Student Blog
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War or flare-up of violence?
- ‘Rockets are on their way to Tel-Aviv’, said Resource blogger Angelo Braam’s roommate over breakfast last Tuesday. An update from... -
‘Conferences are badly in need of an update’
- According to blogger Donatella Gasparro, most scientific conferences are boring. Very boring. But at the Wageningen Soil Conference, she witnessed... -
My plastic month
- Blogger Kaavya Raveendran spent the past four weeks in consumer research rooms, collecting data for her thesis. She noticed how sensory testing... -
It’s not all bad
- Our blogger Kaavya Raveendran has a request: let’s all be heroes. Where does this invite come from? It started with a forgotten camera bag. -
What if a girl had no exams?
- Blogger Kaavya Raveendran is still a student, but has no exams this year – just her thesis and internship. Because she hates exams, she should... -
My mother said: you can go wherever you want. But where do I want to go?
- For Blogger Donatella Gasparro, going back home after her studies has never been a priority. ‘But the love for my land, although well hidden,... -
Recipe for a new farm: plans, creativity, and a pinch of courage
- Blogger Donatella Gasparro watches a dream come true at an urban farm started by a group of young friends, including one of her fellow MOA students. -
Who says the future generation is selfish?
- Have you ever been part of a race where running feels like a bigger achievement than winning? Blogger Kaavya Raveendran has. She loved it, although... -
Between saving the world and wanting to be a rock star
- Why are natural sciences so focused on data and numbers, and is the deeply human side so often completely left out? Blogger Donatella Gasparro... -
Why I got uncomfortable and moved to a corridor
- Why in heaven’s name did blogger Kaavya Raveendran move from a comfortable room with private facilities to a room in a corridor where she has to...