SURF's Mastodon pilot now also accessible to Radboud students and staff
Radboud University students and staff can, if they wish, use a pilot environment provided by SURF and UNL to experiment with the online platform Mastodon.
Vici-grants for research into fiction, trauma and malaria
Three scientists from Radboud University and Radboudumc will receive a Vici research grant from NWO. Alicia Montoya and Mirjam Broersma of Radboud University and Teun Bousema of Radboudumc will receive 1.5 million euros for their research.
Radboud100: Resistance hero of dispute H.O.E.K. (1942)
One of the irrefutable resistance heroes in Radboud University’s history is Jozef van Hövell, board member of the H.O.E.K fraternity in 1942. Five H.O.E.K members of today reflect on the mores of their fraternity, the oldest one in Nijmegen.
Strongest MRI scanner in the world will be built in the Netherlands
The Donders Institute (Radboud University), together with six partners, has received a €19 million Roadmap grant from NWO. It will be used to build the world's first MRI scanner in Nijmegen with a magnetic field strength of 14 Tesla.
InScience 2023: Film Festival and the Experiment
The eighth edition of InScience will be held from 16 to 19 March in Nijmegen. As with previous editions, various researchers from Radboud University and Radboud university medical center will be in attendance this year.
Translating your text using Google Translate – does it constitute a data leak?
Many students and staff on campus make regular use of free translation machines, such as Google Translate and DeepL. However, if you translate your text using these free tools, does this constitute a data leak?
The role of language in government errors
Language plays a bigger role than we think in government errors, according to researcher Harrie van Rooij who will defend his PhD dissertation at Radboud University on 8 February.
Tom Elfring to step down as dean of the Nijmegen School of Management
As of 1 March 2023, Tom Elfring will no longer be the dean of the Nijmegen School of Management. For personal reasons, he would like to work less during the last year before his retirement. Tom Elfring will remain associated with the faculty and will conduct research and teach as a professor for three days a week.
ERC Consolidator Grants for research on ‘politics of the periphery’ in Latin America and medieval social norms
Two Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC): Martijn Koster is a researcher from Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies, and Sven Meeder is Assistant Professor of Medieval History.
You ask, AI writes - Column Han van Krieken
Dealing critically with knowledge and generating new knowledge from there is at the heart of academic education. This takes effort. But without that effort, development stalls. Of course, you can get a good grade for an AI-generated essay or thesis, but the only person you are truly disadvantaging in doing so is yourself. Rector Magnificus Han van Krieken on chatGPT.
The dikes of the future will be more than just green turf
Rising sea levels, more frequent extreme precipitation and drier summers will put increasing demands on our dikes in the future. Ecologists claim that an increase in the number of flowers and herbs will go a long way towards solving the problem.
ChatGPT: what it means for our education and research
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence that provides quick, well-formulated answers to a variety of questions. The impact of this tool on education and research has our attention.
Mark Timmerman appointed professor by special appointment of Periodontology
Mark Timmerman has been appointed Professor by special appointment of Periodontology at Radboud university medical center and Radboud University. This chair was partially established by the Dutch Society of Periodontology (NVvP).
Co-riding, something for you?
Do you come to campus by car and want to save on fuel (costs) and parking fees, contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and make Heijendaal more accessible? Then driving together might be something for you.
A year after the invasion in Ukraine: history as a weapon
24 February 2023 marks the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Historians Harm Kaal and Jelle van Lottum are presenting a 180-page edition of the Journal of Applied History devoted in its entirety to the Russio-Ukrainian war and how history is being used as a weapon in this conflict. “We hope this will provide insight into how we can counteract distortion and abuse of the past.”
Marieke Postma appointed professor by special appointment of Theoretical Cosmology
As of November 1, Marieke Postma has been appointed professor by special appointment of Theoretical cosmology and beyond the standard model particle physics at the Faculty of Science at Radboud University.
Update Community Garden
Do you also get excited by the idea of a garden on campus? Good news! Since last summer, a piece of land near the Hortus has been transformed into a thriving vegetable garden. Read the latest updates here. Will you help out too?
'Use ChatGPT to stimulate innovation within organisations'
ChatGPT and other transformer-based language models can be used to help organisations in creating new innovation solutions, researchers at Radboud University argue in a paper published today in the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
ROBUST AI programme receives additional €25 million in funding from Dutch Research Council
ROBUST focuses on the development of trustworthy AI technology for the resolution of socially relevant issues in healthcare, logistics, media, food and energy. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has earmarked 25 million euros for the next 10 years.
Language norms are more complex than you think
Many people assume that ‘groter als’ is not correct Dutch, but some language advisers say that it’s fine. Language advisers often contradict one another, as linguist Marten van der Meulen notes in his PhD dissertation.
