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Masterclass – Journalism of Science

In February, the first Masterclass of this year took place. It’s subject: journalism of science. The lecturer himself is a science journalist and provided us with insights in the media point of view on this. We learned how a scientific discovery can be interpreted differently in every step on it’s way to the newspaper. A…

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International Trip – Vilnius

          It is already a few weeks ago, but it feels like yesterday: the International Trip 2017! This year we went to Vilnius, the beautiful capital of Lithuania. Quite far away, so for the first time in the history of the SHA International Trip we traveled by plane. A study trip…

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Pubquiz – Holidays

On Wednesday the 18th of December our very first pubquiz of 2017/2018 was being held. After a few difficulties in the beginning, like a cancelled space reservation (luckily we could still go to Mick O’ Connells), our exciting pubquiz could start. We also arranged some snacks and drinks of course. Our theme was the past…

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National Trip – KWR Watercycle Research Institute

When we arrived at KWR in Nieuwegein, we were welcomed by Gerda Sulmann with KWR-cookies, coffee and tea. Gerda gave us an interesting introduction in the workings and origin of KWR. Furthermore, she talked about their research and she gave us examples of the work KWR has done over the past years. After this introduction…

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Introduction event 2017-2018

On Monday the 18th of September, the introduction event took place. At this evening, the new honours students got to learn all about the SHA. The new board introduced itself, all the different activities and the committees that organise them were discussed, and the students got a chance to sign up for these committees.

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Interdisciplinary poster presentations & Symposium

On Tuesday June 6th, the SHA symposium took place at the Koningsberger building. This symposium consisted of several plenary speakers and the poster presentation from the students who participated in the SHA interdisciplinary projects. The evening started off with the first speaker, René van Roij, professor in soft-Matter theory at the institute for theoretical physics…

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Masterclass – Pitching your research

Ever listened to a presentation of a classmate or a professor and thought; this is so incredibly boring? Well Hans van de Water who instructed the Masterclass “Pitching your research” on Thursday the 18th of May had the same thought. He was “sick and tired of listening to bad research presentations”. Together with Toon Verlinden…

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National Trip – PRA Health Sciences

On Friday April 21st a group of around 20 students went to Groningen to visit PRA Health Sciences. We left Utrecht station at 10:30 by train. Once we arrived in Groningen, we ate our lunch and then our tour started. First, we got some general information about PRA Health Sciences. It is a company specialized…

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International trip – Prague

From the 24th to the 28th of April, around 80 SHA students went on the international trip to Prague. The organizing committee had arranged a ton of different activities to ensure an educational but most of all fun week. The aim of this trip was to see another country, to experience and interact with another…

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