150 years of research for the people - 04.03.2008

What would cornflakes be without milk?

What would eggs be without bacon?

What would Denmark be without Frederiksberg Campus?

These and many other questions will be answered on 7 March with the opening of an anniversary exhibition that illustrates the role that Frederiksberg Campus has played in the everyday life of the Danes through the last 150 years. It will be open to the general public.

On Friday 7 March, students, scientists and other staff at the Faculty of Life Sciences launch the 150th anniversary of Frederiksberg Campus. At the same time, the exhibition “A changing Denmark – Bring Your Ideas to LIFE” will be declared open. The exhibition illustrates how, in a number of areas, research at Frederiksberg Campus has helped improve the life of the Danes in a sustainable way.

 

The establishment of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University at Frederiksberg Campus in 1858 was the realisation of a Danish ambition to “raise agriculture in Denmark to a higher level” and to solve the most serious problems of that time, such as malnutrition, cattle plague and problems with hygiene.

 

Today the challenges are different. As Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, we still address the important issues of the day, including obesity, molecular gastronomy, stem cells and sustainable biofuel.

 

The ambition, however, remains the same: to identify the most important challenges to society – and to meet them.

 

The exhibition opens on Friday morning at 8.00 with music, speeches and breakfast for all students and staff at the Faculty of Life Sciences. Subsequently, the exhibition will be open to the general public every day from 8.30 – 17.00 till 1 April. Free admission at Frederiksberg Campus, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg.

 

For more information about the exhibition, please contact Katherina Ludvigsen at tel 35 33 21 73.

 

Read more about the extensive anniversary programme.