In December an alumni event was held in California on Stanford University’s campus. Several members of the Lund University Foundation board were there, including Chair Göran Eriksson, who works in Los Angeles and is an LTH alumnus, and Arthur Bienenstock, Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University and adviser to Stanford’s management. Professor Bienenstock also holds an honorary doctorate from Lund University and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (IVA).
Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Lund University Sven Strömqvist spoke about developments at the University and the major investments in infrastructure that are to be made in the near future, e.g. the research facilities ESS and MAX IV, and about the research that these will make possible.
They are unique to Lund and strengthen our position internationally. Nevertheless, we also need to make other investments to complement them. Our research has always been international and our education is becoming increasingly so. We want to become better at working with the community and the business sector and need to strengthen our financing if we are to be able to compete for grants, students and researchers. Our alumni play an important role in this and we welcome all contributions and initiatives from our former students, says Ulrika Nilsson, director of Fundraising and Alumni, Lund University.