Congratulations to the three RCN students who won prices in the Young Researchers final.

Our students won one first price and two third prices. It is with great pride that we received the news and we are happy to have such talented young people at our college.

• 1st price to Otto Geisler in the category ‘Humanities’ with the project “Making Non-Germans”.
• 3rd price to Kristina Flaaten in the category ‘Natural Science and Technology’ with her project “The mathematics behind flat-folding origami and the Miura fold”.
• 3rd price to Sid Layesa in the category ‘Natural Science and Technology’ with his project “Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) extract as a Reducing and Stabilizing Agent”

Otto Geisler won 1st price in the category ‘Humanities’ with the project “Making Non-Germans”.

Sid Layesa won 3rd price in the category ‘Natural Science and Technology’ with his project “Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) extract as a Reducing and Stabilizing Agent”.

Kristina Flaaten won 3rd price in the category ‘Natural Science and Technology’ with her project “The mathematics behind flat-folding origami and the Miura fold”.

See all the winners and prices <https://www.forskningsradet.no/unge-forskere/nyheter/vinnere-2020/”> academy for young researchers.

At the Council Meeting, hosted electronically this weekend, new Chairs were elected for our Board and Council. We are pleased to welcome Geir Jørgen Bekkevold as the new Chair of our Board. He is a Norwegian politician representing the Christian Democratic Party in his 3^rd period in the Parliament. Since Jan 2019 Mr Bekkevold has been the leader of the Health Committee in the Norwegian Parliament and 2^nd parliamentary leader for his party. He enters the position with a strong affinity to the values of the UWC and the Red Cross.

Frants Bernstorff-Gyldensteen  is elected as the new Chair of our Council. He is a former politician, being Mayor of Bogense Municipality 1990-1997. Mr Bernstorff served on our Board from 1993 to 2003 and for the International Board of the UWC movement from 2006 to 2014.

We would also like to use this opportunity to thank Kristin Vinje and Pär Stenbäck for the remarkable job they both have done in serving as our Chairs.