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This is a first at the UNamur: a team of archaeologists will soon be testing an experimental protocol to reproduce the process of shaping glass in Roman times. Entitled Specularia (Latin for "glass"), this project has the support of several associations and companies, including AGC Glass Europe.

(Update 3 April 2023: This article is an April fool's joke!) A surprising discovery was made at UNamur this weekend. While the students in art history and archaeology were doing a practical work on campus, they came across the remains of a deep well.

The University of Namur has always studied, taught, and transmitted its passion for astronomy. The archives of the university library show that scientists were already scanning the Namur sky in the 19th century. Today, a lot of excellent and international research is being carried out at UNamur - among others, in the naXys research institute (Namur Institute for Complex Systems).

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was proclaimed on 11 February by the United Nations General Assembly. Discover the testimonies of 5 UNamur women scientists who conduct cutting-edge research in fields such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, or computer science. All of them participated in the Women in Science Day organised on 9 February 2023 at the UNamur. Portraits.

On 15 March 2023, Prof. Henri-François Renard and Prof. Alison Forrester introduced the new advanced bioimaging tools of the UNamur Morphology & Imaging technology platform available to a broad audience of users.

Since its launch in December 2022, ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence company co-founded by Elon Musk, has continued to elicit astonished comments and concerned questions, including: is the human brain still useful?

On 24 April 2023, the Chimacienne (regional student club of Chimay) is organising a conference entitled "Passion for the land", about the attractions of the Chimay region. On this occasion, we met Corentin Germeau, president of the Chimacienne, about the role and principles of a regional club.

A choir of robots sounds like science fiction! Yet it is a reality at the University of Namur. In the robotics laboratory of the Faculty of Computer Science, researchers from the naXys institute, led by professors Elio Tuci and Timoteo Carletti, some members of TRAKK, some artists and external partners collaborated on the "Synthetic Choirs" project.

Karel Mertens is a renowned researcher who has done outstanding work in the field of macroeconomics. He is staying in Belgium for three months to take part in the activities of the International Francqui Chair organized by the Department of Economics of the UNamur, in collaboration with KU Leuven, UAntwerp, Ghent University, UCLouvain, and the National Bank of Belgium. Interview.

Organised for the first time in the academic year 2012-2013, this master's programme was created to respond to a shortage of biomedical experts in the fields of preclinical and clinical research. Today, students enrolling in these UNamur programmes benefit from a comprehensive, degree-granting and highly sought-after bachelor's and master's degree.

Collyne Hérion and Clara Havelange, students in their first year of pharmacy, brilliantly won the "It's not Rocket Science" competition organised by the UNamur Department of modern languages during the Spring Science Week. They succeeded on the theme of osmosis. As part of the English course, the students had to popularise a scientific concept by making a video, in the manner of Jamy and Fred in the French television programme "C'est pas sorcier". The idea behind the project was to have fun and offer a concrete approach to learning English. Interview.

To raise the awareness of future doctors to the issue of domestic violence, particularly during pregnancy, which is a riskier situation: this is the programme of the next practical work on "professional communication in health" in the medical psychology course, taught to the UNamur 3rd year of bachelor’s degree in medicine students. This awareness-raising is done in the form of an escape game "Do you dare to ask the question", designed by two midwife teachers from the Hénallux paramedical department. This is a unique educational initiative and a first-time collaboration aimed at future doctors in Wallonia.