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‘Learning the language has made me much happier’
- WUR offers language courses to internationals who want to learn Dutch. For those who want more after finishing the course, it is possible to get a... 0 -
200 international agricultural journalists meet up in Wageningen
- Over two hundred journalists from more than forty countries are in Wageningen to attend the IFAJ World Congress, a four-day congress for agricultural... 0 -
Popular teacher is hanging up his earth drill: Peek era comes to an end
- After teaching for 41 years, it’s time for a change: Gert Peek plans to travel and go gardening in his vegetable plot. On 5 July 2018, the... 0 -
Carefully cutting into genes - Spinoza winner John van der Oost: 'CRISPR-Cas is genuinely revolutionairy'
- Last week, John van der Oost received the ‘Dutch Nobel Prize’. There are rumours that the Wageningen professor of Microbiology could be... 0 -
Idea seeks entrepreneur - Entrepreneurship in Wageningen could use a boost
- Wageningen researchers and graduates don’t stand out for their entrepreneurial qualities, which is a shame as there are plenty of promising... 0 -
Creative with science
- Remarkable things can happen when artists get inspiration from science. And that kind of cross-pollination is being deliberately sought after in this... 0 -
Mining the data mountain: supercomputer analyses and filters existing knowledge
- Which crop grows best where? Which species all have gene X? These are complex questions and we have never been sure how to tackle them. Feed all the... 0 -
Sowing prosperity: WUR projects help Ethiopian farmers advance
- Much improved incomes, new houses, all the kids in school… Ethiopian farmers are harvesting the fruits of long-running WUR projects, as... 0 -
‘My whole life is a gift’ - Han Zuilhof, the philosophical chemist
- He could have become a philosopher but he chose a career in chemistry. And not without success. The British Royal Society of Chemistry recently made... 0 -
From all the corners of the earth - The changing face of the WUR international student
- From planters’ sons from the Dutch East Indies to PhD students from rich oil-producing countries. From mature students from developing countries... 0