Karolinska Institutet turns 200 this year
Today, Monday 11 January 2010, Karolinska Institutet is launching the start of its 200th jubilee with the official opening of its Hall of Fame, a gallery of leading researchers and other luminaries from our past, the unveiling of a glass sculpture depicting a photograph by science photographer Lennart Nilsson, and the showing of an introductory film about the past, present and future of the university. Join us in our celebrations, and go in to ki.se/200 to view the film. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. During the jubilee year, of which HM King Carl XVI Gustaf is the patron, we will be stepping up our efforts to spread new knowledge and ideas to the wider community in order to contribute to the improvement of human health. "The jubilee year is an excellent opportunity to broadcast everything that our scientists and staff have achieved over the years," says President Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson. 2The biggest events in 2010 will be activities that concern culture, children and young people, and scientific conferences for the international scientific community." - Some activities scheduled for the jubilee year. The Swedish Television learning channel (kunskapskanalen) will be running a series of popular science lectures by Karolinska Institutet researchers.
