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| Utrecht University is still grappling with the pro-Palestine protests and the police response they received. The several op-eds that we've received form a good barometer. One of them was penned by dozens of Jewish/Israeli students who don't feel safe on campus anymore. Another hot topic this week are the European elections. We spoke with UU scientists about three pressing topics setting the tone for these elections. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| ‘I don’t dare wear my necklace with the Star of David anymore’
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| Many Jewish and Israeli students and staff at UU do not feel safe anymore because of hurtful remarks that hold them personally accountable for the situation in Gaza. They wrote a letter to the Executive Board. Read more
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UU community sympathises with protesters' goals but worries about violence and tone
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| What does the rest of the UU community, roughly 50,000 people, think about the protests? What is their take on the occupations? DUB asked around to find that out. Read more
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AI is dangerous. How do we save democracy?
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| Authoritarian states and high-tech corporations are the ones who will benefit the most from the AI revolution, states Albert Meijer, Professor of Public Innovation at UU.And that’s not desirable. Read more
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'Denial makes no sense, students must be held accountable'
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| Video - DUB walked around campus asking students how they use ChatGPT. Some use it to get started with an assignment, while others use it as a spell checker. Some don't use it at all. Read more
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| Protests, occupations, ‘police violence’, ‘genocide...’ Are you still following?
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| These past few weeks have been marked by student protests against Israel's actions in Gaza and the university's role in all of this. DUB has prepared an FAQ about the protests if you're not up to date. Read more
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| Major differences in accounts by activists and police, further investigation required
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| The municipal council held an urgency meeting on May 30 to discuss police violence during the occupation attempts. The testimonies of protesters differ greatly than that of the police. Read more
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| University closes library's gate to prevent occupation
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| On May 30, protesters tried to set up an encampment on the library's courtyard, but the university soon closed the gates to the library. All other buildings were only accessible with an ID. Read more
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Protesters try to occupy building of the association of Dutch universities
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| Pro-Palestinian protesters tried to occupy the headquarters of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the association of Dutch research universities. But they ended up in the wrong building. Read more
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| Read the rest of the comic strip here.
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'Sorry, I'm not familiar with EU institutions'
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| Are students interested in these elections? Do they know who they are going to vote for? DUB asked students around campus which topics matter to them the most. It looks like most students are favourable to the EU. Read more
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‘I had no idea who to vote for, but I do now!’
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| About 3,000 people visited Neude library for Festival Europa, an event organised by UU to discuss topics that influence Europe like climate change, artificial intelligence, and the war in Ukraine. Read more
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EU elections: what do Dutch parties want when it comes to education and research?
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| What do the parties running say about education and research? Some want to see fewer students coming from abroad, while others remain in favour of the Erasmus+ exchange programme. Read more
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Highly educated young men shift to the right
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| A shift to the right is expected to the happen in the European elections. Professor Marcel Lubbers explains the extent to which young people are responsible for this shift. Read more
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‘The damage to the environment is so severe that we need to criminalise it’
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| Thanks to the legal concept of "ecocide", an interdisciplinary research group in Utrecht is studying whether large-scale, long-term damage to the environment can be treated as a crime. Read more
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‘Voters are led to believe migration can be kept away’
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| Associate Professor Ilse van Liempt, the research leader of the focus area Migration and Societal Change, talks to us about her study on migration deals within the EU. Read more
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Niels Vreeswijk appointed student assessor to the university
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| Niels Vreeswijk, an Infection & Immunity Master's student, will occupy the position of student assessor to the Executive Board from September onwards. He is now the chair of the Sports Council. Read more
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DUB blogger’s cat café idea becomes business plan
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| Utrecht Science Park will get a cat café in the second block of the next academic year if English Language & Culture student Chiara has her way. Ten students are willing to help her achieve that goal. Read more
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Cyclists holding mobile phones get fined
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| Smartphones should be safely stored when riding a bike, but many people often forget that, as evidenced by traffic checks at Utrecht Science Park (USP). “You are aware that what you’re doing is not allowed, right?” Read more
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| Read the rest of the comic strip here.
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Editorial: strict house rules don't make the university safer
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| DUB's Editor-in-Chief Ries Agterberg writes about the university's new set of house rules concerning protests. According to him, they break with a historical tradition and are unnecessarily strict. Read more
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Polarisation must not drive us further apart
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| Seventy students and staff members of Utrecht University (UU), Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (HU) and the Utrecht University of the Arts (HKU) have written a joint letter about why they don't feel safe anymore. Read more
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Whose safety was at risk, Mister Pijpers?
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| Sara Nikman is a Master's student in Climate Physics. She wonders why the university deployed the riot police against the students and employees protesting for Gaza. Don’t protesters have a point when they say that ties with Israeli institutions should be broken? Read more
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'Riot police intervention was unnecessary and disproportionate'
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| Teachers of international law and human rights write that there should simply be no room for the riot police on campus when students and staff exercise their right to peaceful assembly. Read more
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Students emerge as the moral stewards of international solidarity
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| According to Diana Vela Almeida, UU should protect and support students manifesting against genocide. "Could anyone provide a single example of unsafe behaviour beginning in the encampment?" Read more
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KNAW President: 'Hopefully the rough edges can be smoothed off'
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| Marileen Dogterom, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), is shocked by the new government's plans for education and research but thinks we're far from becoming Hungary. Read more
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‘Farewell gift’ from Minister Dijkgraaf: 174 million euros for five research groups
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| World-class researchers based in the Netherlands will be guaranteed to get money in the next ten years. Together, they are receiving 174 million euros to force “major scientific breakthroughs”. Read more
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Worried about your friends' drug use? You're not the only one!
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| Dom Church was packed with students. They weren't there for a mass but rather a conference about drug use. Many students say they feel pressured by their peers to use drugs. Read more
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Number of international students growing less and less
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| The number of international students in the Netherlands used to grow considerably year after year, but now the trend is showing signs of slowing down, Nuffic reports. Read more
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Sustainability ranking: TU Delft and Erasmus University in top 3
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| The annual SustainaBul prize, which honours the most sustainable university in the Netherlands, has been awarded to Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences this year. UU didn't participate in the ranking. Read more
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Discrimination by DUO worse than assumed
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| "Can we have a quick look inside to see if a student lives here?" Students of non-European descent are more likely to be visited by the Education Executive Agency (DUO) for a fraud check, according to Statistic Netherlands (CBS). Read more
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| Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for the latest news about UU and university life. If you would like to share something with us, please feel free to send us a message. Prefer sending an e-mail? No problem. Write to dubredactie@uu.nl.
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: Wellbeing group provides emotional support to protesters | Ruut van Rossen, the face of UU at Utrecht Science Park for 25 years, retires
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