Tag: UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
Booker Prize not going to Utrecht’s Yael van der Wouden
Yael van der Wouden participated with her debut The Safekeep, translated into Dutch as De bewaring. The book is set in post-war Overijssel. Isabel lives there alone in her deceased…
Research: pets experience nuisance from fireworks for three months
University professor Ineke van Herwijnen does not agree that pets only have to suffer one evening a year. “What we especially noticed is that such a large group of owners…
ChatGPT as a travel guide in the province: nice and easy, but also many closed doors
People are increasingly planning their holidays with artificial intelligence (AI). RTV Utrecht tried it out and had ChatGPT create a three-day itinerary for an autumn holiday in the province. AI…
Shopping test: Is the store at the Uithof really much more expensive than a normal supermarket?
For the time being, there will be no large supermarket on the Uithof. Research by Utrecht University shows that the arrival is “not feasible at the moment”. This means that…
Ban on wood burning and environmental zone throughout the city: how much sense do Utrecht plans make?
The municipality of Utrecht wants to take far-reaching measures to improve air quality. Burning wood-burning stoves and fireplaces will be prohibited, only emission-free mopeds and mopeds are still welcome and…
Utrecht University continues to collaborate with Israeli organizations
The collaboration is evaluated every now and then, the university writes, but the immediate reason is demonstrations by Pro Palestine activists in May. They demanded that the university end “several…
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block entrance to Utrecht University administration building
“The universities’ ties contribute to the genocide in Gaza and the escalation of the conflict with Lebanon,” says Elsa. She studies at the UU and blocks the entrance together with…
Confidence in politics is increasing: ‘Always higher when a cabinet takes office’
Confidence often declines when certain promises are not fulfilled, but De Jongh wonders whether that also applies to this cabinet. “We have a completely different kind of cabinet, of course,…
Academic year starts with demonstration: ‘Will we still get good education with so many cutbacks?’
Are the concerns justified? The new coalition of PVV, BBB, NSC and VVD announced in May that they wanted to cut more than 1 billion euros in academic education. Cabinet…