News and events
WUR Student Challenges of Wageningen University & Research provides international student competitions, various activities and information on the challenge topics. On this page you will find upcoming events and the latest news concerning Student Challenges as well as external links.
News
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Winners UGC: “After nine months of working together, friendships for life have been forged”
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The modular concept of LettUs Design wins the last edition of the Urban Greenhouse Challenge
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The result of the Urban Greenhouse Challenge
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WUR team in iGEM competition: Aim to detect colorectal cancer with bacterium
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Meeting a Changemaker: Cees Buisman
Calendar
- 14-20 August 2022: International Horticultural Congress
- 20 September: Grand Finals Nature Based Solutions Challenge
- Starting soon: ReThink Waste Challenge
Previous Friday Facts
- 29 July: How urban farming saved a Dallas community
- 15 July: Fight food waste (dutch)
- 8 July: Six reasons why we need biodiversity
- 3 June: Automating Agroecology: How to Design a Farming Robot Without a Monocultural Mindset?
- 27 May: A nature-based future for the Netherlands in 2120
- 13 May: Sustainable Fishing, a Seaspiracy? Lecture with prof. Simon Bush
- 6 May: Nederlandse overheid positief over investering in cellulaire agricultuur
- 29 April: EU School Fruit and Vegetable Programme festively closed with pop-up tasting restaurant
- 22 April: De Ontgroeiers
- 15 April - Plant Based Charcuterie Is The Hottest Trend For The Vegan Crowd
- 1 April - Save the tiger! Save the Grasslands! Save the Water!
- 25 March - How to include greenery in strategic planning
- 25 February: How bees can keep the peace between elephants and humans
- 18 February: A nature-based future for the Netherlands in 2120
- 11 February: From genome editing to insects: Food System Innovations – and how to get there
Background and more
- WUR students join international conference on water shortages in Morocco
- Shit, I need to see the doctor
- Nature Based Solutions teams in IAAS Podcast
- New Student Challenges on nature-based solutions
- Urban Greenhouse Talks Podcast
- Our webinars, masterclasses and lectures are waiting for you
- “Taking into account the social impact, really influenced the teams' business plans”
- Food Apartheid: 5 good reads by Eric Harris
- Companies and WUR experts work on fibre-rich sugar replacers from plant-based side streams in EXTREAMS project
- First Dutch bananas end up as cakes, vegan meat and lingerie
- Arnhem, one century into the future
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