Two students from the Faculty of Law become world diplomacy champions
Law students at UNamur, Marilyn Emmerechts and Delphine Blomme are part of the MUN Society Belgium (MSB), an organization that offers debate simulations in UN committees. In March, their team travelled to Manila, Philippines, to compete in the World Student Diplomacy Championships, organized by Harvard University. For five days, they debated alongside over 1,000 students. Interview.
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Carte blanche from the Rectors' Council of May 12, 2025
The appeal from rectors, researchers and students: "Strangling the resources allocated to research and teaching threatens the evolution of society"
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MOSI, from word to sign: a bilingual reading aid from French to Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Instantly obtain a translation in sign language (LSFB) of a word written in French: that's what MOSI (Du mot au signe) makes possible. This new tool is the fruit of a collaboration between the University of Namur, the asbl École et Surdité and the asbl LSFB, supported by the King Baudouin Foundation.
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Carte blanche from the Rectors' Council of May 14, 2025
For a European Union guided by its values - in word and deed
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The impact of artificial intelligence on research: a look back at a day of exchanges and expertise at UNamur
On March 20, 2025, the University of Namur organized a day dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in various fields of research. The event attracted over 150 people, researchers and students keen to explore the many facets of AI in scientific projects.
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Motivation, leadership and AI: three levers to transform hospital practices
In a fast-changing hospital sector, with ever-increasing demands for performance and innovation, project management plays a key role. Kevin Lejeune, Program Manager at CHU UCL Namur, is tackling these challenges as part of a management thesis at the University of Namur, within the EMCP Faculty (Economics, Management, Communication and SciencesPo), under the supervision of Professor Corentin Burnay. His ambition: to understand and structure the human and technological dynamics shaping hospital governance, and propose concrete levers to support its transformation.
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The Faculty of Law mobilizes around inclusion
Since 2022, the Faculty of Law at the University of Namur has been inviting students and teachers to come together around a common theme every year. Entitled "Fil Rouge", this project is expressed through courses, practical work and various educational, cultural and civic initiatives. It instills an original dynamic by encouraging the faculty community to tackle societal issues in a cross-disciplinary, concrete and committed way.
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UNamur supports FNRS in its drive to make life worth living
On May 10, 2025, Vice-Rector Carine Michiels and Professor Anne-Catherine Heuskin handed over UNamur's cheque at the grand closing evening of Operation Télévie, which this year raised a record €13,351,977 for the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique. Télévie funds are used entirely to finance cancer research projects at universities in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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Spring School UNIVERSEH 2025: Students from all over Europe meet in Belgium
Around 60 European students from the UNIVERSEH alliance gathered in Belgium during the last week of April for Spring School 2025, organized by the University of Namur.
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CRef denounces revocation of Harvard's Sevis program
Communiqué of the Rectors' Council of May 23, 2025
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Launch of "pindare.cref.be", the inter-university research support platform in FWB
Communiqué of the Rectors' Council of May 23, 2025.
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Women in science: portraits of women in astronomy
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science proclaimed on February 11 by the United Nations General Assembly, and as part of the European alliance European Space University for Earth and Humanity (UNIVERSEH) focusing on the theme of space, discover the testimonies of four women scientists from UNamur working on astronomical themes.
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