News for p3
October 10, 2019
Oslo - Deans seminar - 09/2019
Inspiration, information and involvement. To promote joint local ownership of the project and internal support, it is crucial to involve academic authorities, beyond the rectoral team. A delegation made up of vice-rectors of the three sectors, deans and institute presidents participated in a...
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August 14, 2019
Eduniversal: two UCLouvain master’s programmes on top...
UCLouvain's master's degree in actuarial science is once again first worldwide in the 2019 Eduniversal ranking in the 'Insurance, Risk and Actuarial Science' category. The interdisciplinary course in entrepreneurship (CPME) is ranked second worldwide and first in Europe in the...
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August 08, 2019
Anonymising personal data is not enough to protect privacy
Current methods for anonymising data leave individuals at risk of being re-identified, according to new research from University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and Imperial College London. This research is published in Nature Communications.
With the first large fines for breaching EU General...
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August 08, 2019
UCLouvain researchers eye Alaska thaw
32°C. This summer saw the highest temperature ever recorded in southern Alaska. What are the consequences for the environment and ice melt? UCLouvain researchers will go to Alaska (15/08 to 6/09) to analyse soil (permafrost) thawing. The mission’s goal is to understand and clarify thaw...
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July 01, 2019
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of...
Patrice Cani, professor at UCLouvain, and his team conducted the first pilot study in humans to observe the impact of the bacteria Akkermansia (ingestion for 3 months), particularly on the reduction of cardiovascular risk factors. The results are published in the scientific journal Nature...
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