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Alumni events at VU
Over the past year, several programmes welcomed alumni back to VU Campus for an evening an evening of keynotes and networking drinks. Were you present at the alumni events of Finance, Transport & Supply Chain Management, Executive Master of Compliance & Integrity Management, Marketing or Econometrics & Operations Research? Let us know your thoughts on the event. If you want to stay updated on events for your programme, make sure to sign up for mailings from VU.
Without action now, we will soon not have enough drinking water
Without intervention, the Netherlands risks a shortage of clean and affordable drinking water in the future. This is what the Raad voor de leefomgeving en infrastructuur warns in a new advisory document, "Care for Water: the future of our drinking water as a joint task.
Making homes more sustainable leads to better health for children
Better insulation and ventilation in social housing means that children need less medication for asthma or allergies. This is the conclusion of a large-scale study involving two million people, monitored for 10 years by researchers from TU/e and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).
What is the impact of generative AI on the creative sector?
Generative AI tools are changing creative work profoundly. That is one of the main conclusions from research by organisational scientists Ella Hafermalz, Marleen Huysman and Jana Retkowsky. In a new publication, they show how AI accelerates and enriches the creative process, while at the same time putting it under pressure.