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…
A number of employees at DUO will go on strike on Tuesday, 3 March, joining other civil servants across the country. The National Student Union (LSVb) supports the strike, it said in a press release. Because of the strike, DUO may be less reachable by phone. “There will be people answering calls, as always. It
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
A member of the far-right Groot-Nederlandse Studentenvereniging (Great Netherlands Student Association) in Nijmegen was sentenced last week to two years in prison, one of which is probational, for illegal possession of weapons. The student was arrested last summer on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. Weapons and ammunition were found in a building near his
What good are innovative new materials if they cannot be used? The new BioBuild Lab at the TU Delft Green Village aims to change that, with construction that started this week. The construction sector is highly polluting. Biobased materials, which are derived from renewable biological resources, should offer a solution. But how well do these
Dutch science funding organisation NWO awards Vici grants to 39 leading researchers. Ten percent of all applications are approved. Delft, like VU University Amsterdam and Wageningen University, has been awarded four grants. The Vici grant of up to 1.5 million euros is intended for “highly experienced” scientists. The money will enable them to further expand
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
To help reduce the housing shortage in the Netherlands, Chief Government Architect Francesco Veenstra wants to revive an old solution: dividing a single house into multiple residential units, a practice known as woningsplitsing (housing subdivision). This approach should provide short‑term relief for the housing market and create more living space for young people, he said
Young people are more concerned than other age groups about the impact of artificial intelligence on their work. Just over half of them believe that AI could partly or even fully take over their jobs, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The rise of AI is creating considerable uncertainty in the labour market. What
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
