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‘This war threatens our future education’

The Ukraine Emergency Fund for students and staff has already raised over 30,000 euros. ‘It does not matter if it is a student from Russia, Ukraine or Belarus, they are all young people working for their future and we should help them.’
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Q&A on the war in Ukraine

What does Putin want, how should Europe react and what about the sanctions? Together with Studium Generale, U-Today is holding a Q&A on the war in Ukraine on Thursday afternoon. Shawn Donnelly, assistant professor Technology, Resilience & Europe, will answer questions from the audience in the Amphitheater (Vrijhof).
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NuTwente seeks help in housing Ukrainian refugees

UT researcher Sergii Pud has co-founded an initiative ‘NuTwente’ dedicated to helping Ukrainian refugees. After three weeks of existence, the organization already arranged more than two hundred host families ready to receive refugees. ‘Our main goal is to help with housing, communication and care.’
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Walk-in café Ukraine ‘not about politics, but sharing your story’

To provide the UT community with a space to share their thoughts and emotions about the war in Ukraine, the Student Union and the Human Resources department turned the Global Lounge in the Bastille into a ‘Walk-in Café’ last week. While attendance has been relatively low, Student Union board member Godelieve Brasz sees its added value.
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‘The West has accepted war in Ukraine, not defeat’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine. This time about the negotiations, from which he expects little. ‘The end of the war is not in sight. In fact, Russia is doubling down on its military deployment.’
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Thirty boxes from campus to Ukraine

The collection point on UT campus, where volunteers assembled humanitarian aid for Ukraine, collected about thirty boxes full of needed items. ‘We didn’t receive as much as expected, but we are grateful,’ says UT aid coordinator Oleksandr Mialyk.
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UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly about the war in Ukraine

‘We are in a war and we need to act like it’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine and what it means for Europe’s quest for ‘strategic autonomy’. ‘Strategic autonomy starts with military independence, but it has knock-on effects. Even solving housing issues are part of creating ownership and control.’
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Walk-in café Ukraine in Bastille

The Student Union and the Human Resources department will host a ‘walk-in café’ in the Bastille, for whoever feels the need to talk about the war in Ukraine. Location of the café is the Global Lounge, to be opened this Monday.
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Fund for UT students and staff affected by war in Ukraine

Twente University Fund has started a crowdfunding campaign to help UT students and employees from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The goal is to collect 100.000 euros in this emergency fund.
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‘We are in a contest for survival with Putin’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine, the response of the EU and the (geopolitical) future of Europe. ‘Putin says what he wants and he follows up on it. The threat is real and we should do more about it.’
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Cartoon #74 by LUVANE

The first Monday of every month LUVANE presents you with a freshly cooked campus cartoon. A plate full of tasty colors, flavored with a pinch of humor, and served to satisfy your sateless hunger for procrastination.
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‘This war has ignited a major European revolution’

With the war raging in Ukraine, UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly sees a bigger development changing the course of Europe. ‘The EU has always been a major economic power, but never a military one. Now it will be.’
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