Large companies know more about us than our own mothers. The massive gathering, storing and use of our online data has become commonplace, to such an extent that we have lost control of that data. The Solid project wants to change that. Its ambition? Reform the World Wide Web.
We live in the post-antibiotic era. At least that’s what the World Health Organization (WHO) says. And not without foundation — it suggests some ten million people will die annually from antibiotic-resistant bacteria by 2050 if we don’t act now. Furthermore, there are more cancers than now. And so it is a feverish search for alternatives. Ghent University researchers have already come up with a promising breakthrough.
It’s back to business! Are you ready? With the starting gun for the new academic year having been fired, Maarten, a medical student, certainly is. He tells us how he is looking forward to the new academic year.
Joris, Selena, Bob and Bert are a couple of the students who are working together with the GUM (Ghent University Museum). Discover why these four 'MuST’ers' are so excited about the brand-new science museum.
What will the classes look like this year? As Anne finds out, it will be a mix of on campus and online education.
What social challenges does the sports world face? And could more social sports lead to a better and more friendly society? These are the research questions that preoccupy the Frans Verheeke endowed chair.
The term “fake news” takes on a life of its own and is used inappropriately. “And too often incorrectly,” say researchers Dr. Kristin Van Damme, Glen Joris and Bart Vanhaelewyn, “which is an even bigger problem than fake news itself.”
Modern biotechnology in agriculture is a much-discussed topic. Geert De Jaeger is both a professor at UGent and a plant biologist. Ghent University alumni Dirk Holemans is a coordinator of the social-economic thinktank Oikos and a former politician for Groen – the Flemish green party. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to the use of modern biotechnology in agriculture. This leads to a lively debate with the most important conclusion being that: they agree to disagree.
A year ago, Professor Frederik Anseel flew to the other side of the world to live in Sydney. The business school where he now works has about 300 professors. In the meantime, he had also taken on the role of talent management commissioner at Ghent University. Frederik’s ambition: to see as much of the (research) world as possible and learn from it.
Baby Pia, there can’t be anyone in Flanders who doesn’t know her. Suffering from a rare muscular disease, she was in the eye of the storm during the fall of 2019. A medicine that could save her life came with a dizzying price tag of almost 2 million euro. The debate surrounding too expensive medicines caught fire. But did it change anything?
We do not know what corona will bring. I do know that we can rely on Ghent University and everybody involved. To make the best of it in all circumstances.
A real gem, that's what the library of the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering is. Of course, it was also designed by two of the most promising architects in Belgium today: David Van Severen en Kersten Geers, two Ghent University alumni.
