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Hans Knutsson, senior lecturer in business economy at EHL, describes the experiences he and his colleagues have had with online exams and the use of Canvas New Quizzes. Photo by Honey Yanibel Minaya Cruz on Unsplash  At the School of Economics, where I work as a senior lecturer in business administration, we have spent the last two years working on switching platforms to Canvas. We started early a

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/quizzes-question-banks-and-random-draws - 2025-12-29

Spy scandals as a power struggle between three actors: whistleblowers, journalists and the intelligence service. On Friday 1 October Alexandra Franzén at the Department of Sociology defended her doctoral thesis in sociology, which investigates three cases of spy scandals in Western democracies. Alexandra Franzén's thesis defence took place on Friday 1 October at 13:15 in Eden's Auditorium in Lund

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/alexandra-franzen-has-defended-her-thesis - 2025-12-29

Is it possible to know exactly where to point a microscope in order to capture the precise moment a bacterium or a virus infects a cell? In order to take high resolution microscopic images of living biological material, you need to know exactly where to point the microscope. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a software solution for smart, data-driven microscopy, which mak

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/smart-microscopy-works-out-where-take-picture - 2025-12-29

To create a more inclusive and safe work environment for everyone, the Department of Laboratory Medicine invites all faculty employees to a digital lecture on norms and lgbtqi issues on 21 November. Sign up in advance to ge access to the lecure. Those who do not follow the norm, depending on, for example, gender, sexuality or gender expression, may feel discriminated against and excluded. The lect

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/lgbtqi-conversations-about-inclusive-workplace - 2025-12-29

In mid-December 2019, Sara Wettemark took a flight to Vancouver, Canada, for a semester of Master’s studies in Biomedicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She intended to return home in May but, like so many others, had to alter her plans due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, her studies abroad are being pursued from quarantine in Sweden. Even though Sara fully understands it was nece

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/studying-abroad-during-coronavirus-epidemic - 2025-12-29

Join our research seminars with LUCSUS researchers and invited guests online every Thursday. Programme, Spring 2021 21 January 2021 10:15 to 12:00  Participatory scenario development in the African context 28 January 2021 15:00 to 17:00 PhD Mid seminar with Darin Wahl 4 February 2021 11:00 to 12:00  Across the Development Divide: A North–South Perspective on Environmental Democracy 11 February 202

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-seminars-2021 - 2025-12-29

Our PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio” is undergoing improvements, to be implemented February 1st. Olga Göransson, course leader, has led the changes: “The aim is to make the workflow and outcomes more logical and examination more uniform.” At the Faculty of Medicine, “the portfolio” is short for the mandatory PhD course “Generic knowledge and skills – portfolio”. Throughout the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/simplified-portfolio-phd-students-say-hello-generic-knowledge-and-skills-20 - 2025-12-30

CRISPR is a simple yet powerful Nobel Prize winning technology that allows sequence specific editing and manipulation of DNA sequences. The CRISPR facility at Lund Stem Cell Center is here to help you with your projects using this technology. What is CRISPR and who is it for? CRISPR started as a “traditional” gene editing tool, where a double stranded DNA break is introduced and repaired by the ce

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/lund-crispr-facility-here-help - 2025-12-30

Arrival Days for international students were arranged on the 17th and 18th of August for those commencing their studies at Lund University in the autumn of 2020. Over the two days, 231 exchange students and 793 international Bachelor’s and Masters’ students arrived, which is around half the usual number of arrivals in August. Lund University made adjustments both to the Arrival Day events and the

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/arrival-day-international-students-now-they-are-here - 2025-12-30

Last Tuesday, our PhD Candidate Lisa Heldt “nailed” her freshly printed PhD thesis. This traditional “spikning” takes place three weeks and three days before the official defense and it involves the PhD Candidate nailing (att spika in Swedish) their physical thesis to a public board where it can be read and scrutinized by the public before the official defense ceremony. At the same time, the spikn

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/spikning-doctoral-thesis-lisa-heldt - 2025-12-29

2016 påträffades en bortglömd arkivskatt i geologiska institutionens källare. Bland materialet fanns bland annat en unik Islandskarta från 1844 och en geologiskt heltäckande karta över Nya Zeeland daterad 1869. Nu har 322 alster restaurerats och det smids planer på en utställning. Ett blekt novemberljus faller in genom de välvda fönstren i konferensrummet Hansen på fjärde våningen i Universitetsbi

