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September 2024
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Charlotte Mason 'RISES' the ERC Grant!

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Charlotte Mason wants to push the boundaries of knowledge about structure formation in the early universe:

One of the longstanding goals of extragalactic astronomy has been to understand how the first stars and galaxies formed and powered the universe's final phase transition by re-ionizing intergalactic hydrogen. It has been discovered in the last two decades that this 'era of reionization' ended about a billion years after the Big Bang, but the process is still not very well understood.

The new James Webb Space Telescope now provides the opportunity to chart reionisation to its earliest stages and infer the properties of the first stars.

With her project (RISES), Charlotte Mason will analyse groundbreaking new datasets, with state-of-the-art statistical inference frameworks to link observations of the bright galaxies visible with the James Webb Space Telescope, with the evolution of the intergalactic medium.

- This grant (€ 1,497,350) will enable me to hire new two postdocs and a PhD student to join my group in order to focus on analysing and interpreting the new JWST data, says Charlotte Mason.​

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DHL Relay Race 2024

On Friday, 30 August 2024 we all walked and ran the annual DHL Relay Race in Fælledparken.
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NBB Opening Event

Join in on the festive opening event of the Niels Bohr Building (NBB) on Thursday, 31 October 2024

 

13:00   Doors open. There will be food and drinks from 13-16:30

14:00   Welcome by Dean of SCIENCE, Katrine Krogh Andersen

14:10   Vibeke Lydolph Lindblad, Architect og CEO for CCO Architects gives the story about the building

​14:20   The three departments open the inaugurate the building

​14:35   Presentation of the Open House programme

14:45   Open House event begins:

Enjoy food and drinks while experiencing various scientific shows and presentations. Listen to the great musicians from FysikRevyen's band in Margrethe Bohr Salen, and to DJ HejLeif playing disco and tropical tunes in the tropical garden. It is also possible to visit the beautiful walkway over Jagtvej​

16:30   Doors close

*Deadline for sign-up: 21 October 2024 // Link: Open House: Niels Bohr Building inauguration - KUnet
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Upcoming Events
♦ Cake Talks (ongoing) See the schedule here
♦ DAWN Day at NBB 24 Oct See the agenda in this link (Teams Group)
♦ DAWN Day at DTU 21 Nov See the agenda in this link (Teams Group)
♦ DTU X-mas Party 06 Dec -
♦ NBI X-mas Party 06 Dec -
♦ DAWN X-mas Party Save the Date on 13 Dec (TBD) -

Upcoming Guests
Scott Barrow (Fulbright) 26 Aug 26 Aug (2025)
Stuart Sim (Queen's University Belfast) 16 Sep 15 Mar (2025)
Lucie Rowland (Leiden Observatory) 30 Sep 04 Oct
Lilian Lee (Max Planck Institute) 02 Oct 05 Oct
Fiona McNeill (Queen's University Belfast) 16 Oct 24 Oct
Jordan D'Silva (The University of Western Australia) 28 Oct 09 Nov
Christian Kragh Jespersen (Princeton University) 12 Dec 12 Dec

OPPORTUNITIES & CALLS

♦ Workshop: Integrating Gender and Diversity Dimensions in Research Projects 24 Oct Link is here
♦ Course: Introductory course to collaborative Horizon Europe Projects 11 Nov Link is here
♦ UCPH Course: "Boost your research career and network with social media" 01 Nov Link is here
♦ UCPH Conference "Make A Difference Conference - skills in digital learning technologies" 12 Nov Link is here
♦ DFF Independent Research Fund Denmark: Project 2 08 Oct DTU link UCPH link
♦ DFF Independent Research Fund Denmark: Sapere Aude 10 Oct DTU link UCPH link
♦ EU Horizon Europe - ERC Starting Grant (Preliminary call) 15 Oct DTU link UCPH link
♦ EU Horizon Europe - ERC Synergy Grant (Preliminary call) 06 Nov DTU link UCPH link
♦ Horizon Europe - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks - preliminary call 27 Nov DTU link UCPH link
♦ L'Oréal-UNESCO 'For Women in Science-award' 01 Jan DTU link UCPH link
♦ EU Horizon Europe - ERC Consolidator Grant (Preliminary call) 14 Jan DTU link UCPH link
♦ DFF Independent Research Fund Denmark: Project 1 29 Apr DTU link UCPH link

Danish Traditions & Culture

Culture Night in CPH and Halloween

Culture Night in CPH, Friday the 11th of October 2024: For more than 30 years, Culture Night has been one of Copenhagen's most well-attended cultural events. When the schools begin their autumn holiday the association Kulturnatten creates a festive evening, where the entire cultural life of the city works together to create joy and inspiration for all.

More than 200 museums, theatres, libraries, churches, ministries, and parks throughout the city welcome the public during Copenhagen's biggest annual one-day event, and the exciting events show that the city embraces many aspects of its cultural life. Read more here.

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Halloween decorations and events in Copenhagen: If Wikipedia can be trusted, the American version of Halloween only took off in Denmark in the year 2000 and the production of real pumpkins has risen, with nearly a million sold every year in Denmark.

American-style Halloween has become popular not just because it references a deep pagan tradition, but because getting ready for it gives the kids something to do during the fall vacation (efterårsferie) in Denmark.

In Tivoli, the autumn season is kicked off with a specular Halloween decoration of the entire garden including spooky surprises, wonderful food to taste, and a popular pumpkin competition and exhibition. Read more here about Halloween in Tivoli.

The amusement park “Bakken” north of CPH will also for the third time have a special Halloween event in week 42 - read more about “Bakken” here.

Happy Halloween!

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