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No 55, 19 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. In this edition we have one new event on scientific visualialization with ParaView. Registration is closing soon for “Intro to Python for HPC” and “Array computing in C++ using Eigen”. If you want to speak to us directly, the next zoom-in is scheduled for the 12th of March.An overview on our events is ava
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-8 - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Love poems, playing cards and secret notes. For half a millennium, people who have attended mass at Lund Cathedral have found ways to pass the time when the sermons felt too slow. In a few years, the Lund University Historical Museum will introduce a new cabinet of curiosities, containing notes and strange objects whi
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/hidden-treasures-choir-stalls-made-exhibition - 2026-04-29
Lund University sociology student Julia Grahn is among those who receive learning support. She is deaf and is provided with sign-language interpretation during her studies. Cilla Riber Alm is one of the sign-language interpreters who work with deaf students at the University. LUM has spoken to both of them. “In all educational situations, such as lectures, seminars and group work, I have access to
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/when-studies-depend-interpretation - 2026-04-30
More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40 per cent had an iron deficiency. The research, led from Lund University in Sweden, also shows that young teenage girls who experience heavy menstrual bleeding – and are therefore at greater risk of iron deficiency – can be identified using a simple questionnaire. As many as half of the teenage girls in the study published in PLOS On
Today two separate batches of available housing were published, one for September and one for remaining accommodations in late August. Please note that response deadlines for August rooms will be very short. Two batchesToday (19 August), the fifth batch of available housing for August 2024 was published, as well as the first batch of housing available from September. These batches have different d
https://www.luaccommodation.lu.se/article/september-and-late-august-batches-published - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Low age, the number of hours spent on the internet/social media, feelings of loneliness and thoughts about seeking treatment for mental illness. All of these are associated with problem gaming over the internet. This is one of the findings of a study recently published by researchers at Lund University that includes a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-screen-games-mental-illness-and-addiction - 2026-04-29
Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences announces a number of recurring grants that are available to apply for certain categories of faculty staff. Also, please note the deadlines concerning appointments and courses for teaching in higher education. GrantsApplication monthsThe application months are to be used to draw up research applications. PhD holders employed until further notice as senior l
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/important-application-dates-2025 - 2026-04-29
An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. The analysis was led by Lund University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The study was published in Communications Medicine. Although people with type 2 diabetes are two times mo
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-biomarkers-improve-prediction-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Vinnova is investing SEK 500 million in collaboration on non-communicable diseases over the next ten years. A call for proposals for collaborative projects is currently open. “Researchers who collaborate with either the business sector or the health service, or both, have a chance of obtaining a grant”, says Peter Nor
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/strategic-innovation-area-coordinated-lund - 2026-04-29
During the mingle following the Lise Meitner seminar 2025, we spoke to some of the participants about role models. Erik Andersson – Research Coordinator at the Department of Design SciencesWhat did you think of the seminar?– The group from Automatic Control spreads such joy and positivity. You can tell that they enjoy working together. They have done a wonderful job with the exhibition and the ent
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/mingle-lise-meitner-seminar - 2026-04-29
No 54, 5 February 2026 Welcome to the latest addition of the NAISS training newsletter. We re-advertise a number of events advertised before. If you like to discuss with us in a zoom session, please join us for the Zoom-in on 12th February.An overview on our events is available on the NAISS training page (NAISS).Questions on NAISS training events and general input for the NAISS training team sh
https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-7 - 2026-04-29
She conducts research on how AI can improve product development and industrial processes. At the Department of Design Sciences, LTH's new Lise Meitner Professor hopes to inspire the next generation of researchers in an emerging academic field, especially young women. Hello and welcome to LTH! How did your career as an expert in your field begin?“If I look back, my career didn’t start with one big
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/welcome-lth-lise-meitner-professor-ibtissam-el-hassani - 2026-04-29
The city is the perfect place to study nature and how humans affect it, says Johan Kjellberg Jensen. In a new dissertation from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University, he explores the interaction between plants, animals, and humans in the physical environment of cities. Many of us associate 'nature' with something we go to the countryside to experience. But natu
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/city-our-most-important-ecosystem - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The more sugar we eat, the less vitamins and minerals we consume, new findings from Lund University in Sweden show. However, the researchers behind the study do not believe that their results alone are enough to make changes to current dietary recommendations. High sugar intake has been associated with numerous diseas
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/more-sugar-less-vitamins-we-eat-study-shows - 2026-04-29
There is widespread agreement among the physicists and chemists for their establishment in Science Village to take place simultaneously and as soon as possible. There are also proposals for how the two departments could work together. Leif Bülow, head of the Department of Chemistry, describes the forthcoming establishment and merger as an incredible opportunity and says the vast majority of those
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/chance-lifetime - 2026-04-29
Michail Nektarios Mostratos is a second-year student in the MSc Service Management, in the Culture & Creativity specialisation. He talked with us about how extracurriculars have shaped his student life. Michail Nektarios has always been curious about the creative industries and wanted to make the most of his time in Lund by exploring real-world projects alongside his studies. He hopes to work with
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/making-most-student-life-through-extracurricular-activities - 2026-04-29
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For many years, professor of Chinese Michael Schoenhals compiled a substantial archive containing material from the Cultural Revolution in China. He is now donating this unique collection to the Lund University Library. Michael Schoenhals. The Cultural Revolution took place from 1966 to 1976 – a period about which not
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/memories-cultural-revolution - 2026-04-29
The war in Gaza has caused conflict at universities in Sweden and abroad. Overcoming the differences between protestors and university managements and within groups of employees is likely to take time. We met with both Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor and protestors from the encampment in Lundagård. In this edition of LUM, they share their visions of how to move forward. We have also interviewed
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/after-palestinagard-way-forward - 2026-04-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am so happy to be here”, says Alvina Erman, this evening’s perhaps newest alumnus. She completed her studies in Lund in Sweden last year and, together with her Canadian friend and former Lund student Jean-Francois Trinh Tan, she has come to attend Lund University’s very first alumni event in Washington DC. House of
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lu-breaks-new-alumni-ground-washington - 2026-04-29
