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Terminally ill Eva gives a guest lecture at Erasmus MC: ‘When you’re sick for so long, there’s no point feeling sorry for yourself’
Eva Hermans-Kroot’s days are numbered. She has terminal lung cancer. The 26-year-old stopped by the Molecular Diagnostics of Lung Cancer lecture on Friday to talk to second-year medical students about ...
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Screening of foreign students and researchers still years away
There is no immediate prospect of government security screening for foreign students and researchers. Justis, the organisation charged with this task, says it will not be able to start the screening ...
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No rights reserved: why academics allow their knowledge to be exploited
W e academics are trained to believe that knowledge holds priority over other things – just check with our loved ones, I’m sure they’ll agree. Most of us share the primary value of contributing to ...
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‘Use defence budget for research and innovation’
Can the Department of Defence be a safety net for science? A paratrooper from the Marine Corps takes the leap during a commemoration in Normandy. Image credit: Mediacentrum Defensie To offset some of ...
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New rector: ‘At a time of budget cuts, it’s important that board and deans stick together’
Jantine Schuit during a visit to the campus before she started as rector. Image credit: Ronald van den Heerik With tough budget cuts in prospect in an unsettled world, it’s not an easy time for the ...
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Rotterdam-based Adison dos Reis raps about Desiderius Erasmus
‘Clothes make the man’, raps Adison dos Reis about Desiderius Erasmus. Partly for this reason, the Rotterdam rapper was keen to be photographed as Erasmus: he feels connected to him. Image credit: ...
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Film Special: The Theory of Everything
Together with ESN-Rotterdam, Studium Generale invites you for our monthly filmspecial. This time we will be screening the award winning film The Theory of Everything about scientist Stephen Hawking.
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ESN goes to Keukenhof
When spring arrives, the Netherlands’ most famous garden opens its doors again. The Keukenhof, nicknamed the Garden of Europe, is one of the world’s largest flower gardens. ESN is taking you there on ...
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Praat mee … ‘Academici moeten samenwerken met defensie en wapenindustrie’
Op het hoger onderwijs wordt fors bezuinigd, terwijl Defensie er juist miljarden bij krijgt. Een adviescommissie adviseerde ...
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Welkom op het wetenschappelijk namaakcongres. ‘Ik voel me bedrogen’
Willekeurige onderwerpen, slechte presentaties – copycat-congressen zijn de nieuwste manier waarop malafide bedrijven geld uit de zakken van wetenschappers willen kloppen. We bezochten er een in Boeda ...
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Elf Nederlandse ‘teamspelers’ krijgen Europese synergy grant
Elf wetenschappers van Nederlandse onderzoeksinstellingen krijgen een Europese synergy grant van 10 miljoen euro voor de komende zes jaar. Ze delen het geld met collega’s uit andere landen.
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Zware kritiek op ‘kaalslag’ Utrechtse geesteswetenschappen
Na de Universiteit Leiden gooit ook Utrecht haar faculteit geesteswetenschappen op de schop. Zes bacheloropleidingen, ...