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Explore Your Brain: unique neurofeedback tool helps adolescents cultivate a ‘growth mindset’
VU researchers Nienke van Atteveldt and Tieme Janssen have been successfully piloting a unique innovation that helps adolescents become aware of their brain’s potential to adapt.
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Amsterdam UMC aims to strengthen focus on nutrition, health, and disease through public-private partnerships
The Executive Board of Amsterdam UMC has expressed a strong interest in expanding the institution’s expertise at the critical intersection of nutrition, health, and disease. This initiative aims to enhance our impact on social well-being and healthcare by fostering collaboration among various (pre)clinical research groups at Amsterdam UMC. Driven by this vision, the Amsterdam Gastroenterology, […]
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REC Impact opens its doors, sparking innovation and change
On 5 September REC Impact opened with a full house of researchers, entrepreneurs, impact drivers, and innovators. REC Impact – located in the former physics lab on Roeterseilandcampus of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) – is where innovation meets action. It will serve as a hub for visionary thinkers and social entrepreneurs working to solve […]
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Impact in education and beyond: VU researcher Laura Rupp secures Comenius Leadership Fellow grant
Laura Rupp has been awarded the Comenius Leadership Fellow grant for a three-year period. This grant of €500,000, will fund a project titled “Global English and International Dutch on the VU Campus”. Over the years, Rupp has successfully reached more than 100,000 people online worldwide, teaching how to understand diverse English accents and speak more […]
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Max Nieuwdorp’s innovative research on gut microbes: a path to combat fatty liver disease
Internist Max Nieuwdorp, of Amsterdam UMC, discovered a few years ago that the microorganisms in the intestines of many overweight people produce alcohol to an increased extent. Breaking down excessive alcohol leads to fatty liver disease, which in turn poses a risk of serious conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nieuwdorp has now received an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for a major study into the underlying causes of this excessive alcohol production.
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Funding from KWF for palliative cancer patients in meaning-making at home
The diagnosis of incurable cancer profoundly disrupts patients’ lives, often causing existential crises and a sense of lost purpose. The KWF-funded project “In Search of Stories” (ISOS) aimed to support these patients by partnering them with spiritual counsellors and professional artists. This co-creation process proved highly beneficial. New funding from KWF Dutch Cancer Society supports […]
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New book by UvA language researchers and lecturers available in bookstores
A new book titled “De wereld in taal – een reis in 40 verhalen” is now available in bookstores! The book is a partnership between Alla Peeters, a lecturer in Russian and Slavic linguistics, and Petra Sleeman, a lecturer in French linguistics, both affiliated with UvA.
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Navigating New Frontiers: Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is being explored more and more by researchers and students within the social sciences, humanities, and beyond. The participants of the two-day Explore Program for Social Entrepreneurship struck up the conversation about how to do more with their research for societal benefit. For what is social entrepreneurship? And where do you begin? Who’s […]
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Towards impact: new open hardware community emerging at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam recently hosted its first Open Hardware event to support the growing community dedicated to openly sharing innovative technologies and tools. Aligned with the principles of open science, open hardware allows for the creation and modification of physical tools without restrictions so that it can be studied, modified, created, and distributed by […]
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Venture Centre IXA-HvA now located at Studio HvA @Amstelcampus
The Venture Centre IXA-HvA has announced that it is prominently located at Studio HvA from now on! This new home reflects their commitment to being an accessible and integral part of the entrepreneurial landscape at the HvA.
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