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  • Master's Week: 4-8 November 2024

    Which Master's will you choose? Join our interactive sessions, ask questions, and find the right Master's for you.
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  • 5 questions for: Marjolein Moorman, Amsterdam alderman

    'The choice for the UvA was really a choice for Amsterdam. Coming from a 'village' (Wassenaar), the big city was very exciting: real life. Your mind opens up. You learn to think academically, and you get to do that all day long.'
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  • UvA honorary doctorates for Liesbet Geris, Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter

    The University of Amsterdam is awarding honorary doctorates to ‘Virtual Human Twin’ researcher Liesbet Geris, filmmaker/visual artist Steve McQueen and historian/writer/filmmaker Bianca Stigter.
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  • Your smile can ‘leak’ important character traits

    The way you smile on LinkedIn, a dating platform, or in your passport photo reveals more about your personality than you might think. Research by social psychologist Zak Witkower shows that we can accurately estimate key character traits of others based on how they smile in their photograph.
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