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Pubquiz – Sinterkerst

Last week the SHA pub quiz committee organized their first activity; a Sinterklaas pubquiz! A selective group of students made their way to Mick O’Connells through typical dark Dutch autumn weather. Just a casual knowledge on Sinterklaas was not enough. The questions challenged our students’ creativity and knowledge on the history as well as the…

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Symposium – Animal Testing

By a symposium visitor: ”On the 28th of November we have had the pleasure of attending the second symposium of the academic year, this time the topic was animal testing. There were 4 speakers of very different backgrounds and therefore they gave quite divergent talks. We started with a PhD student who talked about her…

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Newsletter – November 2018

When clicking the link below, you can have a look at the newsletter of November, which informs you about all our upcoming events and other information. Newsletter November 2018

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Reception – Halloween

On the 1st of November the first reception of this academic year took place. There were a lot of self-made snacks, including Halloween cookies. The SHA room was good-looking decorated in the spooky vibe and even some of the reception committee members were  make-upped in the Halloween theme.

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Symposium – Music

Written by a symposium attendee: ”Some friends and I went to the symposium on music, not knowing what to expect. How do you organize a symposium on a topic that seems so specific, for an audience so diverse? But with topics on treatment with music therapy as medicine or as stress reduction, the computer science…

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Newsletter – September 2018

When clicking the link below, you can have a look at the newsletter of September, which informs you about all our upcoming events and other information. Newsletter September 2018

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Symposium – Food

On Monday the 18th of June, the postponed symposium on food took place with three speakers covering the broad subject. Dr. Laura Meulenbroek from Danone opened the evening with a talk about cow’s milk allergy management. This talk revealed how the general opinion of exposure at a young age shifted from avoidance to stimulating tolerance….

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Excursion – I love Holland game

On May 31st, some of the brightest minds the SHA has to offer bundled all the interdisciplinary knowledge they had of our little ‘frog country’ at the ‘SHA I love Holland’ night. Screams of the 12 provinces could be heard throughout the Uithof, famous (Dutch) commercials were recalled and exploding boxes were hastily passed around….

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Symposium – GMO’s

On Monday the 4th of June, the symposium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the poster presentations of the interdisciplinary project took place. The evening started off with Karlijn Hasaart, from the Prinses Máxima Center. She spoke about the use of CRISPR/Cas9, a technique used for genetic modification, in organoids for cancer research. Next was…

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Newsletters 2017-2018

Here you can look back at all our previous monthly newsletters, including all our events and other information. Newsletter June 2018 Newsletter May 2018 Newsletter April 2018 Newsletter March 2018 Newsletter February 2018 Newsletter January 2018 Newsletter December 2017 Newsletter October/November 2017 Newsletter September 2017

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