Ghent University rector Petra De Sutter was set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam next week, but has decided to decline after multiple AI citations were discovered in her inauguration speech. AI-generated Einstein, including fake quotes. (Image: Unsplash/Marjolein van der Veldt) “Dogma is the enemy of progress, as you may know.”
Master’s student Tijmen Snel has secured qualification for the Olympic Games in Milan. At the Olympic Qualification Tournament (OQT) held in Thialf at the end of December, he recorded the second-fastest time in the 1,500 metres, earning an Olympic starting place. In the 1,500 metres, Snel was beaten only by Joep Wennemars. Wennemars won in
You are free to read Plato, just not when he writes about race or gender. A professor of philosophy at a major university in Texas has been required to skip certain texts in his classes. The history of philosophy is sometimes described as a series of footnotes to Plato. The Greek philosopher lived around 400
Things went wrong during the transition to a new administration system: on Monday, employees at Leiden University suddenly found themselves able to view the personal data of their colleagues, among others. Names, home addresses, and sometimes even phone numbers... the personal data of everyone who had submitted an invoice to Leiden University was suddenly visible
Despite the persistent winter weather, lectures and exams at TU Delft will continue as usual on Wednesday. This was decided by the Executive Board (CvB) on Tuesday (intranet). The university is also not advising its employees to work from home, unlike Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch infrastructure agency, in Dutch), which did so earlier on Tuesday due to
The European Commission wants to tackle the housing crisis, including for students. However, Peter Boelhouwer, professor of Housing Systems at TU Delft, warns that “real solutions can only be found in the Netherlands itself.” In December, the European Commission presented its plans to tackle the housing crisis. Normally, Brussels does not interfere in the housing
Anyone wishing to study on campus between Christmas and New Year's Eve should bear in mind that some buildings will be closed. The faculties of Architecture and the Built Environment, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Applied Sciences and Technology, Policy and Management and the Pulse teaching building will be closed. Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, Mechanical
A rent of, for example, €500 could rise to €520 next year in the social sector (which includes many student residences) or to €536 for a room in a private student residence. This would amount to an additional €250 to €370 in housing costs per year. The Spring Memorandum stated that rents in the social
What is the brand name Lay's doing on the new waste bins on campus? That is what the Student Council asked the Executive Board last Thursday. The subject is causing quite a stir. Delta also received tips about it. The waste separation units are being installed in more and more TU Delft buildings this month.
The Netherlands must spend billions of euros on knowledge, innovation and infrastructure, advises former ASML CEO Peter Wennink in a report requested by the outgoing Cabinet in early September. ‘Whereas Europe once played a pioneering role in innovation, this has not been the case for years,’ it states. The report throws around billions. The idea
