Pintra (EN) Blog
When New Zealander Professor Regan Watts from the Faculty of Design Sciences moved to Antwerp five years ago, the support of his colleague Professor Koenraad Keignaert and his wife Katrien proved invaluable. ‘As a newcomer, you have a million questions and you want good answers to them’, Regan says while thinking back.
Professor Patrice Perreault of the Faculty of Science and his wife Marisol supported the Spanish Amaya when she swapped Puerto Rico for a job at UAntwerp. ‘As expats, we are well aware of how important it is to have help in the beginning’, says Patrice.
Disposable is out, reusable is in. People are buying cloth vegetable bags, metal drinking bottles and glass containers to reduce their carbon footprint. But just buying new products will not get us there. Our behaviour has to change as well, and that appears to be easier said than done. According to research by ‘The Reuse Lab’ at the University of Antwerp, implementing smart design can help.
The first English-language bachelor programme at our university has started: the ‘Social-Economic Sciences’ (SES) study programme, a broad programme with an international focus, attracted some forty Flemish and international students. Programme coordinator Koen Decancq, teaching assistant Kim Boudiny and student Tijmen Brouwer tell how the very first semester went.
The Campus Groenenborger library is more than just a library. Of course, you will find everything you would expect at a library: books, quiet study spots, computers, places for group work, etc. But there is much more. How about 3D printing, laser cutting or vinyl cutting? All of this is possible in BibLab, a small makers’ lab.
materials at UAntwerp. With room for 37 potential laboratories and an emergency power supply capable of powering a small village, it is quite the technical feat. ‘You don’t have a blueprint ready for such a construction project’, says Mathias Capiau of the Infrastructure Department. Together with BlueApp manager Quinten Van Avondt, he guides you through the building process.
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, Noel Clycq (Training and Education Sciences) passes the feather on to Miet Kuppens (Faculty of Social Sciences).
Would you like to live more sustainably, but do you need that extra push? Then Green Impact is just the thing for you! For a whole year, you join a team commit to actions of your choice, from cycling to campus to eating vegan for a week. Check out the amazing results of the first edition of Green Impact.
The end of the year is approaching, and what would be better than ending the year with a heart-warming deed? To make this happen, the University of Antwerp Fund and Team Diversity are joining forces. They want to encourage you to make a donation before the end of the year. This is how we create our own Warmest Week.
After a career of more than forty years at UAntwerp, including 18 years as head of the Finance Department, Martin Decancq is passing on the torch to Werner Jacobs. ‘As Chief Financial Officer, you will never be loved, but you can be respected’, says Werner.
On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our Middelheim Campus will be coloured orange. By doing so, our university shows its solidarity for the worldwide campaign against physical and sexual aggression towards women that starts on that day. For this occasion, we give the floor to three scientists who are fighting against sexual assault with their research.
The upcoming edition of the Fusion Show will for the first time be presented by three of our own researchers, who followed an intensive coaching programme. ‘The past few months have been quite an adventure. But once you’re on that stage, the stress melts away’, said one enthusiastic researcher turned presenter.
