Campus Life

DesignLab: one place to connect them all

Open, inspiring, eclectic. Those are some of the words that come to mind once you enter DesignLab. There is a researcher giving a presentation, a group of staff members having a meeting, students huddled together, working on their projects or just playing with Lego, robots beeping in between the desks. All of that is happening there. At the same time and in the same open, connected space.
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Fix-It Session: repair your broken products

A broken camera, a Senseo coffee machine, an old rangefinder, an iPhone and a desk lamp are cluttered over the work bench in the DesignLab. Two bicycles are brought in as well. During the Fix-It Session, held on the 12th of December, these products are all assessed and repaired, by and for students.
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Cannabis Tosti Talk: ‘One plant to rule them all’

Dozens of students gathered in the DesignLab yesterday for a Tosti Talk about Cannabis. Tom Bernhards, an Advanced Technology student from Latvia, led the discussion about the potential that the plant has for solving a number of environmental and health issues challenging modern society.
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Science-Frictions: Let’s talk about biotech!

Biotechnology now allows us to make things that were unimaginable only five years ago. Gene modification, tissue engineering, stem cells, organs-on-a-chip… What can all of this lead to? This and more will be discussed during Science-Frictions, an event taking place this Wednesday in the DesignLab at the UT.
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Refugees at the UT: 'Passionate about my own business'

A group of refugees is working at the University of Twente this week, developing their prototypes and business ideas within the program STAR/T, which was initiated and designed by the UT.
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New University Innovation Fellows introduce themselves

The UT has four new University Innovation Fellows (UIF). These active students, who are participating in the Stanford UIF program, held a Stakeholders Meeting yesterday to present their ideas on how to further improve the University of Twente.
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Brutally honest, partying hard

Dozens of international students attended the Connect Workshop in the DesignLab yesterday. Aimed at those who seek to stay in the Netherlands after the conclusion of their studies, the meeting examined what intercultural challenges might arise when students face the Dutch labour market.
Spotlight

A Day in the Life of: Sevim Aktas

Sevim Aktas is the definition of an active student. She is the president of the UT Model UN, a Stanford University Innovation Fellows candidate, a Dream Team member and, of course, a student following courses. How does she manage to fit all of this into one day? We followed her to find out.
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‘Even uit de theorie, en werken aan iets goeds’

Grote wereldproblemen klein maken. Zo’n vijftig studenten werken in groepjes aan één van de doelen van de Global Goals Jam in het DesignLab. Niet voor studiepunten of prijzengeld. ‘Maar omdat het mooi is om praktisch en goeds te doen.’
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Global Goals Jam: ‘Think big, start small’

‘Think big, start small.’ That is the main idea behind the Global Goals Jam, which is being hosted in the DesignLab on the 15th and 16th of September. During this two-day event, UT students can form groups to think of solutions for big United Nations (UN) issues like poverty, hunger and education.
On the spot

‘I love being around researchers but I don’t want to be one’

We work next to each other almost every day, but how well do we really know our colleagues? U-Today is curious about the personal stories of the UT support and management staff and we bring you these stories in this series ‘On the spot’. In this episode we introduce Flavia Carvalho de Souza, who is responsible for the First Line Support in the DesignLab.
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‘Het internet explodeert straks’

Om de groei en mogelijkheden van het internet in goede banen te leiden, heeft de Europese Commissie (EC) het Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiatief in het leven geroepen. Frank Kresin, directeur DesignLab, organiseert er donderdag 6 juli een workshop over.
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