• NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

    PH-WUR ‘lands’ on campus

    20:39u 08 Feb - It didn't make an emergency landing at the Atlas building. The Sky Arrow 650 didn't arrive by air, but by road. Properly, along with…

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    CORPORATE

    No VICIs once again

    09:37u 04 Feb - Wageningen does not get any VICI grants for the fourth year running. Good researchers in their…

  • PLANT

    Quick DNA test detects Panama disease in bananas

    17:27u 02 Feb - Plant Research International and the Brazilian research organization Embrapa have developed a DNA test that can…

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    SOCIAL SCIENCES

    Future of Rural History uncertain till the summer

    20:38u 28 Jan - The Wageningen professor of Rural History Pim Kooij has since 1 January retired to emeritus status.…

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    AGRICULTURE

    Information dissemination in Malawi misses the mark

    06:16u 28 Jan - Things are not working well for participatory farmer field schools in Malawi where woman farmers get…

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    Better vaccines against Rift Valley Fever outbreak in animals

    17:01u 08 Feb - The Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) has developed two candidate vaccines to protect animals, and probably humans too, against the Rift Valley Fever virus. This…

  • EDUCATION

    ’ You should look angry’

    18:22u 02 Feb - Buildings are being occupied in Utrecht, Nijmegen and Amsterdam; in Wageningen they take photos of students…

  • EDUCATION

    Orion to get intelligent lifts

    09:19u 29 Jan - The new university building Orion will almost certainly be equipped with so-called intelligent elevators which will…

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    AGRICULTURE

    Pesticides hamper recovery of biodiversity on farmland

    13:15u 28 Jan - Since the early nineties the EU has implemented policies to reduce the dramatic negative effects of…

  • Savoury sprinkles for bread

    08:09u 27 Jan - 'Students here learn that product development is not just stirring and whisking', says VHL major course…

  • NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

    PH-WUR ‘lands’ on campus

    20:39u 08 Feb - It didn't make an emergency landing at the Atlas building. The Sky Arrow 650 didn't arrive by air, but by road. Properly, along with…

  • PLANT

    Quick DNA test detects Panama disease in bananas

    17:27u 02 Feb - Plant Research International and the Brazilian research organization Embrapa have developed a DNA test that can…

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    AGRICULTURE

    Information dissemination in Malawi misses the mark

    06:16u 28 Jan - Things are not working well for participatory farmer field schools in Malawi where woman farmers get…

  • NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

    Farmers mainly to blame for deforestation in the Amazon

    17:26u 26 Jan - Small-scale farmers who lease land from the Brazilian government are very much responsible for deforestation in…

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    FOOD

    Fake meat still too fake

    14:28u 20 Jan - Vegetable-based meat substitutes are still not good enough to persuade meat eaters to abandon their pork…

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    Better vaccines against Rift Valley Fever outbreak in animals

    17:01u 08 Feb - The Central Veterinary Institute (CVI) has developed two candidate vaccines to protect animals, and probably humans too, against the Rift Valley Fever virus. This…

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    AGRICULTURE

    Pesticides hamper recovery of biodiversity on farmland

    13:15u 28 Jan - Since the early nineties the EU has implemented policies to reduce the dramatic negative effects of…

  • NUTRITION

    Knowledge institute to amend text in beer guide

    05:50u 27 Jan - 'A storm in a beer glass', is the response given byFrans Kok, chairman of the Knowledge…

  • AGRICULTURE

    Rice farmers in Senegal can save 40 percent of water

    05:54u 26 Jan - An alternative irrigation technique can enable rice farmers in Senegal to save twenty to forty percent…

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    RESEARCH

    De Vos and Groenen among top European researchers

    10:53u 20 Jan - Microbiologist Willem de Vos and geneticist Martien Groenen are among the European Research Council's top researchers.…

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  • EDUCATION

    ’ You should look angry’

    18:22u 02 Feb - Buildings are being occupied in Utrecht, Nijmegen and Amsterdam; in Wageningen they take photos of students with a speech bubble. This week, Dutch students…

