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Journalism out of balance?
Together with Kathleen Beckers and Annelien Van Remoortere, Karolin Soontjens (Faculty of Social Sciences) wrote 'Journalism Out of Balance?'. The book sheds new light on the debate on press bias. The book provides answers to the many questions surrounding perceptions, image damage, bias ... between political parties and journalists.
07.06. 2023 12:00Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Sara Op de Beeck (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) was selected for the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. For one week, the researcher gets to attend several lectures and has the opportunity to network with other young researchers. Moreover, Sara will have the chance to meet Nobel Prize winners.
07.06. 2023 12:00Global Health Leaders Award
Alumnus and visiting professor Peter Piot (PhD in microbiology, 1980 and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) won the Global Health Leaders Award. This award, presented by the World Health Organization (WHO), is given to him for his phenomenal achievements in public health.
01.06. 2023 11:37Winner '1 year for free'
Student Jef Vandorpe (Law) won the VRT 1 television quiz ‘1 year for free’ in early April. The prize was a whopping 85,000 euros. He will gift part of the prize money to his godson.
15.05. 2023 17:16Belgian Moot Court in Constitutional Law
Master of Law students Eva Devlieghere, Pieter Mertens and Charlotte Verstreken participated in the eighth edition of the Belgian Moot Court in Constitutional Law organised at the Council of State at the end of April. It was quite a success, because the trio went on to win all the prizes.
15.05. 2023 17:14‘Doctor’s prescription for nature’
Three professors from our university recently released a new book. Dirk Avonts, Hans Keune and Roy Remmen (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) wrote ‘Natuur op doktersvoorschrift’ (‘Doctor’s prescription for nature’). The book is about how nature can have an influence on human health.
11.05. 2023 14:14New physiotherapist Telenet Giants Antwerp
Student Elaheh Ahmadi-Eli (Alumna of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy and PhD student) recently became the new physiotherapist of Antwerp basketball powerhouse: Telenet Giants Antwerp.
11.05. 2023 14:12New veterinarian at Zoo Antwerpen and Planckendael
Antwerp Zoo and Planckendael caught a new veterinarian: alumnus Jonas Spruyt (Veterinary Medicine, 2011). The ambitious and adventurous doctor was active abroad for many years and is eager to take on this new challenge.
10.05. 2023 14:45Alumna Jacotte Brokken joins weather team VRT
Alumna Jacotte Brokken (Chemistry, 2015) succeeded Frank Deboosere as weatherwoman. In April Jacotte joined VRT’s weather team.
10.05. 2023 14:33Officer of the Order of Leopold
Officer of the Order of Leopold: this title was conferred on Dominiek Dendooven (Department of History). He received the medal and certificate from Didier Vanderhasselt, the Belgian ambassador to India. In his research, Dendooven emphasises the important role Indian soldiers played during World War I.
10.05. 2023 14:25New chair Voka
Andreas Pfeffer (Communication Sciences, 2003) is the new chair of Voka – Chamber of Commerce and Industry Antwerp-Waasland. Pfeffer is the CEO of temporary employment and recruitment agency Recrewtment.
10.05. 2023 14:07The birthplace of Paul van Ostaijen
The birthplace of poet Paul van Ostaijen on Antwerp’s Lange Leemstraat is bustling again. Matthijs de Ridder, Dennis Van Mol and Ewald Peters are three former members of staff of the Louis Paul Boon Documentation Centre at UAntwerp. De Ridder wrote a biography on Van Ostaijen, Van Mol and Peters worked out an exhibition around the poet’s artist friends.
10.05. 2023 14:06Imposter mother
Imposter mother, that’s the title of Hanan Challouki’s latest book (Communication Sciences, 2015). In the book, the alumna – an expert in inclusive marketing and communication – talks about her first, uncertain year as a mother.
10.05. 2023 13:59