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Academic Celebrations for semi-centennial university

This spring’s Academic Celebrations will take place on 23-24 May. Among the highlights are the performance of a new piece of music composed in honour of the university, and open lectures by thonorary doctors, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

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LiU’s choir singing number one on the Billboard chart

LiU’s choir singers feature in the intro to the world-famous band Ghosts’ latest album Skeletá, which was released on 25 April. The album became part of music history by reaching number one on the US Billboard chart.

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Award winner with an interest in how people solve practical problems

Blood. Engineers. Housewives. The list of subjects Boel Berner, professor emerita at LiU, has taken an interest in is long and still growing. She is now awarded the Ingemar Ingemarsson interdisciplinarity prize.

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Disturbance-free city during construction projects

Having a holistic approach to all construction projects in a city is the most important factor for minimising disturbance. But that is easier said than done. This is shown by researchers from LiU in a new book.

Mikael Asplund in the cybersecurity lab.

New cybersecurity lab at LiU

The new cybersecurity lab is a milestone in Linköping University´s investment in education in this field. The students should feel that "wow, it's possible to do something exciting here", said Vice-Rector Matts Karlsson at the inauguration on 7 May.

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Blurred borders between civilian and military

A tense political situation in the world, a war in Europe and an everyday life with increasing threats to our security – what do the researchers do? More than you might think and there will be even more. Defence research is more active than ever.

The award winner: “Genetics is a bit like the Wild West”

Colm Nestor has been awarded the 2025 Onkel Adam Prize for outstanding research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. One of his research areas is gender differences in susceptibility to autoimmune diseases and infections.

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Images of a heartbeat can save lives

Researchers at LiU have developed a new method for rapid and safe diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Once fully developed, the method will be able to save lives, reduce suffering and save money worldwide.

Magnus Klofsten – Professor of brilliant ideas

Thousands of business ideas and innovations have passed Magnus Klofsten during his more than 30 years as a researcher in innovation and entrepreneurship. LiU has been involved in many success stories in Swedish industry.

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Nvidia CEO and Riksdag Speaker to be awarded honorary doctorates

Jensen Huang, CEO of the electronics company Nvidia, will become an honorary doctor at Linköping University. So will Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlén and the international researchers Angela Woods and Gillian Einstein.

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LiU and Siemens Energy enter into strategic partnership

In order to find long-term solutions to future challenges in the energy field, Linköping University and Siemens Energy AB sign a strategic partnership agreement.

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Alumni's success driving electrification in Kenya

Almost seven years ago, they left LiU to start a company in Nairobi. Today, Roam produces several hundred self-built electric motorcycles a month. And the journey has only just begun.

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