Impossible Dutch names

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The Dutch language is really difficult to learn. But what is worse, Dutch first names are very hard to remember. I often don’t even recognize…

YOU on campus – Reading backwards

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On campus, you often come across people quietly reading a book, but…

In diplomatic circles in Myanmar

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Who? Laura Huisman, MSc student of International Land and Water ManagementWhat? Internship…

Meanwhile in… Kenya

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Politics in Kenya are going through a troubled period. On October 26th,…

‘You can’t move a pole around here’

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In Wageningen, discussions about town planning can go on for ever. Showdowns…

Canal surfer surprised by all the attention

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‘Farm wakeboarding’ involves standing on a kiteboard and surfing along a canal…

Can we survive without the Aula?

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The university wants academic ceremonies to move to the planned Dialogue Centre…

Workplace: Toddler nutrition

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With its wooden shelves full of foodstuffs, the room where Annemieke Pustjens…

‘My supervisor advised me to be myself’

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For foreign researchers, doing a PhD at WUR is not only a…

Bacterium makes plastic production more sustainable

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An adapted E. coli bacterium can convert petroleum directly into the building…