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The best student discounts you should definitely take advantage of
Do you take full advantage of all the discounts available to students? Probably not! Don’t worry – our student reporter, Caroline Sølver, can give you the full rundown of the best student discounts.
26 Aug 2019
Radio Never Dies!
"Has radio lost its magic or did it disappear under the shadow of Spotify and co.?" asks our music blogger Lukas Elias Kohl. He’s found some great community-run radio stations that stream via the internet in Copenhagen – and looks over the bridge towards our Swedish neighbors where he’s found some "thrilling projects". Check out his nice and nerdy guide to community- and web-based radio stations in the Øresund. Tune in!
22 Aug 2019
It’s watching you: CBS Digital Art Space gets its own interactive artwork
Digital artist, Christoffer Birkkjær has created an interactive artwork specifically for CBS Digital Art Space. The artwork records the movements in front of it and turns the data into daily pieces of art that reflect the activity in the room.
21. Aug 2019
Fabulous gallery: CBS joined Copenhagen Pride Parade for the third time – it was quite a party 🏳🌈
CBS WIRE's reporter Luyi Liang took a bunch of fantastic pictures when CBS joined the Copenhagen Pride Parade for the third time. Can you spot yourself in the pictures?
19 Aug 2019
Nima Sophia Tisdall started her first business venture in high school – now she runs a seafood company praised by Barack Obama
Her name means ‘sunshine’ in Nepalese. She created her first start-up when she was just 16 years old. And now Nima Sophia Tisdall is 25 and has just graduated from CBS. Earlier this year her company Blue Lobster was singled out by former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, as an inspirational innovator. She learned at a young age that earning money isn’t hard – but creating change is.
16 Aug 2019
The president of CBS invites EVERYONE to take part in celebrating love
On Saturday August 17 the annual Copenhagen Pride Parade will take place in the streets of the capital, and this year the president of CBS Nikolaj Malchow-Møller urges students, staff and friends of CBS to wear a rainbow tie and join the celebration under the motto ‘Love Suits Everyone’.
14 Aug 2019
Cristiana Parisi wants to make European cities flow better and she got € 10 million to do it
So far, the REFLOW project has taken up most of Associate Professor Cristiana Parisi’s time. Weekends, holidays, spare time, work time. And she’s totally fine with it. The project involves 27 partners and covers 10 European countries, with the aim of turning waste into a resource and making the six cities of Amsterdam, Berlin, Vejle, Paris, Milan and Cluj-Napoca in Romania circular. Also, the project is the largest of its kind at CBS.
14 Aug 2019
94 students got their grades mixed up: Should students be worried that other grades are flawed?
A typing error was the reason why 94 students out of a class of 104 got their grades mixed up before the summer holiday. Now, some of the affected students are worried that other grades might be flawed too. The Acting Director of the Study Administration at CBS calls the case “unfortunate” and “extraordinary”. He explains why students shouldn’t be worried about their grades being flawed and how typing errors can be avoided.
14 Aug 2019
Five-year collaboration has made sustainability research a permanent feature at CBS
“Five years ago, you wouldn’t see sustainability-related research published in the big, mainstream journals. Now it’s a natural part of them,” explains CBS Professor, Andreas Rasche. With the Director of CBS Sustainability, Jeremy Moon, he reflects on the outcomes of the five-year collaboration between the Velux Endowed Chair in Corporate Sustainability and the Governing Responsible Business World-Class Research Environment that just came to an end.
12 Aug 2019
A new CBS program focusing on consumerism has enrolled a maximum number of students
A new bachelor program kicks off for the first time in August. It’s filled to the max with 90 new students where they’ll learn to provide customer foresight – not with a crystal ball, but by combining methods from anthropology, cultural studies, sociology and communication studies. The program has been developed in close collaboration with the Danish business community.
08 Aug 2019
Is it responsible to fly nearly 90 people to a conference in Boston?
For this year’s Academy of Management conference in Boston, 88 people from CBS have been chosen to participate. This will cost about 300,000 kilograms of CO₂ if everyone goes by plane. The Dean of Research explains that they’ve started to track emissions from flight travel and have found that researchers appear to be skipping conference travel. We talked to one researcher who ditched this year’s AOM conference in order to reduce his carbon footprint.
07 Aug 2019
How booty grabbing and catcalls at Roskilde Festival became a research project
Transgressive behavior in the public domain is being discussed far and wide. But how do you deal with it at a festival like Roskilde Festival? Two CBS researchers went to Roskilde to find out. They argue that transgressive behavior is becoming a question of crowd safety, which needs to be dealt with.
05 Aug 2019
Must try: Here are the five best burger joints in Copenhagen
According to our student reporter, Caroline Sølver, there’s nothing a good burger can’t cure. That’s why she’s sharing her top five burger joints in Copenhagen. Read on to find out which ones made the list and whether they match your favorites.
01 Aug 2019
Prince Nikolai is to study Business Administration and Service Management at CBS
CBS is getting a royal student this summer, as Prince Nikolai will study Business Administration and Service Management. Wilbert van der Meer, the Head of the Dean’s Office says that Prince Nikolai will, basically, be treated like all the other students at CBS.
31 Jul 2019
CBS accepts more bachelor students – but it’s still super hard to get in
Although CBS has increased the number of study placements by six percent this year, and therefore admitted more students, it’s still hard to get accepted to a bachelor’s program. CBS programs have some of Denmark’s highest entry requirements. But the end of the “artificially high” entry requirements is near, argues the Head of the Dean’s Office at CBS.
31 Jul 2019
Have a super fantastic and fabulous summer 😎
CBS WIRE will be back in August, so you’d better get ready for a load of sweaty, juicy, scratchy and crunchy articles, blog posts, podcasts, films and guides. In the meantime, remember to eat a lot of ice cream, chill out by the waterfront and gaze up into the treetops.
01 Jul 2019
