GroenLinks-PvdA has emerged as the largest party in the municipal elections in Delft. The merged party secured almost 20 per cent of the votes. D66 follows with 16 per cent, and the student party STIP with 14 per cent. GroenLinks and PvdA already held nine seats between them and, as a merged party, retain that
The public prosecutor's office suspects two pro-Palestinian demonstrators of assaulting a board member of VU University Amsterdam. He was beaten last year and suffered hearing damage when demonstrators shouted into his ear with a megaphone. From a pro-Palestinian tent camp on the VU campus, demonstrators spotted board member Marcel Nollen. When they caught up with
Chess master Anna-Maja Kazarian played a simultaneous chess match against 24 participants at TU Delft’s sports centre X on International Women’s Day. “Men have dominated the chess world for so long. It is inspiring that she is breaking through the stereotypes.”
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
On Thursday, around twenty TU Delft students and staff gathered in the café of Sports Centre X to watch master’s student Tijmen Snel’s Olympic 1,500 metres race together.
What happens when you have to dodge a robot instead of a human? At Highlight Festival, TU Delft postdocs Olger Siebinga (Mechanical Engineering) and Wilbert Tabone (Industrial Design Engineering) will conduct live research into how humans and robots can share the same space without collisions.
Last week, student council party ORAS and tenants' organisation WijWonen handed over 127 letters to student housing provider DUWO. In the letters, tenants share their experiences with house hunting, housemates and living together. In June, DUWO announced its intention to amend its current tenant selection policy. Existing tenants would no longer be allowed to choose
More than twenty years after TU Delft agreed to the construction of a tram line across the campus, it now seems that it will actually happen. Tram 19 will start running in 2026, according to an information board next to the Aula. Test and trial runs with empty trams will start in March.
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
