Their plant sticks won third prize

Small sticks in the soil send a signal to your mobile that it is high time to get watering. Of the 22 competing teams at the CDIO Academy at MIT; Victor, Fredrik and Victor won third prize.

World cognitive hearing conference

The world’s leading experts on cognitive hearing and communication are gathering for a conference in Linköping in mid-June. Their field of research is new, and very expansive.

Farewell to master’s graduates

Congratulatory speeches, entertainment and a lot of reminiscing. For international master’s graduates the Farewell Ceremony on 12 June marked the end of their studies and the beginning of their time as Linköping University alumni.

No Campus bus this summer

From 21 June to 11 August, the Campus Bus - bus number 73 - is out of service. The bus runs Monday to Friday as usual from Monday 12 August.

Intuitive thinking does not increase willingness to cooperate

A study that was presented in Nature last year attracted a great deal of attention when it asserted that intuition promotes cooperation. But a group of researchers in behavioural and neuroeconomics at Linköping University say that this is not true, in a new study now being published in Nature.

Cultural conference on movement

Movement and flexibility in the arts and in everyday life is the theme of a conference being held in Norrköping on 11-13 June. The weekly travel of the children of divorced parents, labour and climate-induced migration, tourism and cosmopolites, and protest movements are examples of the subjects to be discussed.

International conference on challenges in working life

Conditions for development and innovation in working life are the theme of a conference being held in Linköping on 11-14 June. Examples of subjects that will be discussed are employees who themselves develop ideas for improving their work, conditions for running businesses in eastern Africa, and the effects of large projects.

Leading the network for innovative universities

Helen Dannetun, Vice-Chancellor of Linköping University, has been voted in as the chair and spokesperson of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, ECIU. This is a network of young universities with an entrepreneurial orientation.

U.S. Ambassador to Sweden gives lecture

The U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Mark Brzezinski, will give a lecture at Linköping University on Thursday 30 May.

Scholarships for students in Norrköping

Ten students in Norrköping will share SEK 200,000 (ca EURO 23,000) in scholarship funding for studies and work abroad.

Successful collaboration with Rwanda

Ten years ago a Sida-funded collaboration between Linköping University and the National University of Rwanda regarding postgraduate studies in educational science was launched. It has now yielded its tenth dissertation.

Plagiarist researcher decides to resign

The researcher at the Faculty of Science and Engineering found guilty of research misconduct through plagiarising large quantities of text has decided to resign, thereby avoiding any measures the Staff Disciplinary Board would otherwise have decided to take against him.

Electric current gets signal substances moving

After more than 30 years of electric brain stimulation against Parkinson’s disease, it is still unclear why the method works. Clinical research at Linköping University now shows that electrical shocks actually increase the release of dopamine, a necessary signal substance.

Don’t tar all clothing companies with the same brush

The collapse of a factory in Bangladesh a month ago killed more than 1,100 textile workers, mostly young women, and fuelled an already strong hostility towards the appalling working conditions. But the debate should be more nuanced, and good initiatives should be recognised, says Nandita Farhad, herself from Bangladesh.

Students get scholarships

Eight students and two PhD students have been awarded a total of SEK 168,000 (ca EURO 20,000) to carry out studies with an international focus, including exchange studies in various parts of the world.

Outstanding Chinese PhD students awarded

Dr. Lin Zheng and Zaifei Ma have been awarded the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.

Dishonesty in research discovered

The board of the Faculty of Science and Engineering has confirmed a case of misconduct in research. It consists of confirmed large-scale plagiarism of text.

iDay takes you on a cultural journey

International Day, iDay, was back again on 16 May with yet another multicultural explosion. Walking from one end of Colosseum (on Campus Valla) to the other, you passed through 14 countries. All under the same roof.

He will speak at the Farewell Ceremony

Emmanuel Letsu-Dake won the Alumni Stories competition and will be LiU’s first International Master’s Alumni Speaker at the Farewell Ceremony in June. He is a senior research scientist at Honeywell Aerospace in the US, where he works to make air transport safer.

LiU project in Vietnam against antibiotic crisis

In close cooperation with Vietnamese doctors, LiU researchers run a project in an attempt to change the development of resistance to antibiotics in Vietnam, which is one of the most vulnerable countries.