‘We women need to help each other take the next step’
Marceline Tutu van Furth and her wife, Anglican priest Mpho Tutu van Furth, have launched an online platform #ITOO.
Inspiration
101-year-old VU Amsterdam alumnus: ‘I recently resigned from my last post’
VU Amsterdam alumnus Lambertus Zijp (101) spent World War II in hiding and studying law from his safe house.
‘I write to deal with life’
This academic year, Gustaaf Peek will be taking on the role of Vrije Schrijver (Writer in Residence) at VU Amsterdam. How does he view this role?
Want to work on your mental health? Then go on an adventure!
After an adventure-filled life as a foreign correspondent, Anthropology alumnus Brigitte Ars began a quest for the phenomenon of adventure.
Scientists bring Constantijn Huygens back to life
VU alumna and Professor of Neuropsychology Hanneke Hulst, together with other scientists, reconstructed a fragrance created by Constantijn Huygens.
'Sustainability and commerce can reinforce each other'
With MOYU, his reusable notebook start-up, Paul Sintnicolaas (28) is contributing to creating a better world.
‘I used to think I had to be like the men’
VU alumna and trailer manufacturer Marinka Nooteboom is Business Woman of the Year for 2022. „It’s actually good for women to stand out."
How this VU start-up is conquering the online fashion world
VU alumni Ugnius Rimsa and Michael Musandu offer virtual models that customers can adjust to match their own likeness.
VU students develop vaccination strategy
Having your class assignment that turns into a national vaccination plan would be an unexpected outcome for most. But it happened to five students.
‘Be proud of where you come from’
Law alumna Mounia Benabdallah (37) grew up in Amsterdam-West and is now a partner at Baker McKenzie in New York.
