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Borrel & Pubquiz – Fiesta Mexicana

On Wednesday the 23rd of May, the combined borrel and pubquiz took place. The theme of the night was ‘Fiesta Mexicana’. In line with the theme, the borrel committee had bought Mexican drinks, tortilla chips and other snacks. Besides, we enjoyed some delicious ‘Mexican’ burritos, tacos, quesadillas and churros… During the pubquiz, three teams battled…

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Masterclass – Career Orientation

During the second masterclass of 2017/2018 SHA students had the opportunity to learn more about their career options after completing a master’s programme. The first day, Monday April 23rd, was focussing on PhD’s and thus mainly about pursuing a career in science. Ralph Meulenbroek welcomed the students with a cellist solo and continued telling about…

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Symposium – Neurodegenerative diseases

On Thursday the 5th of April 2018, a symposium took place about “Neurodegenerative Diseases”. It was organized by four students of different studies, which was reflected in the program of the evening. The big variety in the program gave an interesting view on this field of study. This symposium hosted four speakers, who all had…

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Pubquiz – Music and films

A few weeks ago, on Monday the 19th of March, we organised our very successful second pubquiz in café ‘t Neutje! While we made sure drinks and snacks were available, the teams were formed. One of the teams was our own student board and they were very motivated to win. It was a very exciting…

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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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