  • STUDENT LIFE

    Hip-hop alternative to gangster life

    09:21u 22 Jan - Esther van der Zijden is using hip-hop to combat gangster violence in Guatemala City. She gave…

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    STUDENT LIFE

    Borney’s Bar to stay closed

    08:52u 21 Jan - The Bornsesteeg flats bar is to remain closed until a new use can be found for…

  • THE WORKS

    Filming oranges in South Africa

    09:41u 17 Jan - Sietze van der Velde, MSc. student in agrotechnology, and a cameraman travelled to Paarl in South…

  • SPORT

    Van Paassen makes it to the winners’ podium

    11:36u 12 Jan - Sanne van Paassen came in third in the Dutch Cyclo-cross Championship on Saturday 9 January in…

  • Savoury sprinkles for bread

    08:09u 27 Jan - 'Students here learn that product development is not just stirring and whisking', says VHL major course coordinator Jacques Molmans. Third year food technology students…

  • STUDENT LIFE

    Bracing winter dip in the Rhine

    09:19u 22 Jan - There were 22 of them on Wednesday evening 20 January taking the traditional winter dip in…

  • IN THE NEWS

    Argo’s new boat christened

    11:01u 18 Jan - On Friday afternoon in the Forum hall Erika Terpstra christened Argo rowing club's new boat: the…

  • EDUCATION

    Van Lammeren is ‘Teacher of the Year’

    08:15u 14 Jan - André van Lammeren, Plant Cell Biology associate professor, has been chosen as the Teacher of the…

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    EDUCATION

    Longer Christmas holidays after all

    18:05u 06 Jan - Following action by the Student Council and the Wageningen Student Union (WSO), Wageningen University students are…

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    CORPORATE

    No VICIs once again

    09:37u 04 Feb - Wageningen does not get any VICI grants for the fourth year running. Good researchers in their forties are thin on the ground

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    SOCIAL SCIENCES

    Future of Rural History uncertain till the summer

    20:38u 28 Jan - The Wageningen professor of Rural History Pim Kooij has since 1 January retired to emeritus status.…

  • CORPORATE

    ‘There is still a world to win’

    15:22u 20 Jan - Aalt Dijkhuizen would like to chair the Executive Board for a third term. Government funding will…

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    EDUCATION

    VHL gets wide-ranging nature management lectorship

    05:57u 14 Jan - Three lectors will soon head a new lectorship in nature management at Van Hall Larenstein in…

  • WORKPLACE

    ‘Administration office not at fire risk’

    16:30u 22 Dec - The administration office of Wageningen UR falls short of fire safety requirements. To enable the premises…

  • EDUCATION

    Orion to get intelligent lifts

    09:19u 29 Jan - The new university building Orion will almost certainly be equipped with so-called intelligent elevators which will shorten the waiting time tremendously.

  • IN THE NEWS

    Plans for De Dreijen put on hold

    05:18u 27 Jan - A stop has been put to the development plan for university terrain De Dreijen in Wageningen.…

  • CORPORATE

    Little confidence in ‘VHL Ahead’

    14:21u 20 Jan - VHL staff concerned about plans for the future. The directors say they are pleased that staff…

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    EDUCATION

    Huub Savelkoul nominated again for best teacher

    06:27u 23 Dec - Students have chosen their best teachers: André van Lammeren, Gert Peek, Huub Savelkoul, Arie Terlouw en…

  • EDUCATION

    Wageningen Uni best again

    21:55u 17 Dec - The Dutch guide to higher education, the Keuzegids, has declared Wageningen the best university in the…

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Typical Dutch

Dutch diploma-tics

My daughter Jo-ann had her first diploma at the age of four: a 'Pieten Diploma' for her gymnastic prowess in throwing wrapped presents down the chimney, climbing onto the roof, jumping from roof to roof, and doing somersaults…

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Background

Life is about organization

Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis has come up with a new theory about what life is. He feels it is not enough to just look at reproduction and metabolism. 'In my opinion you should get just as high a…

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Index

Index 12

Resource magazine 12 is available from today. This is the index with links to all the translated articles. There is some extra information for every title to make your search a little easier. Any suggestions for improvement, please…

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Labour of Love

Henry + mouse
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