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Omalius is the magazine of the University of Namur. A quarterly that highlights UNamur's research, its experts, educational innovations and topical issues. Discover the July 2025 issue.

The ISALA NOVA project, initiated by UMONS and UNamur and supported by the Sakura Fund of the Foundation for Future Generations, aims to sustainably transform universities in terms of gender equality.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver cancer. Unfortunately, this tumor still has a high mortality rate due to the lack of effective treatments for its most advanced or poorly localized forms. As part of a partnership with the CHU UCL Namur - site de Godinne and with the support of Roche Belgium, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences are trying to understand why liver tumor cells are so resistant to treatment, and to identify therapeutic alternatives to better target them.

Funded by the Wallonia Recovery Plan, the NeWWS (Nederlands en Werk/Wallonië Samen) project is the result of collaboration between teachers and researchers at HELHa, HERS and UNamur. At UNamur, it was the language center that was involved in the development of NeWWS, with the involvement of Christelle Hoorelbeke, Marc Miceli and Sophie Naveau.

Florentin Rochet, a professor of computer security at the University of Namur, specializes in applied cryptography and secure communications. Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and open-source solutions, he shares his analysis of the current situation and offers his outlook for the future. 

On Wednesday 18 October 2023, the President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited Namur and made a stopover at UNamur. The Portuguese President had the opportunity to discover the activities of the Antoine Thomas s.j. Astronomical Observatory and to meet members of staff, researchers and Erasmus students of Portuguese origin.

This is a significant honor for two members of the UNamur School of Medicine: Professor Charlotte Beaudart, who heads the "clinical research" track of the Master’s program in biomedical sciences, and Professor Jonathan Douxfils (School of Medicine, URPC – NARILIS) have just joined the College of Young Researchers of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.

Increasingly demanding workloads, an imbalance between work and personal life, and greater performance scrutiny… the world of work is undergoing profound changes. In this context, how can we enable individuals to remain engaged and find lasting fulfillment in their professional lives? A new ARC research project called “SUSCARE” proposes an innovative solution: placing the concept of care at the heart of organizational practices.

Mental health is a major challenge in our society. Among the general population, young people aged 15 to 24 are the most vulnerable group: nearly 1 in 4 suffers from anxiety and/or depression*. At UNamur, which welcomes 7,500 students in this age group each year, these figures come as no surprise. The psychologists who staff the Medical-Psychological Unit (CMP) are indeed facing a growing number of requests year after year. Caroline Dozot and Gaëlle Meert, psychologists at the CMP, break down the situation for us. 

On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, His Majesty the King visited UNamur. In collaboration with Henallux and IMEP, students from the Faculty of Education (FaSEF) led several interactive workshops focused on key issues in education. On the agenda: discussions with His Majesty the King on topics such as inclusion, the diversification of learning, the development of critical thinking in the age of artificial intelligence, challenges facing the education sector, and sustainable development.

After nine years at the helm, Professor Jean-Pierre Gillet has handed over the leadership of the Department of Biomedical Sciences to Professor Marielle Boonen. This is an opportunity to look back on the significant growth of this department, which now trains nearly 500 students each year. 

Extensive deliberations have been conducted to strengthen the fundamental research focus of the Master’s program in Biomedical Sciences at UNamur by integrating the curriculum from the Master’s program in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology (BBMC). This ambitious project has led to the design of an entirely new program, conceived to fully leverage the complementary strengths of these two programs.