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Campus & Culture 3 April 2025

Earth Sciences scrapped, 37 layoffs

The Faculty of Science, together with the VU executive board, has announced its intention to dissolve the Department of Earth Sciences. Parts of the department will be integrated into other units. The plan includes 37 job losses. This is a…
Science & Education 25 March 2025

With Earth Sciences specialized knowledge will also dissapear

Earth Sciences at VU is under threat of being discontinued, while the job market is in desperate need of graduates in the field. Scientists from other disciplines also rely on the knowledge that would be lost.  
Campus & Culture 6 March 2025

Uilenstede residents chase down package thieves

A portable monitor, Shein clothes, a surprise gift from a friend – these and many more packages were delivered to Uilenstede but never reached their recipients.
Campus & Culture 5 March 2025

Pop-up café serves coffee and teaches sign language

At the pop-up ‘Sign and Sip Café’ in the VU main building on Wednesday, participants could get free snacks and coffee at the stand, as long as they asked for them using sign language.
Campus & Culture 28 February 2025

Students hold baklava sale for humanitarian relief

The Islamic Student Association Amsterdam (ISA) held a baklava sale on campus today, raising funds for relief efforts in Palestine, Lebanon and Sudan.
Campus & Culture 14 February 2025

Confessions of a campus supermarket thief

Have you ever noticed someone sneaking out of the campus supermarket without paying for their goods? We tracked down self-confessed shoplifters and asked them why and how they get their ‘free’ lunch.
Campus & Culture 21 December 2024

Dit zijn de meest gelezen Ad Valvas-verhalen van 2024

Een nieuw kabinet, stress om bezuinigingen, voortrazende oorlogen… 2024 was ons er eentje. De tien meest gelezen stukken van het afgelopen jaar geven een – zij het wat zwaar – overzicht van de grootste onderwerpen die speelden voor onze lezers.…
Campus & Culture 12 December 2024

Green Office hands out free stuff from W&N building

As people from the W&N building move into new locations, not all of their stuff is coming with them. The Green Office is now giving away lots of items to ensure they don’t go to waste.
Campus & Culture 4 November 2024

‘The toughest fight was with myself’

Becoming the Dutch kickboxing champion was easy compared to motivating herself after a car crash ruined her body, Houda Loukili tells her audience at the opening speech of the Wellbeing Week.
Campus & Culture 4 October 2024

Ad Valvas defaced with anti-Semitic texts

Numerous copies of the latest issue of Ad Valvas have been defaced with texts such as ‘Fuck Israel’, ‘Fuck Zionism’ and ‘Stop supporting genocide’. The defacers have consistently targeted the interview with three Jewish students in that issue, in some…