• MIND, BODY AND SCHOOL

    MIND, BODY AND SCHOOL

    YOGA WITH PROFESSOR LAURA CASTOR Diverse positions Dr. Laura Castor has several teaching titles here at UiT. She was recently promoted from associate professor to full professor in the English department; she teaches classes in American Studies; and, since 2008, she has been a yoga instructor to students, faculty and staff in a class she teaches right in one of [...]

  • Det frie ordets hus – Litteraturhuset Nord

    Det frie ordets hus – Litteraturhuset Nord

    Tromsøs nye kulturscene Litteraturhuset Nord er godt på vei med å reise seg i byen, og etter de har fått et sted å være, begynner ting å komme på plass. Etter lang tid har endelig Litteraturhuset Nord-prosjektet oppgitt sin adresse. Den ble turistkontorets gamle lokaler som snart skal begynne sin kamp om å bli et av Tromsøs viktigste kultur og [...]

  • Internationalisation? Yes, please!

    Internationalisation? Yes, please!

    ISU Norway gathers in Tromsø to discuss better integration of international students in the Norwegian society as well as better integration of Norwegian students in activities organised by international students. Last weekend, UiT hosted around 25 more international students than usual. Leaders of the International Students’ Union’s (ISU) local branches from all over Norway visited ISU’s northernmost branch to face [...]

  • Putting troubled youth’s experiences on SCREEN

    Putting troubled youth’s experiences on SCREEN

    SCREEN, a youth exchange project run by FK Norway, focuses on youth empowerment. SCREEN is an exchange project between TVIBIT Norway, Mathare Youth Sports Association, Kenya Kaos Projects, South Africa and Project Haiti. The point of the project is to empower  youth by providing them with tools to  express themselves. The project leader of SCREEN is Nasra Ali Omar, who [...]

  • Campaigning for the University – and for the North

    Campaigning for the University – and for the North

    Out of all the people who applied for higher education in Norway this year, 4 516 picked the University of Tromsø as their first-choice. That is a 19 % increase from last year states Samordna opptakk, the University and College admission service in Norway. Asbjørn Bartnes from the Department of Communications and Public Relations at  the University of Tromsø says that [...]

  • Bringing CSI to Tromsø

    Bringing CSI to Tromsø

    Statistics say that one in 10 women in Norway has been raped. Sometimes it takes a long time to convict the suspect. How long does it take to establish a fully functional DNA laboratory to help police during investigation? The first idea Even if it does not seem like it, rape is actually quite a big problem here in Norway. [...]

  • Locally well-kept secret with international recognition

    Locally well-kept secret with international recognition

    Tromsø needs art critics to spur curiosity outside the circle of art-interested academics – Next year, the grant from Norsk Kulturråd will come to an end, and without a considerable raise in the supporting funds from the local government, Small Projects will have to close down, says its director Jet Pascua. Tromsø is blessed with a varied and vibrant art [...]

  • Snakk om homofilisyn og transpersoner

    Snakk om homofilisyn og transpersoner

    Fritt ords prisvinner Sara Mats Azmeh Rasmussen besøkte LLH Troms for å snakke om sin bok Skyggeferden. Lørdag 28. april fikk Landsforeningen for lesbiske, homofile, bifile og transpersoners i Troms (LLH Troms) besøk av forfatter, homoaktivist og religionskritiker Sara Mats Azmeh Rasmussen. Hun er for tiden aktuell med blant annet sin selvbiografiske roman Skyggeferden, som skildrer implisitt hennes liv som [...]

  • Sensuous art

    Sensuous art

    The performance art has never been so close to contemporary dance.     On 28.04, the opening day of the Vårscenefest, Nuria Guiu Sagarra performed in front of the audience gathered at Small Projects. The act was a part of Low Lives 4, a global event that involved a live stream of performances. Tromsø’s smallest gallery was given the honour [...]