UNamur supports FNRS in its drive to make life worth living

For more than 20 years, the Namur university community has been mobilizing in support of the fight against cancer through the FNRS's Télévie operation. In 2025, a team made up of staff members and students enabled the implementation of several initiatives combining conviviality, solidarity and generosity.

Students got the ball rolling on March 26 with an improvisation match which, thanks to the involvement of the ImproNam kot-à-projet for the 2nd year running, raised a handsome 1,126 euros. Then, on April 10, the university community vibrated to the sound of the greatest hits at a first Blind Test organized by the General Student Assembly and UNamur, before meeting up again on April 17 for a sandwich lunch organized in partnership with the Au P'tit Gourmand sandwich shop.

All in all, it was a cheque for 20,000 euros that Vice-Rector for Research Carine Michiels and Professor Anne-Catherine Heuskin, both Télévie project promoters, presented at the grand closing evening in the presence of FNRS Secretary General Véronique Halloin and all Télévie scientists.

The University of Namur sincerely thanks the members of the community, alumni, donors and sponsors who have associated themselves with its actions in 2025.

In 2025, no fewer than 6 Télévie research projects are being carried out at UNamur's NARILIS Institute, exploring innovative approaches to better understand and treat pancreatic, lung, breast and skin cancers, colorectal cancer as well as carcinoma of the neck and head. This work mobilizes varied expertise, from an interdisciplinary perspective, and with the ambition of improving treatment efficacy and patients' quality of life.

Boosted by the success of 2025, the UNamur Télévie team is already setting a date with members of the university community and its partners for new moments of conviviality in aid of Télévie.