & Ministry of the Economy set up Chair in Digital Procurement

    The University of Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy announce the creation of an academic Chair in Digital Procurement. The Chair will be hosted at the University’s Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and will train Master students in the use of new technologies and…

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    pdp 2.0: Individually tailored dementia prevention

    In Luxembourg, more people shall be able to reduce their risk of developing dementia

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    University prolongs remote teaching and working

    The University of Luxembourg maintains remote teaching and working until the end of December. 

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    LIH, LIST and Uni.lu sign bilateral cooperation agreements

    The University of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) announce the signing of mutual bilateral cooperation agreements between the University and LIH and between the University and LIST.

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    University launches web talks on gender stereotypes

    Boys are cowboys and girls are princesses. From an early age on, we are conditioned by gender-based stereotypes, perpetuated by our close environment including our parents, our teachers, films, books and the media. Even when conveyed unconsciously, those stereotypes affect children’s social development, shape their self-image, influence their educational choices, and consequently may lead to…

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    University joins campaign against violence towards women and girls

    The University of Luxembourg joins the UN’s Orange Week – a campaign against violence towards women and girls. In Luxembourg, 38 % of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 years. Among these women, 71 % have suffered health consequences because of the violence received.1

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    University researchers win FNR Awards 2020

    The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) has presented the FNR Awards 2020, conferring five awards to researchers and administrative staff from the University of Luxembourg on 19 November.

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    Two University professors on Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list

    Professors Stéphane Bordas and Alexandre Tkatchenko from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine have been ranked among the world’s most influential academics on the “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” list published by Clarivate. Prof. Bordas has been on the list consecutively since 2015, Prof. Tkatchenko since 2018.

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