Aarhus University’s senior management team supports the working groups and has agreed to a new newspaper with extra resources and the appointment of an editorial committee. The successor to UNIvers now needs to find an editor-in-chief and a journalist.

The enigma of electric currents in the sea bed has been solved. Scientists at Aarhus University have sensationally discovered bacteria that function as living electric cables. Each one of the centimetre-long "cable bacteria" contains a bundle of insulated wires leading an electric current from one end to the other.

Aarhus University received a letter on friday morning containing a bomb threat against Campus Fuglesangs Allé. The area was searched by the police and nothing suspicious was found.

Representatives from 38 universities in 28 countries met at Aarhus University from 24th to 26th October to share knowledge and experience about what it means to be an international university.

Brazilian Studies is becoming a popular subject, and Aarhus University has increased its collaboration with Brazilian universities. One of the people behind the success story is Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, who used literature and music to get closer to Denmark.

David Vranicar from the USA is a former student of AU, and also used to be the international student writer for UNIvers. He has now written a book about what it’s like to be a graduate in a time of crisis and to travel half-way round the world in search of a steady job.

In the weeks ahead the University International Club is offering a range of events for international staff and their spouses.