Update 1 May 2024 The professor in question is Corinne Hofman, Dutch newspaper NRC reported (in Dutch) on Wednesday based on interviews with insiders. Sources within the university also confirmed to Leiden university magazine Mare (in Dutch) that Hofman is involved. She is a professor of archaeology and was dean of the archaeology faculty between
The Mira Mí mural is nominated for the Le Comte Prize 2023 for the best art work decorating the town of Delft. Alumni Parya Lotfi and Glenn Weisz worked together on Mira Mí.
In June, TU Delft student Abdelkader Karbache will become the new president of the National Students' Union (LSVb). At the National Students' Association (ISO), Mylou Miché will then take over. Karbache (23) is pursuing two masters at TU Delft (Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Technology) and was already a board member of the Delft student
Delft student Max Pelsma (23) was honoured with the Erepenning voor Menslievend Hulpbetoon (English: medal for humanitarian assistance) at the town hall in Delft on Tuesday. He was presented with the medal by mayor Marja van Bijsterveldt for rescuing a woman from the water earlier this year. On 18 January, the student saw a car
Submitted by Ruben Wiersma (PhD student at Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) For a few years now, I have enjoyed listening to Esther Perel's podcast 'Where should we begin?'. In the podcast, she talks to couples who encounter problems in their relationships. It could be that one is fighting too much, their partner is
On Friday 19 April 19, Dutch Lower House member Luc Stultiens (GroenLinks-PvdA) asked parliamentary questions about the course of events surrounding an article that Delta took offline in protest. Among other things, Stultiens wants to know whether Outgoing Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf shares the view of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten (Dutch Association of Journalists,
The Kring van Hoofdredacteuren (literally the circle of editors in chief) – or Kring for short – rebukes the legal threats expressed by TU Delft to Delta. In a letter [link in Dutch] to the Executive Board, the Kring also asks Saskia Bonger, the Editor in Chief, to not be held liable for any personal
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 23 advanced grants of up to 2.5 million euros to highly experienced researchers from Dutch knowledge institutions. It is possible that more will be awarded. Last year, the Netherlands was still in seventh place with 14 awarded grants, but in the 2023 round, with 23 out of 255
TU Delft wants to expand to Rotterdam to enable further student growth but students are not sufficiently aware of these plans. This is shown in a survey by student council party Oras among over 1,600 bachelor, master and switch students. At the end of 2022, TU Delft announced plans to open a branch in Rotterdam.
On other days, the director of the international atomic energy agency IAEA is mostly busy managing the crisis surrounding the occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizja. But on Wednesday afternoon, 24 April, Rafael Grossi will visit the TU Delft. The purpose of his visit is twofold: to reduce the female shortage in the nuclear
