On the background of an analysis of the university’s IT needs, a number of IT projects have been assigned top priority in 2016. Among the prioritised projects are the e-learning platform BlackBoard and Tjek&Go, which will simplify a number of administrative work processes connected with new hires and resignations.

AU professor Ole Bækgaard has a special talent. His students have once again elected him Lecturer of the Year at Medicine.

Mette Nyegaard has just received a scholarship of DKK 100,000 from the Frøknerne Anna and Dagny Hjerrilds Foundation for the abolition of animal testing in scientific research.

Professor Thorkild I.A. Sørensen has enjoyed a wide-ranging research career for many years. Now he is coming to Aarhus University as honorary professor of public health.

Rikke Holm Jensen from Aarhus University has received an international award for her research into the role of the sodium-potassium pump in neurological deseases. She will receive the International Travel Award at the Biiophysical Society's annual meeting.

Nete Dorff Ramlau-Hansen is the new manager of the Faculty Secretariat, and Lise Terkildsen has been appointed the new manager of the Graduate School at Health.

75 per cent of Aarhus University’s employees have completed the psychological WPA questionnaire. The results will be published on 19 May, after which the local follow-up processes will begin.

PhD student at Aarhus University Kathrine Hald has just received a research grant from the Central Denmark Region. She will examine whether extended heart rehabilitation for socially disadvantaged people works in the long term.