Pintra (EN) Blog
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.
Chair of the Department of Economics Jan Bouckaert (FBE) became the new chair of the Board of …
“Jan Bouckaert about his new role as chair of the Board of Governors”
Building Q of Campus Drie Eiken was the setting for our New Year’s reception this year. Almost a thousand of us raised our glasses to what 2024 will bring, while 20 highlights from 20 years of the University of Antwerp were displayed.
A feather in your cap: the feather is a prize passed on from one UAntwerp colleague to another in recognition of their efforts or achievements. This time, Marc Van Laeken (Infrastructure Department) passes the feather on to Marc Demolder (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences).
On 31 August 2024, Herman Van Goethem’s mandate as rector of the University of Antwerp is expiring. This means rector elections will take place this academic year. We’ll take you through the procedure for these elections.
House sparrows, black redstarts, swifts and bats can once again find their way to Stadscampus. In collaboration with the Infrastructure Department, the UAntwerp Climate Team and Natuurpunt, first-year architecture students have developed a whole host of animal houses with the aim of boosting biodiversity on campus.
Every afternoon, around two thousand hungry staff members and students find their way to komida. ‘Strictly speaking, we are a mass-catering operation, but we make every effort not to be one’, notes the komida coordinator An Op de Beeck. Early one Monday morning, we donned an apron and hair cap and got to peek into the pots for half a day at komida Middelheim.
Soon you’ll only be able to log in to your UAntwerp account with multi-factor authentication (MFA). That means you’ll need to perform an extra step after entering your username and password. ‘This extra layer of security is absolutely needed. To avoid last-minute surprises, we recommend already activating the system right now,’ says the ICT Department.
A feather in your cap: the feather is a prize passed on from one UAntwerp colleague to another in recognition of their efforts or achievements. This time, Carla Uwents (Environmental Office) passes the feather on to Marc Van Laeken (Infrastructure Department).
