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Latest news from UiS

He has 3D printed a training model for spinal anesthesia

Øyvind Time's master's thesis can help make everyday life easier for healthcare personnel who have to learn how to take ...

12 million for research in algebraic geometry

Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifold...

Energy students awarded for their efforts

Repsol awarded a total of four prizes and NOK 120,000 to master students at University of Stavanger.

UiS ends institutional cooperation with Israel

The UiS board discussed Israel at its meeting on 6 June 2024.

Supportive leaders make employees more satisfied and engaged

A recent collaboration between Lyse and researchers at the UiS School of Business and Law has proven to be highly benefi...

He is Energy Professional of the Year

Reidar Bratvold won the prize as Energy Professional of the Year at the SPE gala.

KCE center manager awarded Ruth Wong professorship to give opening lecture at prestigious education conference in Singapore

Elaine Munthe has received the Ruth Wong Professorship for 2024 at the National Institute of Education and is attending ...

Gastro-surgical nurses involved in eHealth study finish recruitment

In the eHealth @ Hospital 2- Home study we have asked two different patient populations and two different clinical group...

Detects cerebral stroke using artificial intelligence

She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a ...

Kathy Lette traced her roots at UiS

When the world-renowned writer Kathy Lette traced her roots in the Australian TV program "Who Do You Think You Are?", sh...

Tent camp for Palestine on campus

The organization Students for Palestine Stavanger will have a tent camp on the Ullandhaug campus from Thursday, May 16th...

Students at UiS Partner with Industry to Tackle Environmental Challenge

In a remarkable demonstration of applied learning and industry collaboration, master's students from the UiS School of B...

Eight million for research project on populism in the Nordic region

In February, the Research Council of Norway announced funding for research projects for young talents. The upper funding...

Successful UiS Aerospace rocket launch

The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.

The Osage, Automobility, and the Environment in Sundown (1934)

UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automob...

A new one-year program in Business and Management is popular among this year's applicants.

The new one-year program in Business and Management at the University of Stavanger, School of Business and Law, was very...

Solving offshore wind challenges in Norway

How can we build wind installations in the sea with the least possible environmental impact? That was the task for 38 EC...

Highlights from the first UiS Petro-Games

In a riveting showcase of industry knowledge and teamwork, the inaugural UiS Petro-Games competition proved to be a reso...

The future of leadership in healthcare – supporting resilience and mental wellbeing

SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare recently gathered researchers and health care professionals to an open semin...

Lykketreff - a meeting between students and businesses

Master's students at the Department of Media and Social Sciences have the opportunity to do an internship through an ele...

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Latest research news

Are Sámi schoolchildren more involved in online bullying than other students?

A new research project is going to look into whether Sámi students in Norwegian schools are more involved in online bull...

Detects cerebral stroke using artificial intelligence

She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a ...

Successful UiS Aerospace rocket launch

The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.

The Osage, Automobility, and the Environment in Sundown (1934)

UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automob...

The Mongoose on the Loose in Nineteenth-Century Jamaica

"A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870–190...

The impermanence of permafrost: learning how to be discontinuous

"Earth Ice Bone Blood" by Charlotte Wrigley.

Why get involved in a research study?

Doctors and surgeons from Stavanger University Hospital participate in the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project. This blog ...

Protocol for the randomised control trial

The eHealth@hospital-2-home-project has published the protocol for the randomised control trial of the nurse-assisted eH...

The impact of nurse assisted digital intervention on the participants family members

Master’s research in the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project explores the impact of the nurse assisted digital health interv...

New evidence for quark matter cores in massive neutron stars

Researchers at the University of Stavanger are now one step closer to finding out what is in the core of neutron stars. ...

Problem-solving in kindergarten

Problem-solving is about finding solutions to all kind of problems. It can be seen as a basic strategy for addressing bo...

What being involved in a research project is like as intensive care nurses in Norway

Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at St...

Bringing the world's largest conference on bullying to Norway

The world's largest anti-bullying conference, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, will be held in Stavanger, Norway, in 2025....

Bettina Ebert has received eight million NOK to research medieval adhesives

Conservator Bettina Ebert at the Museum of Archaeology has been awarded eight million by the Research Council of Norway....

Assessing a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention

This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the crit...

What do patients say a future eHealth service needs?

The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that m...

Designing a future eHealth service for posthospitalization self-management support

A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-t...

Teachers bullying children – a global problem

All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could als...

Can blueberries prevent dementia?

Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New r...

– What I liked most about UiS and the Business School is the degree of internationalization

UiS Business School and Centre for Innovation Research have had two guest researchers this semester.