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Here is another newsletter of 2019

A new study at Aarhus University aims to clarify whether intense strength training protects the nerve and muscle system of older multiple sclerosis patients and thereby delay disease progression. The research is supported by TrygFonden.

Murders, disasters and assaults have defined the Department of Forensic Medicine as a workplace. The book 100 års retsmedicin. Til gavn for de levende (in English: 100 years of Forensic Medicine: For the Benefit of the Living) qualifies the picture of forensic medicine that the majority of people have thanks to crime series and books – but which only a very few people have access to.

Researchers from Aarhus University have studied a new group of medicinal products which increase the muscle- and bone mass of mice over a few weeks. This offers hope to the elderly and people suffering from weak muscles and bones due to illness.

At last week’s internal sustainability seminar, highly committed students and employees generated valuable ideas for a more sustainable AU. The next steps will be the development of a sustainability strategy and an ambassador network.

In the wake of the conference entitled “How do we improve gender balance amongst researchers at AU?” that was held on 8 March, Rector Brian Bech Nielsen emphasises that efforts to create a better gender balance have to be given a high priority.

Quota 2 applications to IT and engineering degree programmes at Aarhus University have increased significantly, while there has been a slight fall in applications to the university’s degree programmes as a whole compared to 2018, according to the Quota 2 application tally for 2019.