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GRÓ LRT fellows with a some of the books donated by Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature.
24 May 2023

GRÓ fellows receive a book donation from Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature

Fellows currently attending the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme recently received a handsome donation of almost 40 translated books by Icelandic authors from Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature. The books will be available to fellows staying at the GRÓ house on Grensásvegur.
Nemendur Landgræðsluskólans með hluta bókanna sem Reykjavík Bókmenntabók UNESCO gaf GRÓ.
24 May 2023

Nemendur GRÓ tóku á móti bókagjöf frá Reykjavík Bókmenntaborg UNESCO

Vegleg bókagjöf með alls tæplega fjörutíu þýddum bókum eftir íslenska rithöfunda var afhent nemendum Landgræðsluskóla GRÓ nýlega. Gefandinn var Reykjavík Bókmenntaborg UNESCO og verða bækurnar varðveittar í húsnæði GRÓ að Grensásvegi þar sem nemendur Jarðhitaskólans, Landgræðsluskólans og Sjávarútvegsskólans búa á meðan á dvöl þeirra á Íslandi stendur.
22 May 2023

GEST Fellows' Annual Field Visit

The 2023 GEST cohort travelled around the south of Iceland in mid-May. The field visit is annual; this year it was a combination of a celebratory field visit, as the fellows had completed all of GEST’s written assignments, and a study visit related to the module on Gender, Environment and Climate Change which was the last module in the academic programme.
16 May 2023

MSc presentation by Sadock Josephat Zakaria

Sadock Josephat Zakaria from Tanzania, MSc Fellow in Geochemistry at the University of Iceland will give a presentation on his MSc project on Thursday 25th of May at 12:53-13:03 in Room N-132 in Askja building at University of Iceland.  The presentation will be a part of the UI series "Open seminar at Masters-day of Natural Sciences" and will be 10-12 min long with 3 min allowance for questions.  
16 May 2023

GEST Final Seminar 2023

The 2023 GRÓ GEST Cohort will present their final assignments in a seminar to be held on Friday 19th May from 8:55 - 16:05 o'clock. Click to view the programme and for the live streaming link.
16 May 2023

GRÓ GEST Fellows Meet the President of Iceland

The 2023 GEST fellows were invited by the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, to his official residence yesterday. The President and Eliza Reid, the First Lady, gave the fellows a warm welcome, highlighting the importance of advancing gender equality.