GEOSCIENCE NYHEDSBREV

VIP/ Student Matchmaking
18 September
Day of Conferences - on tour
23 September
Day of Conferences in Aarhus
7 October
Graduation
23 October
GEO Match
6 November
Rector visits Geoscience
18 November
Christmas party
27 November

All employees and students are encouraged to download the Danish app smitte|stop to help contain the Covid-19 virus.

Soon we are ready to welcome both staff and students back to the Geoscience buildings.

We all need to be reminded to keep our distance from time to time.
That is why stickers have now been put on the floors around the buildings.

In the auditorium, there are "Keep to the right" labels on the floors.

Keep to the right also applies in all corridors and on the stairs.

In several places in the buildings, stands with hand sanitizer have been set up.

The stands are strategically located where many people pass by.
Do not move them.

Sanitizing wipes can be picked up at the secretariat.

They are for wiping surfaces, ie. tables, keyboards, door handles etc.

REMEMBER! It's not just you who comes to your office / workplace. Everywhere in the buildings there are regular cleaning staff, craftsmen, IT supporters, etc. Often they come unannounced and you can not always see that they have been there.

Wipes are present in the lunch room in 1672 and by the coffee machine in the kitchen in 1672. Use them!
Wipes have also been delivered to building 1120.

Be sure to close the container after use, otherwise they will dry out.

The department provides hand sanitizers for the toilets.

If hand sanitizer is missing at a toilet, please notify the secretariat.

Purchase of protective equipment is ongoing, and we will be ready to receive our students, when they are allowed back.

In the classrooms there will be papertowels and desinfecting spray for the surfaces and hand sanitizers.
ST Byg takes care refilling. If there is an acute shortage, hand sanitizers and sanitizing wipes can be picked up at the secretariat.

We have face masks and visors in stock. These are handed out by contacting the secretariat.

Be aware that visors should be worn with face masks.
If you have special reasons for not using a face mask (e.g. asthma), you can settle for the visor - in which case it is extra important to keep a good distance from others.

Face masks and sanitizers (both for hands and materials) have been procured for field trips and excursions.

Face maske are packed in smaller packages so that they are easy to carry in a backpack.

Sanitizers and protective equipment for trips are handed out by contacting Charlotte or Susanne.

Charlotte has made instructions for the use of masks and visors. They can be found on GEO's Covid-19 page

There are also links to videos e.g. one with everyone's corona-favourite Søren Brostrøm.

In the kitchens, paper towel dispensers have been set up.

We encourage you to wipe hands, counter tops and other surfaces in the kitchens with paper and not use the tea towels.

There are p.t. no access to the electrical workshop for anyone other than Per Trinhammer and Kenneth Madsen.

If you need cables etc. you must contact Kenneth via email kenneth.madsen@geo.au.dk.

Tools can still be borrowed by contacting Per. It must be sanitized after use.

Work onsite that can wait (including visits from outside) must take place after 23 August: Lab work right now are urgent projects and / or processes that can not be stopped at short notice
All lab users (including microscopy room, Cleanlab, etc.) must coordinate their work with Charlotte to avoid too many people in the same areas and to make sure everyone know the guidelines
When working in the lab, users must take into account the distance requirement, cleaning of the workplace / contact surfaces and possibly work with the use of a face mask (if you can not keep enough distance)

Parties in connection with the start of studies have been canceled and Friday bars put on hold.
We are following the situation and the students will be kept informed.

PIGA's board has decided that no events will be held under the auspices of PIGA until the green light is given for the students at AU to hold social events.

24 applicants have been offered a place at Geoscience in the 1st round.
That is an increase of 7 compared to last year.
So far, 22 have accepted the invitation.

3 applicants have Geoscience as their 1st priority in the 2nd round.
So far, 2 have accepted.

Tutors and mentors are ready to welcome the new students, and we look forward to having a little more life in the buildings.

Assistant Professor Gry H. Barfod and Professor Charles E. Lesher, in collaboration with others, have written an article that has been published in Nature.

Read the article: ‘Alexandrian’ glass confirmed by hafnium isotopes

In the spring, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz was appointed to the Danish Agency for Research and Education (SFU) reference group for Horizon Europe (HEU), the EU's new framework program for research and innovation.

The purpose of the reference groups is to support Danish participation in and repatriation from the framework program by ensuring a broad and professionally well-founded Danish interest representation in the HEU program committees. At the same time, they must contribute to HEU gaining a strong foothold in the Danish research and innovation environments.

Postdocs and PhD students at Aarhus University is moved to the front of the housing queue for 51 newly built homes at Katrinebjerg, close to the university, shopping (Storcenter Nord), fitness, transportation, park, city center, etc.