Science Honours Academy

Activities

Masterclass: Data accessibility

Over the course of two evenings, Annelies Verhelst from ‘Digitaal toegankelijk’ gave our students a masterclass on data accessibility. They learned about what data accessibility is, why it matters, what needs to be accessible and how to provide it.

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QBio symposium

Last Wednesday, some of our students attended the yearly QBio symposium, organised by a group of master students for their honours programme. In total, six speakers from various disciplines shared their unique insights regarding the overarching theme “The air we breathe.” Topics such as modeling, disease spreading and climate change were discussed. More information on…

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Van Gogh Exhibition

A group of students got to visit the van Gogh exhibition in Utrecht, learning about his work and life story through a series of visually appealing rooms.

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Masterclass iGEM

This Tuesday, iGEM Utrecht hosted a very interesting masterclass for our students. During this, the speakers discussed the promises and pitfalls of a hot topic in science: Synthetic Biology. The interactive aspect of the masterclass consisted of a problem-solving task. Groups of students had to design a plasmid construct and subsequently present their ideas to…

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Game Night!

The first board-mediated reception was a success! Students got together to get acquianted, have a snack and play various games, such as Black Stories, 30 seconds, Jackbox and more!

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Introduction activities

To kick off the new academic year, the introduction committee organised four activities for new students to get to know the SHA and – ofcourse – each other! A phantom hunt, crazy88, quiz night and escape room were organised, taking place both at Science Park and throughout the city center!

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Debate evening

“It is better to debate a question without settling it, than to settle a question without debating it.” – Joseph Joubert (French moralist & essayist, 1754-1824) ? As monsieur Joubert so beautifully said, debating is a prime skill and activity that one should possess and use to evaluate questions in society. That is why, on March 29th,…

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International trip: BUDAPEST

We, as the SHA International Trip Committee, are happy to announce that this year we can go abroad with our trip! ? The destination will be Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary! This trip will take place in week 16 (18-22 April 2022). This will be a valuable experience, both educationally as well as culturally. Important information has been summarized below, and further practical information will follow later….

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Masterclass: entrepreneurship

We are excited to invite you to the first masterclass of 2022! Dr. Werner Liebregts from Tilburg University will be our guest speaker and will tell us about entrepreneurship. He will also make a bridge from entrepreneurship to data science, to further pique your interest. The masterclass will consist of two evenings and an assignment…

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Excursion: murder mystery

We would like to invite you to solve a murder mystery during the first SHA excursion of 2022! Join us for a fun evening of solving puzzles and you’ll have the chance to win a prize. The event will be on Thursday February 17th, from 18.00 to 20.00 at Wilhelminapark. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Joining…

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