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Nieuwe ITC-basis op campus ‘groen en sociaal’

De faculteit ITC krijgt op de campus een gebouw met een ‘sociaal hart’ en drie binnentuinen die met elkaar verbonden zijn. Het college van bestuur en de faculteit zijn akkoord met het voorlopig ontwerp voor de verbouwing van gebouw Langezijds. Over twee jaar kan de faculteit verhuizen.
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UT students want to make freshwater out of seawater

Making drinking water out of seawater. That is the main idea behind Briney’s, an initiative started by a group of UT students. They plan to separate salt from seawater, and therefore produce freshwater, by using reverse osmosis. ‘The innovation is not in the technology, but in connecting it to the commercial market. The remaining salt will be sold in developed countries.’
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‘Accepting the job wasn’t difficult at all’

Justine Blanford is the first professor with a focus on education at the University of Twente, a new position that she started on the 1st of April. ‘Finding the balance between research and teaching is very difficult, so I’m excited to help and make this happen.’
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Opnameapparatuur gevonden in ITC Hotel

Een nachtsurveillant heeft onder deuren van studentenkamers in het ITC International Hotel audio-opnameapparatuur geplaatst. De UT deed aangifte tegen de beveiliger bij de politie, die de zaak nu verder onderzoekt.
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Recording equipment found in ITC Hotel

A night security guard has installed audio recording equipment under the doors of student rooms at the ITC International Hotel. The UT filed a report against the security guard to the police, who is now investigating the case further.
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‘You can’t beat Mother Nature’

Exactly 127 days of total darkness, extreme temperatures of -56°C and a complete isolation from the rest of the world. ‘And then we heard about this disease that was killing a lot of people.’ UT alumnus Vishnu Nandan just returned from the Arctic. He describes his experience during the largest polar expedition in history.
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‘Ik kan absoluut niet tegen liegen’

We werken bijna iedere dag met ze samen, maar hoe goed kennen we de collega’s nu echt? U-Today is benieuwd naar de persoonlijke verhalen achter het ondersteunend- en beheerspersoneel en zet ze in deze rubriek ‘On the spot’. Aan het woord is Harold Borkent (50), teamleider Location Support van de dienst LISA.
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ITC PhD Publication Award for Yifang Shi

‘A bonus to my promotion’

Yifang Shi is the winner of this year’s ITC PhD Publication Award. The PhD student from the department of natural resources received the award and 1500 euros yesterday, for her paper about mapping tree species using multi-source remotely sensed data.
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Freek van der Meer nieuwe decaan ITC

UT-hoogleraar Freek van der Meer wordt de nieuwe decaan van de faculteit ITC. Hij volgt per 1 april 2020 Tom Veldkamp op, die tien jaar aan het hoofd van de faculteit stond. Van der Meers aanstelling is voor een periode van vier jaar.
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‘It is no man’s land and a constant threat of polar bears’

ITC alumnus joins largest polar expedition in history

Four months of complete darkness and a high risk of being attacked by a polar bear. Those are just some of the dangers ITC alumnus Vishnu Nandan will be facing soon. This Friday, the researcher is embarking on the largest polar expedition in history.
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Kick-In zet de puntjes op de i

Met minder dan een week te gaan tot de Kick-In, zet de commissie deze dagen met man en macht de puntjes op de i. Commissievoorzitter Gerben Wolf blikt vooruit op de introductieperiode. ‘We proberen meer in de behoeftes van internationale studenten te voorzien.’
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Drones: the next generation of farming

Dust swirls in the wind as a dirt bike roars by. Birds are chirping. And a drone buzzes, hovering above the grass field. That is the reality on a ‘test farm’ in the small town of Bentelo, where ITC researchers help local farmers on their way towards precision farming.
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The role of technology, locals, trust and even Mark Rutte

ITC helping Colombians getting land rights

In the Netherlands, it’s common sense that when you own a property, you also have the land rights to prove that you do. In Colombia, people live in a different reality – especially in rural areas. That’s why ITC researchers and the Dutch Kadaster are helping the Colombian people to receive the rights they are entitled to.
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