News - June 25, 2010

Second prize for Wageningen alumni

Two Wageningen alumni have won the second prize, which comes with 250 euros, in the inter-country (Netherlands-Belgium) Science Shop prize for 2010.

Andries Middag and Matthijs Timmermans did research on the planned widening of the N340 in the Vecht valley. The biannual prize was won by Antwerp University, with a research project on reading to young children and their enjoyment of reading. The prize was awarded on 17 June on the 25 th anniversary of the Wageningen Science Shop.