UAntwerp has launched the symbolic video game Corona Combat to mark the start of the second semester. Students, staff and sympathisers can bring out their inner Herman Goossens, Pierre Van Damme or Erika Vlieghe and do battle with virus particles. Professors Van Damme and Vlieghe had the honour of being the first to test the game.
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Do you still sometimes travel to the university these days? Then please take some pictures of the snow-covered campuses and win a UAntwerp scarf.
‘Impact on the world, connection, innovation and quality: these are our core values and we want to shine an extra spotlight on them’, says Rector Herman Van Goethem. This sharper focus also serves as the foundation for the new house style. A double interview with the rector and Elisabeth Vanhoutte, head of the Communications Department.
After a sixteen-year career in politics, Inga Verhaert has returned to the University of Antwerp full of enthusiasm as the new head of the International Relations Office – where more than one challenge awaits her. ‘The traditional Erasmus programme is not going to disappear, but we need a broader palette of opportunities if we want to keep growing.’
What if we professors were to do something for the most vulnerable victims of the corona crisis? Professor Lieven Bervoets from the Department of Biology and historian Professor Marnix Beyen had the same idea. The solidarity initiative 1000 x 1000 has raised 700,000 eurosand collected more than 1200 signatures in a call for more social justice.
We invite you to share your questions, ideas and ambitions for the future of our university with us.
After four weeks or 28 days of walking the same streets, running extra kilometres and discovering new paths, we’ve reached the finish line of the Millionaire Team Step Challenge. With 834 participants divided over 157 teams, we collected a total of 192,322,465 steps. Team Sport clocked up the most steps.
In early June, our university launched an appeal to share experiences and suggestions with the aim of improving diversity, which was named ‘Black Lives Matter @ UAntwerp’. This resulted in a flurry of reactions and initiatives. But what has happened since then? Time for an update.
Just one week to go in the Millionaire Team Step Challenge. More than 50 teams have already made it to a million steps, but there’s only one first place, and the first team to reach the target was ‘The Hotties’.
Where do I get textbooks? What activities should I know about? Where can I buy a bike? Finding your way around a new university isn’t always easy. The Buddy Project App aims to give international students, researchers and employees a helping hand by putting them in touch with local hosts.
On Thursday night, Prof. Alain Verschoren, honorary rector of the University of Antwerp, died unexpectedly.
The big day is finally here: UAntwerp’s new and improved website goes live on Monday 23 November. Visitors to www.uantwerpen.be will find that the entire website has a fresh new look. Find out more about the long road to our new website.