Free coffee with the new Rector: some 100 TU Delft staff members were up for that last Thursday morning. Hester Bijl had a coffee cart brought to the Aula for the occasion, something she had already announced when she was inaugurated at the Dies Natalis a week earlier. Coffee moment with Hester Bijl. (Photo: Thijs
The fire brigade was called out on Sunday night due to a fire in the old TU building Gele Scheikunde. (Photo: District 8) There was a lot of smoke on Julianalaan on Sunday evening due to a fire in the historic TU building Gele Scheikunde (Yellow Chemistry). The fire started in a small pile of
On Thursday evening, January 15, the TU Library will be closed to students due to a dinner for outgoing rector magnificus and executive board chair Tim van der Hagen. During the day, part of the University Library will be closed for preparations for the dinner. Student council party ORAS calls the timing of the temporary
Are you studying at TU Delft, do you have experience as a photographer, do you own a good camera and do you want to improve your skills in journalistic photography? Then come be a photographer for Delta, the independent news website of the TU Delft! This photograph was taken by student Thijs van Reeuwijk, who
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
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
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
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.
Prof. Machiel van Dorst will become the new Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment on 1 February 2026. Van Dorst is currently Professor of Environmental Behaviour and Design. Van Dorst graduated from TU Eindhoven in 1992 with a degree in architecture and environmental psychology. After graduating, he worked for many years
"The perfect moment to make plans together and build up energy for 9 December." According to the organisers, that's the reason to come to a mobilisation lunch at Pulse next Monday. The lunch is a first step towards a new strike in higher education on 9 December. On that day, there will be a demonstration
