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Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Umeå University. Foto: Przemysław Chrostowski

Premature children do well in school

When looking at school grades, researchers did not find any negative effects of being born moderately preterm. Only those born extremely preterm had poorer school grades. But for children born extremely preterm, going to schools in the top decile of school districts made them perform as good as full-term children in an average school district.
How do preterm birth effect children’s school grade

Joakim Ahlgren, Jenny Ask, Martina Jeuthe och Robin Bergman at Umeå Marine Sciences Centre at Umeå University are now licensed as scientific divers. Photo: Stilianos Matsoukatidis

Monitoring staff with a license to dive

Now Umeå University can proudly present four employees who have obtained the Swedish professional diving certificate S-30. On behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, macrovegetation in the Gulf of Bothnia will be monitored within the national environmental monitoring.

Spatial distribution of census tracts by HOLC grade classification (top row) and density estimates of fatal encounters with police (bottom row). Dots show the location of Fatal Encounters.

Study shows empirical link between fatal police violence and structural racism

A new research study from Umeå University in Sweden shows that incidents with fatal police violence in the US are 66% more likely to occur in formerly “redlined” areas.

INVSN on stage at Bildmuseet June 17

INVSN on stage at Bildmuseet June 17

Good news for all INVSN fans! The post-punk influenced band will play live on stage at Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden, on June 17, just two weeks after releasing their first album in five years, Let the Night Love You.

Maja Adolfsson, Anneli Lundmark and Anna Baranowska-Rataj. Image: Ulrika Sahlén, Skogtekniska klustret, Przemysław Chrostowski

Temporary employment may consolidate labor market inequality

A new study from Umeå University show that temporary workers receive less employer-paid training than permanent workers. However, having a union representative present at the workplace can be beneficial for all workers that want to develop their competences.

© Mats Jonsson / Bildupphovsrätt 2022

Graphic novel artist Mats Jonsson at Bildmuseet

Mats Jonsson is one of Sweden's most prominent graphic novel artists. On June 17, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition based on his latest book När vi var samer [When We Were Sami], the first graphic novel to be nominated for the August Prize in the fiction category. Welcome to the press preview of Mats Jonsson / Still Sámi on Thursday, June 16 at 10:00 (RSVP).

Natalia Ikebara, graduating from the MFA Programme in Advanced Product Design, designed a holistic therapy concept for children with motor disabilities.

Playful child therapies and honest AI vehicles at UID22

And we’re back! For the first time since 2019, the real-life grad show is returning to Umeå Institute of Design. At UID22, the next generation of designers will uncover concepts covering a wide range of topics; from AI in autonomous vehicles, to playful therapies for children, to a device for managing your crypto assets.

Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76. © Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

Nancy Holt retrospective to open at Bildmuseet this Summer

On June 17, Bildmuseet in Sweden opens its doors to a rich presentation of Nancy Holt's innovative art. The exhibition Nancy Holt / Inside Outside presents works from 1967 to 1992 and occupies five floors of the art museum. This is the artist's first major retrospective in Europe and the most ambitious exhibition of her work to date.

Ten new artists are presented when Bildmuseet opens this years Master's degree show from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.

Master's Degree Exhibition from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts opens at Bildmuseet

Live is Life is the title of this year’s Master’s degree exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University, Sweden. It will be inaugurated at Bildmuseet on 29 April with an Art Friday event. Welcome to the press preview on Thursday, 28 April from 10–11 am (R.S.V.P). The artists will be there to present their works.

Lars Welten's design project Dutch Water Ways is one the exam projects from alumnae of Umeå Institute of Design shown at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. Image: Lars Welten

Alumni visions of end-of-century mobility inspire at Guggenheim

Alumni visions of end-of-century mobility inspire at Guggenheim

Eva Koťátková's exhibition at Bildmuseet, Sweden. Exhibition photo © Erik Hillbom / Bildmuseet.

Eva Koťátková /  What Does a Turtle Feel Through the Carapace? 

Empathy and the ability to understand the situation of others is the theme of Czech artist Eva Koťátková’s exhibition, which opens at Bildmuseet on April 8. The central work is a two-part installation, one of which is shown in the artist’s solo exhibition at Bildmuseet and the other in parallel as part of ARS22 at Kiasma in Helsinki.

Pija Lindenbaum’s Vitvivan och Gullsippan [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been named the Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021.

Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Lilybell and Bluevalley

Pija Lindenbaum’s "Vitvivan och Gullsippan" [Lilybell and Bluevalley] has been awarded the Snöbollen [Snowball] prize for Swedish Picture Book of the Year 2021. March 19, in conjunction with the award ceremony during Littfest, Bildmuseet opens an exhibition of original illustrations and sketches from the winning book.

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