How can academic freedom be protected? Peter Kwikkers, one of the architects of the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act, has written a book about it. In it, he proposes draft legal provisions as well as an academic oath.
TFP Student Action Europe had permission from the mayor to protest against abortion on campus on Thursday. However, @tue.nl had not been informed and was surprised by the protest. Bystanders took matters into their own hands and did not give the demonstrators a chance to spread their message.
Students are increasingly using AI to support their studies. It can help them learn or practice for exams, but some students also use AI to generate answers to entire assignments. Five @tue.nl lecturers explain how they detect AI use and what they allow, discourage, or encourage in their courses.
To satisfy his curiosity and make his training runs more interesting, @tue.nl student Maron Janssen decided to run through every single street in Eindhoven. The finish line is now in sight: on March 28, he will complete the challenge in district Achtste Barrier.
On Thursday afternoon, a protest against abortion organized by TFP Student Action Europe on the TU/e campus sparked a spontaneous counterprotest. What started with a few students and staff covering the banner with their jackets turned into a kind of “my body, my choice” counter-celebration.
Creating 5,400 new student housing units over the next eight years: with that goal in mind, Patrick Groothuis signed a letter of intent on behalf of @tue.nl on Thursday afternoon.
What will the Europe of tomorrow look like—and what role will engineers play in shaping it? That question was at the heart of KIVI's Engineer’s Day, held at @tue.nl on Wednesday. There was also royal attendance: Princesses Beatrix and Mabel presented two awards.
@tue.nl welcomes a new student team, starting this spring: Abyss. Their goal: to innovate maritime technology, while showing that a student team is all about learning, collaborating, and experimenting. They are pursuing this through a new type of submarine, co-founder Iordanis Pagonidis says.
“You don’t have to do everything alone.” During Wellbeing Week, attention was drawn to the mental health of @tue.nl staff in the Atlas building. Cursor columnist Annemarie van Malsen didn’t feel personally addressed, but she stopped for a moment anyway.
After 35 years, the Ig Nobel Prizes for humorous scientific research are leaving the United States. Scientists who voice criticism of the U.S. on social media may risk visa complications. As a result, it has become increasingly difficult for organizers to continue hosting the ceremony in the U.S.
A lecturer at TU Delft wrote columns about climate protests. As a result, his name ended up on a list of activists that TU Delft shared with the police, according to the university magazine Delta.
A world first: street lighting that allows road users to see whether they need to make way for emergency vehicles. With this project, called Pulse, student team IGNITE wants to turn Eindhoven back into the innovation capital of light. www.cursor.tue.nl/en/campus/20...
Construction of a new pilot production line for photonic chips began at the High Tech Campus on Monday. The test factory is part of the PIXEurope pilot line, a project in which @tue.nl is closely involved.
Bias and laziness are often seen as bad habits, but surprisingly, they can sometimes lead to better results in science. Matteo Michelini’s PhD research at @tue.nl and the Ruhr-Universität shows that individual reasoning flaws can actually stimulate collective thinking.
EuFlex is the staffing agency where @tue.nl students can find part-time jobs related to their studies. A great concept: companies get employees with up-to-date knowledge, while students gain relevant work experience. But the supply of jobs is far too limited.
As one of the highlights of the @tue.nl Wellbeing Week, former Olympic speed skater Beorn Nijenhuis gave a lecture at the TU/e campus. His message: change doesn’t happen through willpower, but through small repeated actions. “That’s how exercising becomes as routine as brushing your teeth.”
This year’s Klokhuis Science Award has been awarded to Dutch Touch Society, a group of researchers studying the effects of touch. One of them is @tue.nl researcher Antal Haans.
For a hefty fee, a small company in Tilburg “helps” international students apply for student grants. Student finance provider DUO has its doubts, but can’t take action: the company appears to be operating within the boundaries of the law.
Dancing cardboard, virtual hugs, and a special incubator for extremely premature babies: three @tue.nl projects are in the running for this year’s Klokhuis Science Award. Goal is to show how science can be made creative and accessible for children.
Ralph van Ierland and Joeri van Limpt, staff member and student at @tue.nl respectively, are on the candidate list for the municipal elections. On March 18, they will find out whether their ideals may be realized. One of them is: more STEM graduates in politics.
With the EU Action Plan, @tue.nl aims to better support its researchers in applying for European grants. Another goal of the university is to raise awareness in Brussels of its research impact.
Female Electrical Engineering students at @tue.nl have joined forces in Valkyrie: the first sorority of study association Thor. The sorority has fifteen members who have found each other within a male-dominated department.
The vandalism of the @tue.nl Auditorium building Tuesday night has been claimed by Palestine Action NL. On Wednesday, the group shared footage of the damage being carried out on Instagram, stating: “We will keep coming back until the university cuts all ties with Zionist universities and companies.”
Nearly all entrances to the Auditorium were severely damaged on Wednesday night. Twenty-three windows were smashed and splattered with paint and red sauce. Security camera footage is available, but the perpetrators have not yet been identified. TU/e has filed a police report.
Smart prosthetic limbs can function almost as well as a real arm, hand, or leg. But the smoother and more advanced the bionic prosthesis works, the more wires need to be concealed. TU/e researcher Kyle van Oosterhout developed prosthetic technology designed to fit like a second skin.
The TU/e is making Sportpark De Hondsheuvels available for student housing, with major consequences for two student sports clubs. Golf Club De Club will move to Tongelreep Golf Club. Volleyball club Hajraa now needs to find a new location for 120 volleybal courts for its annual Outdoor Tournament.
Limit the number of PhD candidates per supervisor, advises De Jonge Akademie, to avoid creating “prof-chickens”—professors stretched too thin to properly mentor the early-career researchers under their wings.
It makes perfect sense to chair Victor Baas that the favorite number of Eindhoven Student Indoor Handball Association Oktopus is 8. “An octopus has eight tentacles, right? And a handball player could use eight arms too.”
This week, it was time again for the annual Career Expo. So this week's Cursor's Question is: Do you already know what you wanna do after your studies? youtu.be/ynTg2OM8IsU
