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Gallery: Relive the epic Semester Start Celebration – are you there?
The grounds between The Wedge and Solbjerg Plads were transformed into a celebration zone for the 12-hour Semester Start Celebration on September 10. Photographer Uljana Tverdova was on the spot to document the festivities. Can you spot yourself or your friends?
13 Sep 2021
CBS to return DKK 692,000 to the Agency for Higher Education and Science
CBS contravened the rules when it paid the former President of CBS a one-off fee of DKK 692,000. Now, the Agency for Higher Education and Science is demanding a full refund. CBS has asked the Legal Advisor to the Danish Government to investigate whether CBS can claim against the former board. The investigation is expected to end before 2022, according to the University Director.
13 Sep 2021
Largest IT project in CBS history: Digital heart transplant ahead for CBS – and Karina is the “surgeon”
The 30-year-old IT system, STADS, is intertwined with almost every digital process at CBS. Even the parking registration is hooked up to STADS. Now, all that will change, as the Danish universities are working together to find a successor. The new system is set to be implemented at CBS in 2026.
08 Sep 2021
Art exhibition: Lock yourself to 300 kilograms of climate guilt
The six carbon dioxide molecules with large foot shackles exhibited on the wooden decking outside Café Nexus are both a reminder of our “climate sin”, and a piercing criticism of CBS, explains the initiator, Carolina Edman, from the student organization CBS Art.
08 Sep 2021
New CBS-developed teaching materials are like “a digital and interactive textbook”
A pack of teaching materials with neatly produced videos, quizzes and audio bites for teachers across CBS is in the making. The aim is to give teachers time to focus on their strengths – for example, being present in the classroom with their students rather than fiddling with home-made videos.
07 Sep 2021
Run like the wind: 350 CBS folks participated in this year’s DHL Relay
In total, 52 teams from CBS had signed up to run the DHL Relay in Fælledparken on September 3. An additional 22 teams walked a 5-kilometer route surrounded by barbeque smoke, confetti and blasting sound systems. Can you spot yourself or your colleagues in the gallery?
06 Sep 2021
CBS’ “interior minister” is keen on theater and surprised by how “centralized” CBS is
Inger Askehave, Deputy President at CBS, enjoys being the new kid on the block, as it allows her to ask questions about CBS practices and habits. For example, she aims to challenge the distribution of tasks between the Senior Management and the departments. And then she shares what books she is currently reading, and why it was not all bad starting a new position from home.
02 Sep 2021
Responsibility Day every day
This year’s Responsibility Day was delivered in a hybrid format with royal flair and a message for students about how their potential can change the world. Moreover, the day will last longer, as the Ørsted company case has been turned into a teaching case available for all the teachers. This year’s case asks how you can decarbonize your business down to the very last nut, but still grow.
01 Sep 2021
9,000 students invited to epic 12-hour Semester Start Celebration
Students are back on campus for a semester that is not all about cancellations. Rather the opposite. The annual Semester Start Party has been upgraded to a 12-hour celebration with CBS’ many student organizations participating. “It’s all about creating opportunities for the students to find and form communities,” says CBS Students’ Vice President.
Updated: 06 Sep 2021
Flower power
The art duo Orkidé has decorated 270 square meters of CBS’ buildings with flowers in bloom to welcome students and employees. The flowers symbolize transformation, growth and new beginnings.
27 Aug 2021
Karsten Dybvad: The responsibility for entering the contract is mine and I, of course, note the Public Accounts Committee and the National Auditors’ criticism
The former Chairman of the CBS Board of Directors, Karsten Dybvad, explains why he signed an agreement with the former President of CBS for a one-off fee of DKK 692,000, although he knew it contravened the rules.
27 Aug 2021
The National Auditors: CBS gave a former president DKK 692,000 well knowing it contravened the rules
The former Chairman of CBS’ Board knew that signing an agreement with the former President of CBS for a one-off fee worth DKK 692,000 was against the rules, the National Auditors concludes in a new report. The Ministry of Higher Education and Science is entitled to demand a full refund of the amount, the report states. CBS will investigate whether there is a basis for making a claim against the former board, according to the University Director.
Updated: 27 Aug 2021
1000 ways to say welcome
This week CBS is opening its doors to new students, and a part of the welcome program is the study start campaign. However, this year the campaign named The Welcome Project is for a wider audience, as it also welcomes current students and employees through a series of pop-up events and cute gimmicks.
25 Aug 2021
Research by “total rookies” that ties criminal records to bankruptcies makes the grade at top US journal
Only very few established researchers in Europe succeed in getting research published in the highly acclaimed journal Review of Accounting Studies, according to the Head of Department of Accounting at CBS. Now, two junior researchers have achieved what is “almost impossible”.
24 Aug 2021
CBS sends 776 students off on exchange: “The students have been persistent and creative to make their exchanges happen”
CBS has received a record number of applications from students wanting to go on exchange this fall, and 776 CBS students are ready to set off. However, coronavirus can change the students’ plans overnight. About 100 students’ trips to Australia were cancelled.
23 Aug 2021
Confetti cannons, rainbow flags and face paint: CBS folks join their fourth pride parade 🌈
Under the motto ‘Love Suits Everyone’, CBS joined the pride parade for the fourth time on August 21, 2021. Scroll through the gallery to experience or relive CBS’ participation in the fabulous, happy and colorful parade during WorldPride.
23 Aug 2021