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RU Negotiation Team Secures Impressive Third Place in Rome's Negotiation Challenge
Congratulations to the RU negotiation team, consisting of Andri Baldvinsson, Soffía Ósk Kristinsdóttir, and Halldór Ægir Halldórsson, for securing an impressive third place in the Negotiation Challenge held in Rome. This accomplishment highlights their dedication, strategic thinking, and excellent negotiation skills.
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Developments in Huntington's Disease: From Genetics to Therapy
May 15th is International Huntington's Disease (HD) Awareness Day. To celebrate that a conference will be held at the University of Reykjavík on May 15.
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Reykjavik University's general meeting held
On Friday, April 29th, Reykjavik University held its general meeting. The usual general meeting duties were carried out, and after the general meeting, a joint meeting of the University Council and the Board of Directors occurred.
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Allocation from the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund
Twenty-four projects carried out by researchers at Reykjavik University received funding from the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund for the summer of 2023. The projects from RU received a total of over 65 million in funding, and 64 students are participating.
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Department of Psychology
Has a strong track record in research and its impact is global, as can be seen with the Youth in Europe project, focusing on substance abuse prevention.
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Department of Sport Science
Areas of research are physical education, coaching techniques, and gender and sport, for example.
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Department of Applied Engineering
Teachers integrate professional teamwork in courses and students complete a wide array of projects that they design, build, and test themselves.
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Department of Business
Research areas include management, innovation, behaviour analysis and clinical psychology.
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Department of Computer Science
Research areas include AI, databases, natural language processing, user interfaces and theoretical computer science.
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Department of Engineering
Research in renewable energy, biomedical engineering, project management and decision analysis, and more.
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Department of Law
Research areas include tort, international, and EU/EEA law, constitutional law and history, comparative constitutional law, and human rights law.
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