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SLU's network is being updated to increase security and capacity. Disturbances can occur during the afternoon and evening of 18 May. At the moment, there are capacity problems in SLU infrastructure.

Getting our cities right: From critical urbanities to sustainable foodscapes

Our ever-growing urban areas are both responsible for the sustainability problems we face as a global community, as well as powerhouses for change. It is therefore crucial that we get urban areas on

djurforsok eng

A new version of djurforsok.info was recently launched. The website is a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and eight institutions of higher education, including SLU – the Swedish

English THE Impact rank 2022

SLU is among the 301–400 best universities in the world when Times Higher Education ranks the world’s higher education institutions based on their contributions to the sustainable development goals.

SLU Umeå and Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland's Award for sustainable innovations(2)

Do you work or study at SLU Umeå and have an idea with the potential to contribute to a more sustainable green industry? Apply for the Innovation Award and you can personally win up to SEK 50,000.

Imagination & Future Studies- Approaches for visioning the future we want to live in

On 23rd March 2022, SLU Urban Futures and SLU Future Food kicked off the Futures Lab 2.0 with a seminar series focused on future studies with Assistant Professor Peter Pelzer’s talk on Futuring -

Creative cloud

The IT department will perform maintenance for the management of the Creative Cloud, where Adobe's programs are located. Employees and students who have a Creative Cloud license and who have

Pappersbrist påverkar SLU

Skriv inte ut i onödan! Det är pappersbrist i Europa, vilket innebär färre leveranser av papper till oss. Helena Melander, facility manager vid avdelningen för service, säkerhet och miljö meddelar

Drop-in vaccination on Campus Ultuna

To try to increase the amount of staff and students at SLU vaccinated against Covid-19, there will be opportunities to get vaccinated on Campus. The vaccinations will be offered by the entrance of

Test IPA

On Monday 7 March at 15:00 there will be a scheduled test of Sweden’s emergency warning system, "Important public announcement" (IPA). Sweden has a warning system called Important Public Announcement

Tortalk Text-to-speech – App now available!

The speech synthesis program TorTalk, since earlier accessible for all SLU students and employees as a desktop application, is now available in app version for Android and iOS. TorTalk supports both

Regarding the current situation in Ukraine

Swedish Universities should abort all cooperations with Russian and Belarusian counterparts. “It is with great sorrow that we are following what is happening Ukraine. We support the Swedish