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Student

Isn’t Iceland Really Expensive?

Leah Shamlian

One of the universal warnings for tourists coming to Iceland is “Watch out, everything is so expensive.” Which is fair, it’s an island. A lot of things have to get shipped in. Reykjavik, though, has ...
26. April 2021
Student,Staff

Spring Break with Whales and Volcanos

UW Staff

Franziska Vogl and Franziska Schmidke, interns from Germany blog about their spring break. A trip that included an active volcano, getting stuck in the snow, spotting whales, and of course music and g...
23. April 2021
Student

Sea Legs Achieved

Leah Shamlian

In my several years of following UW’s social media before finally being able to apply and attend, I saw multiple pictures of students on boats doing science, which was very jealousy-inducing. Hands-on...
25. March 2021
Staff

What determines why some birds migrate and others do not?

Verónica Méndez Aragón

What determines why some birds migrate and others do not? This question is fundamental to understanding how migratory systems are responding to environmental changes, but the causes of individual migr...
16. March 2021
Staff,Alumni

A winter road trip to the Arctic Forum course in Akureyri

Maria Wilke

Frozen waterfalls, the return of the sun and sitting by the fire at the Christmas house - these were just some of the free time highlights of our field trip to Akureyri. Karen and I went on this winte...
3. March 2021
Staff

Our first week in Iceland!

UW Staff

We are happy to introduce our newest members of staff, Franziska Vogl and Franziska Schmidke from Germany. They are doing and internship at the University Centre as a part of their studies in Public A...
22. February 2021
Alumni

A Coastal and Marine Management Alumni Journey

Alexandra Stocker

I am Canadian-Swiss, and I did the majorities of my studies up to my bachelor’s in molecular biology in Geneva, Switzerland. Now you might be wondering how and why I went from molecular biology to coa...
15. February 2021
Student

Winter Break in Ísafjörður

Leah Shamlian

I am not what one might call a Good Skier, but I got some hand-me-down skis about three years ago during a friend’s ski trip to my area. I hadn’t used them since. But when I was researching the Univer...
8. February 2021
Student

International Grad Student-ing During a Pandemic

Leah Shamlian

When the EU shut its borders to American citizens last summer, I called my boss (at the time) and told him that, if Iceland decided to follow the EU’s lead, I’d be doing my best to get there before I ...
18. January 2021

Blue Economy course and two more new courses offered soon

Matthias Kokorsch

Earlier this winter the University Centre was visited by Patrick Heidtkamp, Professor at Southern Connecticut State University and an expert on Geography and Marine Sciences. Together with the program...
26. March 2020

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