Omalius #37

Summary

  • Enjeux : In this feature devoted to critical thinking, find out what UNamur is doing to enable students to develop this faculty throughout their course.
  • Eurêka : Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive. At UNamur, a team of researchers is tackling this pathology by studying the first cellular changes linked to the disease.
  • Impact: Why is electoral abstention higher in Flanders than in Wallonia? Who votes, who doesn't? What are the effects of electoral reforms? These are some of the questions answered by a vast study conducted by a consortium of French-speaking Belgian universities, supported by the Walloon Government, the SPW Interior and the SPW Social Action Directorate.
  • The experts: Meet Bénédicte Rochet and Axel Tixhon. Two professors in the History Department who have explored the theme of the relationship between women and the extreme right from the angle of women resistance fighters active during the 40-45 war.
  • Far away : Scale in Japan, between video games and artificial intelligence.
  • Tomorrow learn : Dive into the heart of lambing at the UNamur Sheep Research Center farm, where veterinary students live to the rhythm of lamb births.
  • The day when: A look back at 50 years of electron microscopy at UNamur.
  • Alumni: Training the next generation in sustainable development with Fabienne Bister and Michel Dumont, alumni in economic and social sciences.

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Erratum : In the article in the "Experts" section, some copyrights need to be clarified :

  • Madeleine Tasset © Collection M. Tasset, Bibliotheca Andana

  • Le baiser du GI septembre 1944 © Cegesoma