A student at the Department of Political Science has been diagnosed with Covid-19. The person in question was in Eilert Sundt's house in the large reading room on the second floor of the A-block on Thursday 22 April.
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The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded large funding to two UiO researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Strict corona measures will remain in place in Oslo Municipality, even though the government is easing the national measures. Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen made that clear 14th of April 2021.
The government has also included scientists in the application-based arrangement for entry into the country.
The library in Georg Sverdrup's house will reopen for students and staff from Monday 12 April.
The government is introducing two-meter social distancing or the use of facemasks where distancing is not possible. The reading rooms at UiO will be adapted to this from 25 March.
An employee and a student have been confirmed infected with Covid-19 this week.
The University of Oslo is reopening reading rooms. At the same time, the Covid-19 rapid testing of symptom-free students and staff on campus is expanded. The recommendation is to get tested twice a week in order to keep the corona infection situation under control.
The university's buildings will be closed to students from Tuesday 16 March at 12:00. Teaching will be digital.
Two students and one employee are confirmed infected with Covid-19.
– Our new design will safeguard the university's strong position both nationally and internationally. It is designed to work well on all digital platforms and give the units greater flexibility to express themselves, ensuring a holistic approach, says Communications Director Berit Kolberg Rossiné.
Svein St?len and ?se Gornitzka will be Rector and Pro-rector at the University of Oslo for the next four years. This was decided by the University Board today.
A student at the Faculty of Humanities has been diagnosed with Covid-19. Affected persons have been notified.
The Faculty of Medicine reports that a student has been confirmed infected with Covid-19. Close contacts have been notified and quarantined.
Tuesday 2 March 10.00 a.m, SiO Health will start large-scale Covid-19 testing of students and staff at the University of Oslo. Everyone on the Blindern campus during the next three weeks is encouraged to take a rapid Covid-19 test once a week.
The faculties can plan for physical teaching for up to 20 people, and student pubs and basements for reopening, as of Monday 1 March.
The University of Oslo is opening reading rooms, libraries and buildings for students from 18 February.
The government allows some students who need skills training or access to experiments back on campus, to prevent them for being delayed in their education, to attend physically from 3 February for an initial period until 10 February.
Two international students at the Faculty of Social Sciences have been confirmed infected with Covid-19.
The government will implement new infection control measures from 23 January at 12.00. Teaching will be digital for all students, and the campus is closed to students until 31 January 2021.
The humanities hold a strong position at UiO. A new strategy for the next ten years will secure and strengthen this position both at the university and in society in general.
All new students will be welcomed as planned, however all other lectures run digitally until 18 January 2021.
UiO's Human Rights Award 2020 goes to the Congolese agronomist Marcelline Budza. Mrs. Budza is awarded the prize for her work in securing women's financial rights and increasing their participation in society through the coffee cooperative Rebuild Women's Hope. The award marks the start of this year's Oslo Peace Days.
The sketch applications for the Research Council's announcement of new Centers of Excellence (SFF) reflect that we are a research-intensive broad-based university. We recently submitted a total of 57 sketches. At the same time, we applied for research infrastructure of national importance for more than NOK 3 billion.
In week 48, two students from the Faculty of Medicine were reported infected with Covid-19. The students have not been present at UiO in the time before symptom onset or test result.