News from the University Fund Wageningen
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10 November 2022
WUR works with open collaboration platform Plant2Food on accelerating protein transition
- WUR is part of a new international platform, Plant2Food, to accelerate the development of plant-based foods. WUR is working together with three Danish... -
01 November 2022
Wageningen team Colourectal wins gold medal in iGEM competition
- A new self-test for colorectal cancer has earned Wageningen students a gold medal during the finals of iGEM, an international competition to improve... -
28 October 2022
WUR alumni start crowdfunding for clean drinking water in Ukraine
- In Ukraine, hospitals, water facilities, schools and nurseries have been destroyed and part of the population has been displaced. As a result, an... -
23 September 2022
Handball player and heptathlon player receive student sports grant
- The sports grant from the Niels Smith Fund was awarded this year to two WUR students: handball player Esma Staal (20) and heptathlon athlete Sofie... -
08 September 2022
Slovakian soil regenerator ekolive wins sustainable innovation award WUR
- The Slovakian startup ekolive was announced as the winner in the first edition of the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award on Tuesday September... -
25 August 2022
Meet the finalists of the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award
- The three finalists of the first edition of the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award were announced today by the University Fund Wageningen.... -
27 June 2022
Jacqueline Pieters new chair of University Fund Wageningen
- ir. Jacqueline Pieters - Zetsma (WUR - Agricultural Economics 1992) will be the new chair of the Wageningen University Fund as of 1 March 2022. She... -
20 June 2022
Master's thesis on fungal structures in agricultural systems reads like a novel
- Four WUR students were awarded prizes last Friday during the award ceremony of the Thesis Award 2021 of the University Fund Wageningen. Corentin Bisot... -
07 June 2022
Young entrepreneur, register your initiative and get a chance to win the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award!
- The Wageningen University Fund is pleased to announce the new Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award, to be presented annually. This is an... -
20 May 2022
Classes on biodiversity in zoos only effective as part of a complete curriculum
- A Wageningen University & Research (WUR) study shows that teaching children the value of biodiversity can be done from group six onward. The study...