On Monday 15 January 2018, a symposium took place with the theme ‘Water in the Future’. It was organised by four students of different studies and that was reflected in the program. It was a very varied program with an interesting presentation for each field of study.      …

          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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

The interfacultary symposium of March 29th was organised with a very intriguing topic to everyone who is at least a little bit interested in medicinal research: “Regenerative medicine”. But firstly, even though we have all heard about regenerative medicine and the promises that it makes either from our professors, the news, maybe a friend; do…