Building with Bamboo (lecture)

BouT, Bambu Social is a non profit organisation which focuses on the improvement of social housing by the use of the local and natural material bamboo. Together with Students4Sustainability and BouT they are working together to organize a lecture, workshop and competition in the theme ‘Building with Bamboo.’ Free lunch included at the lecture. Facebook […]

Building with Bamboo (workshop)

BouT, Bambu Social is a non profit organisation which focuses on the improvement of social housing by the use of the local and natural material bamboo. Together with Students4Sustainability and BouT they are working together to organize a lecture, workshop and competition in the theme ‘Building with Bamboo.’ To register for the workshop, click here. […]

Inside Syria: A Photo Exhibition

Aleppo, 2014. Photographer Fouad Hallak captures the daily lives of Syrians in rebel held territory. Hallak, 27, fled Syria and currently lives in a refugee camp in the Netherlands. Come see a selection of Hallak’s photographs on display in the entrance hall of the Aula. For more on Hallak, see several news articles from the […]

Broodje Speciaal: Big Data, het einde van de wetenschap

Wij voorspellen graag de toekomst. Erger nog, zonder beeld van de toekomst raken wij in paniek. De manische behoefte aan een beeld van de toekomst maakt ons kritiekloos. Onderscheid tussen synchroniciteit en correlatie kunnen wij niet maken. Als er maar vaak genoeg gebeurt wat wij dachten dat er zou gebeuren dan is ons model van […]

Grote Denkers: Amor Mundi

We leven in een tijd waarin ons persoonlijk geluk centraal staat. We doen er alles aan om ons goed te voelen en ons te ontplooien en worden daarin gestimuleerd door een heuse geluksindustrie. Maar al die aandacht voor het individu gaat ten koste van de aandacht voor de wereld om ons heen. Langzamerhand hebben we […]

Brain Bar: Meet your brain

“You are your brain”. While this statement still raised eyebrows just a decade ago, people are coming to terms with the idea that their thoughts, feelings, and behavior, are ultimately rooted in the neural processes within their heads. This insane idea that electrical signals between tiny nerve cells somehow code for all that you are… […]

The School of Life: How to find a job you love

We all know what the perfect job looks like: well paid, respectable, challenging and emotionally satisfying. But we also know something else: that dream job isn’t yours. This class will help you find out what you really want to get out of your working life. We start off with the various factors that influence our […]

Brain Bar: Consciousness

“You are your brain”. While this statement still raised eyebrows just a decade ago, people are coming to terms with the idea that their thoughts, feelings, and behavior, are ultimately rooted in the neural processes within their heads. This insane idea that electrical signals between tiny nerve cells somehow code for all that you are… […]

Brain Bar: Hello World

“You are your brain”. While this statement still raised eyebrows just a decade ago, people are coming to terms with the idea that their thoughts, feelings, and behavior, are ultimately rooted in the neural processes within their heads. This insane idea that electrical signals between tiny nerve cells somehow code for all that you are… […]

Beta Balie Debat: Van patiënt tot cyborg

Wouter Serdijn is Hoogleraar Bioelektronica en werkt aan miniatuur-elektronische apparaatjes die in ons lichaam communiceren met hart-, spier-, zenuw- en hersen-weefsel. Deze electroceutica zijn de elektronische tegenhangers van farmaceutica en kunnen ingezet worden om de doven te laten horen, de blinden te laten zien, de lammen te laten lopen en een groot aantal hersen-aandoeningen, zoals […]