News - Academic ceremony 2015

Academic ceremony 2015

2015-11-18 Students from School of Music at Luleå University of technology filled Aula Aurora with grandiose choir singing, when the Academic Procession 2015 entered the stage. The Lead Marshal Lisa Jansson welcomed everyone and then Vice-Chancellor Johan Sterte held a speech.

View recordings of lectures Honorary Doctors 2015-11-13

2015-11-17

Brilliant teaching efforts awarded

2015-11-16 Håkan Jonsson, Senior Lecturer, and Lena Nyström, Lecturer, were awarded for their educational efforts at the Academic ceremony. – I am very happy for the award! It feels nice and it is an honor to be recognized for my work on teaching, says Lena Nyström.

Strong, lightweight and resilient

2015-11-13 He gave up his dream of becoming a professional sailor, instead he became CEO of the institute Swerea SICOMP. Under his leadership, the research institute has developed into one of Europe's leaders in fiber composites, where the collaboration with Luleå University of Technology has played a key role...

Inspiring talks by honorary doctors

2015-11-13 Two CEOs, a Research Director and a writer. The faculties’ election of honorary doctorates for 2015 was Birgitta Olofsson, Hans Hansson, Sara Mazur och Katarina Kieri.

"Freedom is the pen"

2015-11-13 Author Catherine Kieri debuted in 1993 with the poetry collection Slutet sällskap and has been awarded several prestigious awards like Norrland Literature Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. She trained as a recreation instructor at the then Teachers University in Luleå and is now one of four conf...

Alumnus became honorary doctor

2015-11-13 Birgitta Olofsson, Vice CEO at Tyréns, belongs to the first batch of students graduated from the Master Programme in Civil Engineering 1982 at Luleå University of Technology. She has played a significant role in enabling more research on different subjects at university.

With 5G towards the future

2015-11-11 She is the head of the research department at Sweden's largest IT and telecom company, and was last year appointed Sweden's most powerful IT woman by Computer Sweden. Now Sara Mazur is also appointed Honorary Doctor of Philosophy at Luleå University of Technology.

Honorary doctors lecture November 13, 2015

2015-11-10 Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Location: building C, room C305, entrance C9 and C12, Lulea

International character of the new professors

2015-11-05 The research at Luleå University of Technology has a high international profile which is shown not least by the appointment of a number of new professors and visiting professors
in autumn 2015. China, Iran, India, Spain and Germany are examples of the origin of the new University professors. It cr...

This year's honorary doctors appointed

2015-06-16 Lulea-born writer Catherine Kieri, research manager at Ericsson Sara Mazur, Hans Hansson, CEO of Swerea SICOMP, Piteå and vice president of Tyréns, Birgitta Olofsson is appointed to the 2015 honorary doctorates at Luleå University.

Published:10 November 2015
Updated: 6 July 2016
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