Pintra (EN) Blog
Herman Van Goethem is saying goodbye as a rector on 1 September, but not before we’ve reminisced about the past eight years of his career together. Guided by an equal number of questions, he takes us on a tour of the fascinating world that is the rectorship.
Antwerp Summer & Winter University (ASWU) is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. We talked to initiator and Head of International Relations Sara Bervoets and with two driving forces from the very beginning, Professor Annick Schramme (Responsible Fashion Management) and Professor Pierre Van Damme (Vaccinology), about the significance of ASWU for the participants and for our university.
The 20th anniversary of the University of Antwerp was accompanied by numerous major structural changes – including in terms of buildings and campuses. Take a look at 20 high-profile completions with Head of the Infrastructure Department Lieven Willems and its Director General Bart Heijnen.
Did you know that there are six bike repair kiosks at our university? These are robust bike pumps with eight common tools such as wrenches and screwdrivers to help all staff and students repair their bikes. Student Eros demonstrates how he uses the repair kiosk on Campus Drie Eiken.
The University of Antwerp is fully committed to greener facades, roofs and other facilities to strengthen biodiversity …
Diversity as an added value and inclusivity as the norm – these areas of focus of UAntwerp do not only apply to UAntwerp’s education and policy, but also to the structure and usage of its buildings. We talked to Maddie De Pauw, expert construction projects, about an inclusive campus.
Veronique Rega from the Library and Archives Department explains how the renovation of the library on Campus Groenenborger was a collaboration with students.
At the Culture Commons Quest Office (CCQO) at UAntwerp, researchers and artists from Belgium and abroad join forces to find sustainable employment and bottom-up solutions for the arts sector. Physiotherapist and researcher of rehabilitation sciences Kato Everaert sheds light on the cooperation with designer and researcher Annelys de Vet.
For the TURQUOISE research project, coordinator Jan Staes (Department of Biology), Jan Cools (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development) and Steven Van Passel (Department of Engineering Management) joined forces. The project wants to find out how we can raise the groundwater levels in Flanders, and how we can implement the solutions sustainably.
In the TOTO project, Pieter Tieleman (Faculty of Design Sciences) and Patricia Van de Walle (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) join forces to design an affordable ankle foot orthosis for children in Madagascar, made of locally available materials. ‘It is of great importance to bring the right types of expertise together.’
On 25 March, UAntwerp will open the doors of Vaccinopolis: a unique vaccine research centre and also a new building at Campus Drie Eiken. The research centre isn’t the only unique thing; there are several surprising facts about the building itself.