News archive
News 2018
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Look back at the 'Science of Beer' MOOC
- This year, the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) created completely by students of WUR was released! Four honours students dove into the topic... -
‘I-feel-really-bad’ tweet cheers you up
- Your mood improves immediately after reporting on social media that you feel bad. These are the findings of an analysis of millions of tweets,... -
Look back at SDG conference
- This summer mayor national and international speakers came to Wageningen to work together against hunger during the SDG conference. For two days,... -
Appointment of Friedhelm Taube as a professor at Wageningen University & Research
- Professor Friedhelm Taube has been appointed special professor Grass-based dairy farming at Wageningen University & Research. The special chair,... -
Food for thought; Eating insects, how to make it the new normal
- Christmas is just around the corner. 'The most wonderful time of the year' for lots of people, but a source of stress for others. The big question is:... -
Joining forces in creating an inclusive Mexican food system
- On Thursday, 13 December 2018, the Mexican National Agricultural Council (Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA)) and Wageningen Economic Research signed... -
Look back at WUR100FEST
- While the days are getting darker, join us in reliving sunny times at the WUR100FEST. On Saturday 15 September, employees and students celebrated the... -
Improved crops can double European agriculture production
- Wageningen University & Research is working within the CropBooster-P EU project on a roadmap to make agricultural crops future-proof. These crops... -
Winners Wageningen Borlaug Youth Institute 2018 blog about their experiences
- Marloes Ruiter and Maxime Brandenbrug, two of the four winners of the Wageningen Borlaug Youth Institute 2018, also known as the 'De Vier van Wier',... -
Veg-on-wheels: ready-to-cook vegetables for Nigerian consumers
- Fresh and ready-to-cook vegetables. This is what the veg-on-wheels intervention offered to urban Nigerian consumers. In this joint research project of...