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MRT Lotte De Middeleer wins first Wim Dings 'De Wielewaal' Prize for Ornithology
On Saturday 21 February, the University of Antwerp awarded its first ornithology prize in memory of Kempen ornithologist Wim Dings. Young biologist Lotte De Middeleer received the prize for her research on the impact of land consolidation on the red-backed shrike population.
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FEB PrediCube makes online advertising more effective while respecting consumers' privacy
Belgian tech starter PrediCube, a spin-off from digital research center iMinds and University of Antwerp, uses big data analytics to make sure consumers get to see those ads that are truly of interest to them, thereby increasing click-through rates up to 300%, while putting its unique 'privacy by design' strategy center stage.
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FEB Software can now be tested much faster
Did you know that internet giants like Amazon update their software every 11.6 seconds, on average? Testing this new software is very labour-intensive and takes a rather long time. But researchers at the University of Antwerp and VUB have come up with a solution.
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FEB University invests in alternatives to animal testing
The use of lab animals for scientific research is a significant societal issue. Whenever animal research is conducted at the University of Antwerp, we use the three Rs to ensure high levels of animal welfare: replacement wherever possible, reduction and refinement of animal testing.
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FEB Luke and Lucy - Auntie Biotica
A comic on correct use of antibiotics, now online available in English

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MRT Measuring and Modelling in Economic and Transport Geography: challenges and opportunities.
Francqui Chair - inaugural lecture by Prof Isabelle Thomas, Laureate of the Belgian Francqui Chair 2014-2015.
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MRT Francqui Chair - Spatial issues in data analysis and model building: distance, scale and complexity.
With the example of road accidents, we here aim at illustrating some pitfalls in the statistical analysis and representation of the complexity of spatial data, at showing examples of solutions but also at opening the debate for further developments.
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MRT Returning to Teshuvah: The Concept of Repentance in Twentieth Century Orthodox Judaism
Lecture: Drs. David Pruwer (University of Cambridge) will explore why the very idea of Teshuvah captivated the greatest minds of modern Jewish Orthodoxy
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MRT IceCube and the discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos
Talk by Prof. Francis Halzen on his research into high-energetic cosmic neutrino's and the IceCube detector at Antarctica.
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APR UAntwerp awards Stewart Myers
Symposium in honor of Stewart Myers
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MEI Tribal rights in ChotaNagpur, India in the context of present developments
Faculty lecture by Fr. Dr. Joseph Kujur
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JUN Sixth Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples
The HRI network is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Sixth Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples. The theme is "Tensions and opportunities generated by the inter-relation between indigenous and non-indigenous views".
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AUG Summer School Human Rights 4 Development 2015 edition
The HR4Dev summer school 2015 edition, with a thematic focus on human rights and transitional justice, will take place in Leuven from mid-August to mid-September 2015.
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AUG Summer meeting on Bio-electrochemistry (SMOBE-2015) 17-20 August 2015
On behalf of the organizing committee, we welcome everyone to our first summer meeting on bio-electrochemistry (SMOBE-2015), which will be held from 17 to 20 August 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Honorary degrees - 1 April 2015

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Historic prints accessible online

'What I really like is the international environment'

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