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Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ plans to be zero waste by 2030. With research and teaching laboratories, restaurants, and hundreds of offices, this is no small task. Delving into the complexities of waste management on campus, insights from ‘living lab’ research connecting research, education and operations hope to shift the university’s waste management paradigm.

This morning, a club of UU staff planted some 65 m2 of organically grown flower bulbs in the flower boxes in front of the old cogeneration plant on Princetonlaan.

The Utrecht Summer School 2023, featuring the course Introduction to Complex Systems, concluded after a week of intensive lectures, projects, and social activities.

In the third blog in the series 'Simple steps towards FAIR code and software' Julian Gonggrijp explains how you can ensure that others can run your code.

The NAE is a new initiative that brings together Dutch leading experts and innovators in science. It receives financial support from the Dutch Ministries of Education, Culture, and Science, as well as the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.

Would you like to gain insight into what statements politicians or parties have made on a particular subject? The Dutch Parliamentary Speeches, from 1815 to 2022, have now been added to the text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer.

One of the CCSS Board members is Florian Berger, assistant professor and principal investigator of the research group for theoretical biophysics at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. His research revolves around mapping and understanding the dazzling complexity of cell biology.

Would you like to keep developing yourself as a teacher? The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning organises interesting workshops and webinars (W&W) focused on teacher development.

The term 'tradition' is widely used to refer to indigenous wisdom and fossil-free farming. Such thinking is important in challenging modernist techno-optimism. But it also makes tradition seem like something that belongs to the past and political margins.

UCERF PhD researcher Fiore Schuthof presented her paper about Decision-Making Rights of Persons with Dementia at the 33rd Alzheimer Europe conference.

New insights into the complex nature of treatment response in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Meet 3 postdocs researching interdisciplinary education at UU.

Read this book by Roberta Biasillo, 'An Environmental History of the Pontine Marshes: Terracina from the Unification to the Integral Reclamation (1871-1928)' in English, in open access.

The book, edited by Helwi Blom, among others, examines ten of the most popular fictional narratives in early modern Europe (1470-1800).

The Board of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has appointed a committee to advise on the design of a new selection procedure for admission to the Bachelor program of Veterinary Medicine.

From 1 January 2024, Marian Thunnissen is appointed as endowed professor of Lifelong Learning with and within Higher Education at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

On November 21st, the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library showcases open educational resources. Will we see you there?

In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed.

A new blog by Ivana Ljuština on the impact of the migrant situation in Bosnia.

Local2Local partnership with UU has opened the Grounded Kitchen at USP together with Grounded at Heidelberglaan 15

Gönül Dilaver and Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij were awarded a Comenius Leadership Fellow-grant of 500.000 euro in June. They developed a teaching method that uses art and game theory to teach students how to improve their skills in talking about sensitive topics.

As of 1 January 2024, Professor Albert Klein Tank will begin work as the Scientific Director of the Delta Climate Center, and as Professor of Sustainable Transitions for River Deltas in a Changing Climate at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

According to the scientists, the results of the project could potentially lead to safe and effective artificial removal of methane from the atmosphere.

Call for Abstracts for congress EurSafe 2024 "Back to the Future. Sustainable Innovations for Ethical Food Production and Consumption". Submission deadline is 1 December 2023.

The exhibition Unissued Diplomas was shown at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library. It tells the personal stories of Ukrainian students who died in the war.