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.
What Is it to be human? This is the question which Alicja Gescinska is attempting to answer. The Flemish philosopher with Polish roots does this through philosophy, but also by creating television programmes and writing novels.
With the exams looming, for many students the moment of truth beckons. The main thing Is not to be paralysed by stress during tough circumstances. Student psychologists Suzy Even and Sarah Vermeersch have some tips.
It is more common than we think: things that almost everyone believes, but have long been refuted by science. Why do we persist in believing such myths?
Do you feel stressed about your exams? Don't panic, it's a very common feeling. According to our student psychologists, it's even a positive sign.
Allegedly one in 20 students uses stimulants during the exam period. Is that true?
You’ll see more women than men at the opera. Why? Susan Lagaert (Department of Sociology) has an explanation.
Snow white. That is what Ghent’s iconic Graffiti Street looked like for a while today. Together with Ghent street artists, the GUM (Ghent University Museum) painted this narrow street whiteas a tribute to the blank page.
In the American presidential elections, warmer weather on election day is favourable for the sitting president or his party, says Jasper Van Assche of the Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology.
