UCU campus chats: Recent Episodes
UCU campus chats
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
In this 20th episode of UCU Campus Chats an interview with Yosiane White who works at UCU as an assistant professor in linguistics and as a tutor. She is also a UCU alumna.About how she learned Dutch on the football pitch, raising kids bilingually, her future plans for Rosemary Orr's "UCU accent" project and how her graduate programme at Oxford compared to UCU. (Spoiler: it was much more relaxing.)University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a liberal arts and sciences programme.
In this 19th episode of UCU Campus Chats an interview with Monica Barroso who works at UCU as an assistant professor in chemistry and tutor.
About how her desire to understand the world led to her studying industrial chemistry as well as a recent switch to nutritional epidemiology, her research on solar power and whether a move to solar fuels is realistic in the short run and the main advice she would give to students.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a liberal arts and sciences programme.
In this 18th episode an interview with Choolwe Muzyamba, assistant professor at University College Utrecht.
About what the West can learn from Zambia when it comes to dealing with HIV, the mentor in London that shaped the lens through which he views the world and how best to prepare Western students for working with organisations in the Global South.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In today's episode an interview with William Hale, a clinical psychologist, fellow of psychology at UCU and associate professor at the department of Youth and Family of UU, and at UCU.
About how his background in liberal arts and sciences shaped him as a psychologist, his research on the manifestations of depression in adolescents, his work as a cognitive behavioral therapist (fake it till you make it..) and his advice to all UCU students.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this 16th episode an interview with Mary Bouquet, recently retired associate professor in museum studies and anthropology.
About how her time in Lisbon made her realize how fascinating museums are, how the Rijksmuseum taught Spanish architects not to mess with Dutch cyclists, how the Cultural Heritage programme has prepared several alumni for great careers in museums and what the hidden pearls are you should really visit in the Netherlands.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this fifteenth episode an interview with UCU professor Chiara Robbiano (philosophy).
About the appeal of Dōgen and Zen Buddhism, how random events led to her doing her PhD on Parmenides in Leiden and how fortune cookie phrases, when unpacked properly, can open windows to other worlds.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this fourteenth episode an interview with UCU professor and tutor Patrick Wijchers (molecular cell biology).
About his experiences as a first-generation student, his work on epigenetics, what makes the RNA vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna different and why he loves teaching the gastronomy summer course.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this thirteenth episode an interview with UCU professor and fellow in mathematics Viktor Blåsjö.
About what we can learn from the ancient Greek about academic conversations, the role of intuition in mathematics, what sets liberal arts and sciences students apart and why he thinks that if you're not stuck, you're not learning.
Read more about Viktor's work on his website Intellectual Mathematics http://intellectualmathematics.com/ where you can also download his books on intuitive infinitesimal calculus and the history of mathematics.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this twelfth episode an interview with UCU tutor, assistant professor and cluster head Agnes Andeweg.
About why she switched from studying environmental sciences in Wageningen to literature in Utrecht (that one was surprising), her research on the use and function of art, literature and culture in the Dutch LGBT+ community, who she would love to invite to the UCU campus for the One Book, One Campus event and what literary novel she would recommend to Dan Brown lovers.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this eleventh episode an interview with UCU tutor and lecturer ánd UCU alumna Lotte Berk.
About her research on mindfulness and dementia, the advice she would give students who want to continue in psychology, her work as a woodworker and illiustrator and being part of the team that staged the first (!) UCU musical. Can you guess what was the first musical?
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this tenth episode an interview with UCU tutor and lecturer ánd UCU alumna Emma Mojet. About why she chose to combine maths, physics and chemistry with literature and classics at UCU, her PhD thesis on the interaction between different disciplines between 1800 and 2000, why she values the well-being team at UCU so much, her advice as a UCU alumna for current UCU students ánd the origin of that room filled with books in Voltaire.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this ninth episode an interview with criminologist Alexis Aronowitz, about how a fascination with the Boston strangler led to a career in criminal justice, her time in West Berlin both before the and after the wall came down, the biggest misconceptions about human trafficking and how the pandemic is changing things.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
In this eight episode Corey Wright shares his experiences growing up in rural, conservative Canada and how his view on the world changed when he went to university and started living in different countries. He shares what he thinks we can learn from indigenous communities about the sustainable use of the commons and what it takes to be a true ally.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
In this seventh episode of UCU Campus Chats Kim Zwitserloot meets UCU lecturer (linguistics) and tutor Gaetano Fiorin. He shares how his love for linguistics was sparked on an exchange with Utrecht University, his new book on how we make meaning and how UCU has changed his perspective on language. And did you know he is also a talented musician and movie maker? Check out his work at https://soundcloud.com/gaetanofiorin
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
In this sixth episode of UCU Campus Chats Kim Zwitserloot meets student life officer Mark Baldwin. He talks about how he went from studying art history to student counseling, why he is impressed regularly by UCU students, his experiences as a tree surgeon (!) and the one piece of advice he would give all students.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
In the fifth episode of UCU Campus Chats an interview with Hugo de Boer, fellow and assistant professor of Earth and Environment studies. He explains why statistics is his favourite topic to teach, his research titled "Rising CO2, no sweat!" , how he makes his career choices and the importance of systems thinking.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
Website mentioned during episode: https://thesystemsthinker.com/introduction-to-systems-thinking/
In the fourth episode of UCU Campus Chats an interview with UCU tutor and art history professor Tijana Zakula, about her musical background, how a student in Serbia becomes interested in Dutch art history of the 17th century and her recommendation for the best restaurant in Utrecht.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
UCU lecturer Gamze Avci (political science) on how her own experiences as a migrant in Germany, Turkey, the US and the Netherlands have informed her research, the controversial discussions that sometime occur in her multicultural classroom and of course her favourite recipes.
In this second episode of UCU Campus Chats an interview with UCU tutor and linguistics professor Patricia Canning, about her work with prisoners in North Ireland and her forensic linguistic work on the Hillsborough disaster.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: https://streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen
In this first episode of Campus Chats UCU lecturer(economics) and tutor Kim Zwitserloot interviews UCU lecturer (microbiology) Bas Defize. He talks about the appeal of biology, why the Corona virus is not so special, the beach bum that inspires him and why he has recently joined the lycra brigade.
University College Utrecht is one of the international, residential, honours colleges of Utrecht University offering a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree.
This series of Campus Chats presented by UCU Radio, consists of interviews with employees of UCU about their experiences as a researcher, teacher and human being.
You can listen to UCU Radio live here: https://streamer.radio.co/sa3c8caa9d/listen