Three top athletes from Delft have a chance of participating in the Olympic Games in Italy this coming February. Master’s student in Computer Science Tobias van den Hurk can qualify with the Dutch curling team in Kelowna, Canada, over the next two weeks. They’ll play their first match against China on Saturday, December 6th. How are things looking?
The occupation of the roof of Mechanical Engineering is over. The police arrested the activists from Delft Student Intifada at 6:10 PM. They had wanted to spend the night on the roof, but TU Delft did not consider this safe.
‘Delft Student Intifada’ has occupied the roof of Mechanical Engineering. They are demanding an academic boycott of Israel and a public condemnation of the genocide in Palestine. They want to engage in dialogue with the Executive Board, but that has not yet made an appearance.
By early October, one in four TU Delft managers had completed the one-day course Leadership and Social Safety. Another quarter had signed up. The unions are calling for the training to be mandatory, but the Executive Board is sticking to persuasion rather than compulsion.
What do you think of our new draft code of conduct? That is what TU Delft wants to know from its staff and students. The code is intended to provide more clarity about what behaviour is and is not desirable.
From a sushi box to a chessboard and from a gym to a minion: TU scientist and craft enthusiast Rolf Hut technically enhances every ‘Sinterklaas surprise’ with light, sound or movement. Welcome to Rolf’s Surprise Lab.
When Marja van Bijsterveldt stepped down as mayor of Delft in September after nine years, TU Delft gave her a farewell gift: a named fund. The details of that gift have now become clear.
Higher education without Microsoft? Serious alternatives are being explored here and there. However, the challenge is not yet resolved. While the education sector is attempting to break free, Microsoft is taking on more and more tasks.
Do you ever get a latte or americano from the Coffee-star? If so, the coffee you are drinking is roasted in the Hortus Botanicus. A new, bigger roaster means that Coffee-star owner Jan Willem Keus and barista Mateusz Bartosik can serve the whole campus fresh coffee.