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/glomd-kartskatt-har-aterfatt-sin-forna-glans - 2025-12-29

De lärande och lärda människorna är universitetets värdefullaste tillgång och möten där hälften av deltagarna tänker på annat är slöseri med resurser. Och dessutom ganska tråkiga. Hur skapar man deltagaraktiva möten online? Här ger Lena Örnberg förslag på tre verktyg som kan engagera och ge mötesdeltagarna en aktiv roll från början: Cirkel, incheckningsrunda och utcheckningsrunda. Bild: Lena Örnbe

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/deltagaraktiva-moten-online-genom-tre-verktyg-som-kan-engagera-motesdeltagarna - 2025-12-29

Amanuensverksamheten vid Lunds Universitet syftar till att stötta undervisande personal med kvalitetssäkring, överföring av material, kursstruktur i Canvas mm. Här berättar Arina Stoenescu, doktorand i Bokhistoria om sin erfarenhet av att få stöd av en amanuens. Läs också om hur amanuenserna ser på sin roll i verksamheten vid LU! Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Ämnet Bokhistoria förändrade under

https://www.education.lu.se/artikel/amanuenser-stod-vid-kursuppbyggnad-och-kursdesign - 2025-12-29

Innebörden av ordet otrygghet har förändrats betydligt i Sverige. När det amerikanska forskningsfältet "Fear of Crime" introducerades i Sverige under 1980-talet översattes det till "otrygghet". Från att ha tidigare använts för att beskriva materiell ojämnhet och bristande förutsägbarhet, kom "otrygghet" nu att associeras till brott och våld. Hanna Sahlin Liljas avhandling beskriver trygghetsforskn

https://www.soc.lu.se/artikel/hanna-sahlin-lilja-har-disputerat-med-avhandling-om-trygghetsforskning-i-sverige - 2025-12-29

Med hjälp av satellitbilder följer naturgeografen Lina Eklund förstörelsen av Gaza vecka för vecka. Sådana analyser kan komma att spela en viktig roll när striden mellan Israel och Hamas är över och frågor om eventuella krigsbrott kan tas upp vid Internationella domstolen i Haag. Snön har precis smält utanför Lina Eklunds kontorsfönster på GIS-centrum. Det enda som vittnar om Kung Bores januarifra

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/hon-kartlagger-forstorelsen-av-gaza-fran-rymden - 2025-12-30

LU Futura, tankesmedjan med syftet att tänka nytt och fritt inför kommande framtidsscenarier, drabbades själv rejält av framtiden. Av de tre planerade arbetsåren åts hälften upp av pandemin och många arrange­mang fick ställas in. – Men det vi hann med var framgångsrikt och i höst har vi en spännande agenda, säger LU Futuras föreståndare Lynn Åkesson. Hon hade gärna sett en fortsättning med ett nyt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-futura-slutar-med-flaggan-i-topp - 2025-12-30

Maurits Johansson investigates neuropsychiatric symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before cognitive impairments are developed or diagnosis is set. He defends his thesis on May 13. Here, he shares the most important findings and experiences as a Ph.D. student at the Clinical Memory Research Unit. Tell us about your research! Growing evidence points towards Alzheimer’s disease bein

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-maurits-johansson - 2025-12-29

Megg Garcia-Ryde’s thesis sheds light on the early pathological processes in Alzheimer’s disease and the interplay between neurons and microglia as the disease evolves. October 10, she defends her thesis. Now, she gives her perspectives from a close collaboration between the experimental neuroinflammation laboratory and the experimental dementia research group and how she brings together the exper

https://www.neuroinflammation.lu.se/article/neuroimmune-crosstalk-early-alzheimers-disease-phd-interview-megg-garcia-ryde - 2025-12-29

Walking is probably more cognitively demanding than you think. Magnus Lindh-Rengifo defends his thesis about walking aspects in neurodegenerative disorders on December 16. Read about his experiences as a Ph.D student at MultiPark. Tell us about your research! “Walking capability can be a key feature to being able to participate in meaningful activities in your daily life. Meeting patients with neu

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/walking-neurodegeneration-phd-interview-magnus-lindh-rengifo - 2025-12-29

CMES researcher and physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Lina Eklund, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosys

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-12-29