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Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are the recipients of this year's SASNET travel grant for journalism students at Lund University. The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September. Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström are in their final year of journalism studies at Lund University and plan to travel to Mumbai for their final projects. Jönsson aims to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-students-linn-jonsson-and-maria-lundstrom-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2026-05-03

How does assessment affect students' learning? Professor Luke Dawson from the School of Dentistry in Liverpool confirms a clear connection between the type of assessment and the students' learning process. One morning in April, about thirty people who teach at the faculty gathered to discuss how feedback to students using forms during clinical training can be made meaningful and useful. As an intr

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/visiting-expert-useful-feedback-supports-learning - 2026-05-03

Change brings development and is a part of life. Sara Novakov has guided LUSEM through changes while maintaining continuity since 2007, but this fall, she will be retiring. Sara joined LUSEM in 2007, having already been employed at the university since 1994, including working as an internal auditor. Coming to a faculty full of economists as an economist herself has worked well, she says with a smi

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/lusems-very-own-head-finance-retiring-what-happens-now - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Steen, researcher at LUCSUS, has been appointed as the new Director of Studies for LUMES (International Master Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science). What will your role as Director of Studies for LUMES entail?I am responsible for leading the work with the master programme both in everyd

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/meet-new-director-studies-lumes-karin-steen - 2026-05-03

At Lund University School of Economics and Management, there is an extensive range of courses in statistics. We talked with Albert Wendsjö, one of the School's statistics students! Why should you study statistics here at LUSEM?“Statistics is fun, challenging and offers great job opportunities after graduation! Overall, I think the Department of Statistics at LUSEM is excellent because they provide

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/statistics-fun-challenging-and-offers-great-job-opportunities-after-graduation - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurre

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2026-05-03

Locked fingers, known as trigger finger, are more common among people with diabetes than in the general population. A study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that the risk of being affected increases in the case of high blood sugar. The study has been published in Diabetes Care. Trigger finger means that one or more fingers, often the ring finger or thumb, ends up in a bent position that is d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hands-people-diabetes-more-often-affected-trigger-finger - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The bad news about malignant melanoma is that the disease is increasing more rapidly than most other types of cancer. The good news is that it is easy to cure, as long as it is detected in time. A research group in Lund has therefore started a project that it is hoped will make it easier to correctly diagnose suspicio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tape-could-simplify-skin-cancer-diagnosis - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There are plans to build a new animal testing facility at Brunnshög in north-east Lund. It is a strategic decision by the Faculty of Medicine based on the need to replace the present animal facility, which is no longer optimal for breeding, and the desire aim to offer international researchers a safer research environ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/safer-research-new-animal-testing-facility - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. One third of the population is more sensitive to melatonin and face a higher risk of getting typ 2-diabetes. Why this is so is a question for Claire Lyons to answer. Learn more about her and her research. Our body clock, or circadian rhythm, controls our daily activities over a 24h period but sometimes this rhythm can

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-melatonin-and-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-03

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 - 2026-05-03

Deadline for application is noon on Friday 10 October 2025. InvitationeSSENCE@LU now invites proposals for new projects. Applicants may request 2 years of funding, starting 1 January 2026. We anticipate being able to fund at least five grants with a maximum of 600 kSEK/year (including overhead). The funding could be used, for example, for part-financing a PhD student or a postdoc in Lund.The resea

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/essencelu-call-proposals-autumn-2025 - 2026-05-03

In her teaching in organization and leadership at Lund University School of Economics and Management, Nadja Sörgärde works in line with what is called "blended learning". Here she talks about how she thinks about course design and use of video in teaching. Photo: Surface on Unsplash.com and Johan Bävman. My idea is that the students should be given the best possible conditions for deep learning an

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/blended-learning-practice - 2026-05-03

Big changes are coming that could affect your access to the Lund University network. Make sure your devices are up to date to stay connected and secure. Read on to learn how these upcoming deadlines and updates might impact you and what you need to do to stay prepared. Links within the pageWindows 10MacOS12ArcGis DesktopAnacondaSolidWorksImportant Notice: Windows 10 end of lifePlease be advised th

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/changes-licenses-and-software-end-life - 2026-05-03

Bone and skeletal injuries cause extensive and long-term functional impairments worldwide. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show how a cell-free cartilage structure can safely guide bone repair without triggering strong immune responses. The transplant has been successfully tested in animal models, and the next step is to evaluate the tissue engineering approach in humans.

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/universal-method-could-transform-future-bone-transplantation - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research team that includes researchers from Lund University in Sweden, the University of California Santa Cruz, Cornell University and the University of São Paulo, has discovered that the scent of flowers of the same species can be completely different - despite growing only some10 kilometres apart. The study is no

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scent-flower-varies-locally - 2026-05-03

Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles delivered directly into the tumour could pave the way for new treatment options for glioblastoma, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumour among adults. Even with intensive treatment, the average survival period is 15 months. The tumour has a high genetic variation

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/electrotherapy-offers-hope-glioblastoma-treatment - 2026-05-03

For 40 years, students, employees and other Lund residents have flocked to Gerdahallen for training and exercise. After some tough years, the enthusiasts behind the fitness centre are now looking to the future. “Are you ready? Let’s go! Roll your shoulders back, bend your knees, weight on your heels and look forward. Bend and stretch, come on!” Some 25 people have gathered in one of the group exer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/40-years-name-fitness - 2026-05-04

A new national competence centre for satellite-based social science analysis has recently been established at Lund University. The initiative brings together researchers from several universities and disciplines, and from the Faculty of Science, participants include Lina Eklund, researcher at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo).The centre, the Swedish Competence Centre for Sa

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/new-satellite-data-centre-brings-together-natural-science-and-social-science-analysis - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research from Lund University in Sweden can explain why type 2 diabetes is inherited to a greater extent from an individual’s mother. The heredity of a previously known risk gene, THADA, has proven to be dominant if it comes from the mother, whereas it has little or no effect on the child’s risk of disease if it origi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/thada-new-findings-role-mother-type-2-diabetes - 2026-05-03