Just a few more weeks to go and the time will finally be here: the first test runs of Tram 19 across the campus are scheduled. Anyone wishing to catch this momentous occasion will need to stay up late – or get up early. From Tuesday 7 April, test runs will take place two to
Odido provided incorrect information to TU Delft about the cyber attack in February. According to the telecom provider, TU business subscriptions were not affected, but it now appears that data from TU employees has been leaked after all. Odido announced this on Tuesday 10 March in an email to the affected TU employees. The university
For the second day in a row, vandals have caused damage on campus, this time at the Echo educational building. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, twenty-five windows were smashed and sprayed with anti-Zionist slogans. Tonight, Echo is scheduled to host a lecture by “Zionist thinker” Gil Troy. Texts on the shattered windows include
Unknown individuals have vandalised the main entrance of the Aula. Several panes of glass have been cracked and defaced with the words “Fok Fokker”. Part of the entrance has been closed off until further notice. Visitors can still access the Aula via the right-hand door of the main entrance or the entrance on the Library
The Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop has gone bankrupt. The company was founded in 2016 by former members of the Delft Hyperloop student team. What are the consequences for the current dream team? “It’s especially sad to see a player in the hyperloop sector go bankrupt,” says team captain Elise Terwogt. “But it doesn’t have much…
On Wednesday 18 March, students and staff of TU Delft will be able to plant trees between teaching building 35 and Freezone D, a green strip near the Executive Board office. On that day, the university is organising the “TU Delft Tree Festival” as part of National Tree Day. TU Delft members who want to…
Take care of each other. That message is central to an intranet message from the Executive Board about the flare-up of violence in the Middle East: 'the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran' and 'Iran's missile strikes in the region'. "The images of violence, destruction and casualties are deeply affecting," writes the Executive
On Wednesday, Geothermie Delft's geothermal power plant officially became operational. From now on, part of the campus and three DUWO student flats (Mijnbouwplein, Stieltjesweg and Michiel de Ruyterweg) are now heated with hot water from deep underground. Excavation work for the construction of a geothermal network. (Photo: Nikita Ham) "Opening a new heat source in
Students, staff and other interested parties can play chess against FIDE master Anna-Maja Kazarian at sports and culture centre X on Sunday 8 March, International Women’s Day. The Netherlands’ second-highest ranked female chess player will compete in a simultaneous exhibition against thirty opponents at once. A simultaneous exhibition, or ‘simul’, is an event in which
Visitors to the Delft Career Days have been surrounded by a pungent odour all day. The cause is an oily substance on the entrance doors to the Aula, which has soaked into the carpet. According to the Delft Career Days board, the substance was smeared on the doors upon their arrival at the Aula Monday
