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A new international commission will pave the way for a global boost in maternal and newborn health. The project is led by a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, whose motivation stems from a formative experience witnessing a woman bleed to death unnecessarily during childbirth. “The time has come to put maternal and newborn health back at the heart of the global health agenda,” says Mehreen Za

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-global-initiative-maternal-and-newborn-health-be-led - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Corn starch, with elements of heavy metals, powdered brick, amphetamines, ink, wall paint or furniture polish. This is what can be found in falsified medicines, a market currently considered more profitable than that of drug crime. Professor of Ethnology Susanne Lundin. Photo: Kennet Ruona Some defective medicines wer

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/industry-worth-billions-puts-lives-risk - 2026-07-05

On Saturday 16 September, there will be Lund Culture Night with a lot of activities from Lund University open for everyone. Culture NIght Lund is a festival for the whole Lund Municipality, and Lund University is a part of the programme. Bring your family or friends and take a part of the events and activities that Lund University have to offer. For everybody and all ages. Some of the activities i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-culture-night-saturday-16-september - 2026-07-05

At the turn of the year, the Department of Gender Studies became the Division of Gender Studies alongside the Divisions of Social Anthropology and Sociology in a new larger Department. The work with the merger include reviewing all system technical aspects so that the transition will take place as smoothly as possible. “We have also set up a committee with representatives from the various discipli

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/new-year-new-department - 2026-07-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. 31 dagar. 840 bilder. 12 finalbilder. 3 pristagare. 1 förstaplats. Vinnaren i Lunds universitets fototävling på Instagram heter Claire Chardet. Hennes vackra bild blir nu upptryckt som officiellt vykort för Lunds universitet samt del i en utställning. Tänk er en disig novembermorgon. Det är frost på marken, men roso

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vacker-bild-pa-klassisk-mark-ar-vinnaren-i-lunds-universitets-instagram-tavling - 2026-07-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Up to 45 per cent of all deaths in industrialised countries are caused by fibrotic diseases. Through boundary-crossing research and the high-tech MAX IV laboratory in Lund it is possible to increase the knowledge of fibrosis – bringing a cure closer. ”Fibrosis is a form of scarring that can affect all types of damaged

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-tech-collaboration-supports-fibrosis-research - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. People who trust others are less likely to die than those who are distrusting, conclude sociologist Jan Mewes and colleagues in “Trust, happiness and mortality: Findings from a prospective US population-based survey”, published in Social Science & Medicine. The effects of generalised trust - the belief that others, in

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/survival-advantages-people-who-trust-strangers - 2026-07-05

Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe.Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a vast green belt that stretches from North America to Siberia. The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest CO₂ sinks. Over the past few thousand years it has removed around 1 trillion tonnes of carbon from the air, storing it in the t

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/forests-destroyed-wildfires-emit-carbon-long-after-flames-die - 2026-07-05

With Varvsstaden out of the picture, the University of Chicago’s establishment and investment in one of the US megacity’s most vulnerable areas, South Side, serve as the blueprint for the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts’ future co-location. “Imagine creating a campus area in Heleneholm where the Malmö Academy of Music is already located. It would be something completely new in Scandinavia, and

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/faculty-fine-and-performing-arts-mulls-co-location-heleneholm - 2026-07-06

Soon, it is that time of year again, where current Themes, our interdisciplinary research groups here at Pufendorf IAS, arrange a palette of events. The events are open for all and free admission - but you do need to register for them. Enjoy interdisciplinary research outreach at its best! Pufendorf Themes invite you to their "end-events"7 May Theme Greyzone Genomics which will take Pufendorf IAS

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/eventful-spring-awaits - 2026-07-05

At the Lise Meitner seminar 2025, two new Lise Meitner professors were introduced, while the main lecture looked back on 100 years of female excellence in the field of Automatic Control. Professor Carolyn Beck Carolyn Beck is a professor at the University of Illinois and an expert in control theory and dynamic systems over networks, with applications ranging from epidemics and financial risks to e

https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2025/new-and-old-role-models - 2026-07-05

Den viktigaste insikten är att studenter är olika och behöver olika sätt att bli motiverade, olika sätt att ta till sig kunskap och olika sätt att presentera sin kunskap. Studenterna ska kunna fokusera på sitt lärande och känna sig välkomna. Hur ska jag hinna med? Som lärare och studierektor frågar jag mig själv, och får frågor om, hur man som lärare ska hinna med att göra sin undervisning mer til

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/gor-din-undervisning-mer-tillganglig-och-inkluderande-steg-steg - 2026-07-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. She has survived a brain tumour and hates empty phrases such as “seize the day” and “live in the present”. Despite this, after the tumour operation Ulrika Sandén both researched and wrote a book on what she calls “Contentment in the moment”, an approach to life that she assimilated during her years in Vesterålen in no

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/contentment-moment-makes-life-more-enjoyable - 2026-07-05

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/brommesson-responsibility-protect - 2026-07-05

The current interdisciplinary research groups at Pufendorf IAS offer a palette of inspiring events. All events are free of charge, but you need to register for them. Greyzone Genomics - 7 May7 May Theme Greyzone Genomics which will take Pufendorf IAS on a road trip to Stockholm and hold their event at (and with) the Swedish Defence University. Topics during the day: Risk assessment of targeted bio

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-themes-invite-you-their-end-events - 2026-07-06

A newly started project is to produce a web solution to support potential students in the process of choosing courses and programmes. The decision to implement the project “A unified web experience for education” was taken at the Vice-Chancellor’s decision-making meeting on 30 November. The aim of the “a unified web experience for education” project is to create a modern service website that provi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-web-solution-will-focus-prospective-students - 2026-07-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Farshid Jalalvand has a PhD in infection biology and vaccine development, and he has appeared frequently in the media during the debate on the Covid-19 vaccine. “When you work, as I do, with vaccines and you understand how they work, it feels important to try to explain it so that people can take decisions based on so

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/it-everyones-responsibility-get-vaccinated - 2026-07-05

INTERVJU. Margaret McNamee, professor i brandteknik, är nu en del av LTH:s ledning. Hon kommer att arbeta med särskilt ansvar för forskningsfrågor – och har redan idag siktet inställt på att ytterligare vässa arbetet med LTH:s högklassiga forskningsinfrastruktur. Vill du först nämna något som många inte visste om dig?– Jag är född och uppvuxen i Australien, och kom till Sverige 1986 bland annat fö

https://www.lthin.lth.se/artikel/2024/det-kandes-ratt-eftersom-jag-intresserat-mig-strategisk-utveckling-av-lth - 2026-07-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. – Det ger en sällsynt tillfredsställelse att kunna hjälpa till och lösa problem åt folk på jobbet, säger Patrik Sonestad, gladlynt oboist och Saabfantast – och ansvarig för LUMAC, tjänsten som ger medarbetare med Mac-datorer service. Patrik Sonestad har många strängar på sin lyra. Patrik Sonestad har aldrig måndagså

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mac-guru-med-smak-saab-och-oboe - 2026-07-05

Universitetet är med i klimatsamarbetet CoAction Lund och i vår kommer alla deltagande organisationer tävla mot varandra inom hållbar pendling. För att tävla kan du välja på att cykla, åka kollektivt, samåka bil eller gå till arbetet. Tävlingen sträcker sig över fem veckor, 28 april – 30 maj och avslutas med prisutdelning och fest den 3 juni.  Nu är anmälan till CoAction Lunds tävling i hållbar pe

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/gor-din-pendling-till-en-vinnande-vana-var-med-och-tavla-om-fina-priser - 2026-07-06