Specularia" wins US film awards
The documentary produced as part of the experimental archaeology research project, "Specularia", wins an award at an American festival, organized by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of South Carolina!
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Career prospects for mathematicians
Mathematics graduates are rare. And yet, many employers are looking for them: banks, insurance companies, consultancy firms, private and university research centres, schools... To help its students identify the possibilities open to them, the Mathematics Department invited them to meet four alumni who are currently working as business analysts, data analysts, teachers, risk directors and actuary.
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Language and climate change
"Politic tac, tic tac, le climat n'attend pas!", "A diploma but no future?", "Cop ou pas cop de tenir vos engagements" What is behind the slogans of the Youth for Climate movement? Laura Degrande, a doctoral student in languages, literature and translation, is conducting research on the wild writing of protest. During the NaLTT Institute's Spring 2023 lecture series, she will present the first results of her research.
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Laura Rizzerio (Philosopher): "Why we urgently need to propose better resource management"
Laura Rizzerio is Professor of Philosophy at UNamur. Part of her research focuses on the notion of the common good. This theme was at the heart of the reflections on the occasion of the annual Chair of the Notre-Dame de la Paix University Centre, continuing an approach already begun the previous year during a research seminar. Laura Rizzerio takes a closer look at this concept and reviews the exchanges that took place.
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Visiting London with UNamur students in your ears
Bachelor 2 and 3 students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures have taken on a rather unusual challenge: creating audio guides to London's main monuments and sites. An original and successful educational project, well worth a listen!
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Philippine studies: Meeting with Kerby Alvarez, former PhD student at the UNamur
This week, UNamur is hosting an international conference organized as part of the "Philippine studies" project, which aims to strengthen exchanges between Filipino and European academics. Today, Dr. Kerby Alvarez tells us about his doctoral thesis on the history of earthquakes and the socio-cultural interpretation of disasters, completed at UNamur under the supervision of Prof. Isabelle Parmentier.
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Prestigious visit by Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas
On 9 June 2023, the NISM and naXys Institutes, the Physics and Chemistry Departments and the Namur Research College were delighted to welcome Prof. Jean-Luc Brédas from the University of Arizona. A prestigious speaker of international renown, Prof. Brédas completed his doctoral thesis with Prof. Jean-Marie André at the University of Namur.
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UNamur researchers very successful in the F.R.S.- FNRS "Grants and Mandates" call
On 20 June 2023, the F.R.S.-FNRS published the list of winners of the various doctoral and post-doctoral mandates. Among them, 16 researchers from UNamur obtained funding.
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The European satellite Euclid launches on 1 July to map galaxies: UNamur involved in the mission
The European Euclid satellite will be launched into space from Cape Canaveral in the United States at 5.11pm on Saturday 1 July. The telescope is intended to provide a more accurate map of billions of galaxies over a distance of around twelve billion light years. A team of Belgian scientists and engineers from UCLouvain, ULB, ULg, UNamur and Ghent University, as well as the Space center in Liège (CSL), took part in this ten-year project, bringing together more than 3,500 people from 21 countries.
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Physics & Challenges, when physics meets sustainable development
Physics & Challenges (Physique & Défis in French), a seminar course initiated by Professor Jim Plumat in 2013 at UNamur as part of the PUNCH projects, is organised in the form of a research project. This year, a partnership has been set up with the Haute École de la Province de Namur (HEPN) for a practical systemic training course with an original pedagogical approach.
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Kevin Persoons, the new AGE president
This summer, Kevin will take up his post as president of the UNamur General Assembly of students (AGE). Aged 22, he is a master's student in physics and knows the Namur campus well. Over the past five years, he has taken on several roles: course delegate, student administrator, member of the AGE bureau, member of the Sciences Review and of a project dormitory, as well as culture and communication delegate. This passionate and creative student wants this new academic year to be all about sharing. Interview.
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The long-term effects of pollution in our rivers, oceans and lakes
From 11 to 13 May 2022, a hundred or so scientists and actors from the economic and cultural world gathered at UNamur to discuss the issue of water pollution. The aim? To share and enrich knowledge, but also to alert and inform about its long-term effects on fauna, flora and human beings. Scientific sessions, workshops and a conference for the public were on the programme for these three days.
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