Flooding in 21 buildings     The heavy rainfall from Mondaynight, August 15 caused water flooding in 21 buildings of the 57 buildings managed by TU Delft on campus. These include the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Dreamhall, the Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment and the Faculty of Applied Sciences.  …

‘Global warming limited to two degrees’     Unlike most of his colleagues in the climate and energy sector Prof. Kornelis Blok (TPM) thinks that global warming will be limited to two degrees. On his Kornelis’ Blog website, he explains that most IPCC authors expect a three-degree temperature rise.   He then explains why he…

Maastricht University gets ransom money back      Part of the ransom paid by Maastricht University to cybercriminals in 2019 has been recovered in Ukraine. The university is now going to get money back. Hackers had taken Maastricht systems hostage in December 2019 and demanded two tons of ransom money. The university paid that amount…

Vidi grants for eight TU Delft researchers      Never before have so many scientists received a Vidi grant from the NWO’s Talent Programme. There were 101 in total, including 8 from TU Delft. The number of applications was also exceptionally high.   No fewer than 625 people applied for the grants for experienced researchers,…

Inclusivity award for TU student     TU Delft student Marissa van der Tol has won the Frank Award of the expertise centre for inclusive education ECIO. She received the 1000 euro prize for her idea to make templates such as course schedules more accessible for people with disabilities. According to Van der Tol, if…

Twee ouders van studenten zonder basisbeurs hebben een petitie online gezet waarin ze van het kabinet volledige compensatie eisen. Volgens de ondertekenaars van de petitie laat de regering “zonder een spier te vertrekken” een halve generatie jonge, hardwerkende mensen opdraaien voor de inschattingsfout die hun voorgangers in 2014 hebben gemaakt. Velen hebben een grote studieschuld…

Emergency shelter for asylum seekers opens end of July     The Centraal Orgaan Asielzoekers (Central Agency for Asylum Seekers, COA) expects the emergency accommodation for asylum seekers on the TU Delft campus to be ready to house the first people in the last week of July. This is stated in a letter to local…

Sea level rise along Dutch coast speeds up     Researchers led by Dr Riccardo Riva (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences) have reviewed the data of eight tidal stations along the Dutch coast for the past 100 years. For the longest time, the sea level rose by about 1 mm/year. But in the last…

What to do after graduation?         What are you going to do when you get your degree? Which employers are interesting, how can the university help you find your way and what do alumni who preceded you do? You can read all about that and more in the 4TU Career Special, which…

Piratenpartij en STIP decorate security cameras     On George Orwell’s birthday, the Piratenpartij and Stip decorated dozens of cameras in Delft neighbourhoods last Saturday. The Delft parties are critical of the use of camera surveillance by the police, municipality and private parties. They say the use of camera surveillance is almost by definition an…