Publically funded PhD employees are the researchers of the future and they are very important for the development of society, writes Head of Graduate School Lise Wogensen Bach. Their contribution to society is one thing – whether society wishes to make use them is something else entirely.

A major follow-up study from Aarhus University shows that older farmers are not the only ones affected by agricultural work; young farmers also risk damaging their lungs. But the research results also indicate that growing up in the countryside can protect the lungs.

On 4 November, the Danish National Research Foundation will hold an information meeting for all interested researchers. The reason for the meeting is the coming call for applications from the foundation for the establishment of Centres of Excellence (CoE).

Anne Lindholm Behnk has been chosen as the new deputy director of AU HR. She will take up the position on 1 November.

During the course of the autumn, the Centre for Health Sciences Education (CESU) will be offering extended Blackboard courses for the first time. The courses will introduce teaching staff to tools and activities that can support blended learning.

Indeed. We knew that. However, in the search for life in other parts of the universe, it is important to know what planets look like from a distance when there is life on them. The recent lunar eclipse helped astrophysicists gain insight into this – Earth has now been seen from ‘outside’.

Right after the autumn break, AU began updating the access control system for buildings on Aarhus Campus, at Moesgaard and in Foulum. The process will continue until early 2016. Unfortunately, this means that the access cards of some employees will stop working properly.

A sunny autumn day on the last Friday in September greeted the doctors, dentists and dental hygienists who were gathered to celebrate their graduation from Aarhus University 25, 40 or 50 years earlier.