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Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2026-05-07

Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2026-05-07

The distinguished socio-legal scholar Thomas Mathiesen died on Saturday, May 29. He was 87 years old. Thomas Mathiesen received his doctorate from the University of Oslo in 1965 with the dissertation The Defenses of the Weak, which examined the Norwegian prison service. Three years later, he founded the Norwegian Association for Criminal Reform (KROM), with the intent to reform the prison system.

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/honorary-doctor-faculty-social-sciences-has-passed-away - 2026-05-07

Through its extensive digitisation of older card catalogues, Lund University Library has made an unexpected discovery: a copy of astronomer Copernicus' famous work from the 16th century, which presents the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The discovery was made possible thanks to the new full-text search in Catalogue-1957, which makes the library's older material much more accessible

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/digitisation-card-catalogues-led-unexpected-discovery-university-library - 2026-05-07

Lund University School of Economics and Management works strategically to strengthen the connection between academia and industry. Through various initiatives, meeting points are created where companies have the opportunity to connect with the talent of the future and contribute their expertise, while students gain a clearer understanding of the opportunities within professional life. A close and

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/studies-professional-life-deloitte-partnership-lusem - 2026-05-08

CMES researchers Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi, Pengxiang Zhao, Sara Brogaard, Lina Eklund and Ali Mansourian have co-authored an article on dust storm source susceptibility, published in the journal Atmospheric Pollution Research. The article, "Spatiotemporal variability of dust storm source susceptibility during wet and dry periods: The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin", was also co-written by Husse

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-storm-source-susceptibility-tigris-euphrates-river-basin - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meeting with the City of Malmö August 29 The announced meeting between Lund University and The city of Malmö took place in Lund as planned. The city of Malmö was represented by Mayor Jan-Inge Alfridh and Planning Director Christer Larsson. The meeting covered both the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts shared premise

https://www.arts.lu.se/article/new-meeting-city-malmo-regarding-issue-malmo-art-academys-premises - 2026-05-07

This course teaches how deep learning-based natural language processing (NLP) models can be used for text and speech analysis and highlights concrete application opportunities and challenges within medicine and life sciences. ObjectivesArtificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning in particular, is rapidly entering medicine and life science research as well as pharmaceutical industry and health

https://www.compute.lu.se/article/artificial-intelligence-medicine-and-life-science-ai-text-and-language-data-ht-2025-15-and-6-ects - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Volcano or meteorite? Over the past 100 years, two different theories have been put forward to explain the formation of Lake Mien. However, researchers from Lund University can now definitively state in a new study that the lake in Småland was formed by a gigantic celestial object. It was long thought that the circula

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-lake-mien-was-formed-meteoric-impact - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the 15th Development Research Day: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030 Date: Thursday November 10, 2016. Time:  9.30-17.00 | Geocenter I, Sölvegatan 10, LUNDThe Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University brin

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/15th-development-research-day-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2026-05-07

We expect a change in labour legislation that comes into force on 1 October this year. What is happening in the autumn is that general fixed-term employment, which is all fixed-term employment including hourly, but not temporary employment, disappears as a form of employment and is replaced by special fixed-term employment (Särskild visstidsanställning – SÄVA). The new preferential right requires

https://www.biology.lu.se/internal/article/labor-legislation-will-change-autumn - 2026-05-07

Lund University is hiring 45 new assistant professors and visiting professors this spring. The initiative, which involves just over SEK 30 million in university-wide funding, represents a significant boost to operations – not least at the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is welcoming nine of the new recruits. The number of applications for Lund University’s international recruitment drive was hig

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/unprecedented-interest-international-recruitment - 2026-05-07

The third ScienceBrew of 2024 hosted a trio of talented researchers in the fields of medicine and law. Read more about their presentations below and experience even more great talks on our next session of ScienceBrew in May! Thanks to Hanna, Sacharias and Manni for presenting their work at Café Ariman!Hanna, a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, explained her work on identifying genes that con

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/sciencebrew-april-2024-stem-cells-heart-surgery-and-law-dying - 2026-05-07

The international conference EuroNanoForum 2023, funded by the EU and Vinnova, and organized by us at NanoLund together with Chalmers, brought together leading scientists, innovators, and policymakers from Europe, USA, and China to discuss groundbreaking research and foster collaboration. It gathered almost 400 participants, including the Swedish Minister of Education Mats Persson, the Director Ge

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/listen-learn-and-then-act - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Master’s Programme in Service Management just got more flexible. Sustainable Service Management is the latest addition to the range of available options for our new students. They can now chose from no less than five different specialisations while applying. The Master's Programme in Service Management at Lund Uni

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/wanted-future-leaders-sustainable-businesses - 2026-05-07

Malte Breiding has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'European Sexual Dis/Integration: An Agonistic Paradox of Legitimacy in a Contested Union'. Congratulations to Dr. Breiding ! External reviewer: Professor Phillip Ayoub, University College LondonSupervisors:Ian Manners, SupervisorNiklas Altermark, Assistant supervisorMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University R

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/malte-breiding-has-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-07

This course is aimed at doctoral students and research faculty who write and publish in English, and who wish to strengthen their language and writing skills. Over six sessions (a total of 16h), we discuss central aspects of English scholarly writing, ranging from ways of communicating one’s research more efficiently and effectively to issues of language choices and style. Participants are given i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/written-english-scholarly-publication-spring-2025 - 2026-05-08

Plan for a change of telephony provider and the freeze on new subscriptions 9 February to 10 March. Allow for longer delivery times for the purchase of mobile phones and computers in 2026. Change of operator: Plan changes and orders for mobile phone subscriptionsLund University is implementing a change of operator for telephony services. The existing contract ends in March 2026. The new supplier w

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-news-smoother-2026-plan-your-telephony-and-computing-needs - 2026-05-08

The ongoing road construction in and around Lund affects you as a commuter and your ability to get to work. In the spring of 2026, it will get even worse when the Swedish Transport Administration starts work on the E22 between the Gastelyckan and Lund Norra junctions. Road construction presents challenges, but also opportunities to be inspired to find alternatives to the car. Major road constructi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/tired-roadworks-around-lund-get-tips-alternative-ways-travel - 2026-05-08

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2026-05-07