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As a child, Bruno Colson was very fond of toy soldiers, the colorful uniforms of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, cavalry charges... From this passion, he made his profession. An expert in the history of war, he has studied contemporary questions of strategy and defense for years. On the eve of his retirement, Bruno Colson looks back on the involvement of Belgians in the Austrian troops in the 18th century with an exhibition at the Moretus Plantin University Library (BUMP). Interview.

Which virus? SARS-CoV-2, of course. By doing his job as a chemist, Stéphane Vincent has already succeeded in making life difficult for it. And perhaps soon a preventive tool based on his research will reduce the risk of infection.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.

The C2W call for projects offers experienced researchers an exceptional opportunity to develop new skills and competences by implementing a research project of excellence with a strong interdisciplinary orientation. The project benefits from a European funding of €4.5M (Marie Skłodowska Curie COFUND action).

On 30 November 2022, Magaly Ghesquière and Laurence Meurant (UNamur), co-authors of the book "School and Deafness” (in French “Ecole et Surdité - Une expérience d'enseignement bilingue et inclusif", received the prize for the best book for Teaching and Continuing Education from the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. This is another fine award that complements the recent release of the first bilingual sign language-French contextual dictionary searchable in sign language.

For the second year in a row, UNamur is listed in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) world ranking, the results of which were published on 12 October 2022. Like last year, our university is ranked between 801st and 1000th place in this ranking, which places it in the list of the best universities in the world in absolute terms. The results of THE 2023 also show that UNamur is progressing in four of the five indicators taken into account for the ranking.

On Thursday 29 September 2022, the Vice-Rector for International Relations, the International Relations Service and the Department of Geology received Professor Fakher Jamoussi (Tunisia) as part of the "Tunisia on the move - 2022" project. For more than twenty years, the teams of Professors Johan Yans and Fakher Jamoussi have been weaving scientific, didactic and human collaborations aiming at enhancing the fabulous subsoil of Tunisia.

On 23 September 2022, the UNamur General Assembly approved the appointment of François-Xavier Fievez as Vice-Rector for Social and Student Affairs. At the request of Patrick Foissac, the Rector's Council agreed to relieve him of his duties. François-Xavier Fievez is the first language teacher in the School of Modern Languages and replaces him. He is in charge of student affairs and campus life, including culture and sport. Gender and diversity are part of the portfolio of Valérie Flohimont, Vice-Rector for Human Resources, Welfare and Safety at Work.

A team of microbiology researchers from UNamur has just published in the journal Nature Communications. The work focuses on the Brucella bacterium that causes Brucellosis, a disease that infects livestock and can be transmitted to humans. This research aims to better understand the molecular mechanisms of the bacterium's growth in order to better combat it.

September 1961. A few professors and about fifteen students are entering the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management at UNamur for the very first time. It was 60 years ago, in the house of Marmol, Rampart of the Virgin. Today, the classrooms are no longer the same, the professors have succeeded one another, the course programs have continued to evolve... but it is always with the same passion that the faculty supports its students.

The FNRS has just announced the results of its 2022 calls. Among them, two prestigious scientific impulse mandates (MIS) and 10 FRIA/FRESH doctoral grants. A very nice recognition for the scientists and for the University of Namur!

Faced with the ecological crisis and soaring energy prices, the energy transition has become an undeniable emergency. Every day, at UNamur, researchers from a wide range of fields - geology, chemistry, physics, computer science - are thinking about innovative ways of dealing with this perilous future.