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• How to survive Wageningen student - 25-08-2016 The start of the new academic year brings a lot of new students to Wageningen from all corners of the globe. They face a new country, the Wageningen approach to studying, and Dutch...
• ‘They cherry-pick’ science - 21-06-2016 Who? Anke Janssen, project leader at Fresh, Food and Chains What? Presented a study on the balance between meat and vegetable consumption Where? In media such as the Volkskrant new...
• ‘Thrilled to bits’ with F&A Next organisation - 02-06-2016 Who? Jan Meiling, managing director of StartLife What? Co-organized F&A Next, an event for startups, companies and investors Why? Wants to put Wageningen on the map for agrofood in...
• ‘3700 participants already after one week’ science - 19-05-2016 Who? Hans Farjon, landscape and spatial planning researcher What? Launched the HappyHier app Where? Vroege Vogels radio programme and various regional broadcasters
• Innovation pays off for Kotter fisheries science - 07-04-2016 Who? Mike Turenhout, researcher at the LEI What? Presented positive figures on Kotter fisheries Where? Most daily newspapers, Omroep Flevoland (a regional broadcasting company) an...
• ‘In the dark forest at 7 am’ organisation - 24-02-2016 Last week Jan den Ouden, teacher forest ecology and forest management, led journalists through the biggest practice forest of the Netherlands. How did it go?
• ‘It feels like a fatwa’ science - 11-02-2016 Who? Tiny van Boekel, director of the Education Institute (OWI) What? Made the case for processed food in national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad and regional papers Followed by? A tsu...
• Dissecting whale is ‘feat of strength’ science - 28-01-2016 Who? Mardik Leopold, researcher at Imares Wageningen UR What? Revealed the contents of five whale stomachs Where? In numerous newspapers, on Radio 1, the children’s news and TV pro...
• ‘Less Ritalin in green neighbourhood’ science - 19-01-2016 Who? Sjerp de Vries, environmental psychologist at Alterra Why? Studied the link between ADHD and the amount of vegetation in the neighbourhood What? The greener the neighbourhood,...
• ‘The climate conference is a big circus’ science - 10-12-2015 Who? Professor by special appointment of European Forests, Gert-Jan Nabuurs What? Took part in the UN climate conference in Paris Why? To draw attention to the issue of sustainable...