lucy avraamidou

There’s nothing more exciting than the arrival of spring, or at least, the illusion of the arrival of spring. The dark days of winter...

Imagine being a student from abroad who chooses to study in the Netherlands because you’re promised ‘an international experience’. Having to do an internship...

What beats working on a quiet train with fast internet? Not much, unless that work is evaluating applications of aspiring professors that tick all...

I want to share a story. The story is not my own, but is that of Amina, a ‘woman in science’.

Just when you thought you’d figured out your future, ChatGPT – with currently more than one million users – appears to prove you wrong. 

It’s a sunny January morning in Nicosia, my hometown. I feel the hard Mediterranean sun on my skin as I am sipping on the...

Malvina Nissim looked gorgeous dressed up as Wonder Woman at the party following her inaugural talk on AI, to celebrate her promotion to full professor. 

It’s Sinterklaas season in the Netherlands! City lights, children singing, personalized poems, family dinners, joyful music at the shops, and parades across the country. Oh, what’s not to love? (Zwarte) Piet.

What would make a scientist interesting for a 12-year-old girl, I wonder? Who could attract her interest away from TikTok and maybe even inspire her a little? That’s when I thought about a recent winner of those absurd Nobel Prizes celebrating individualism: Carolyn Bertozzi! 

In an open letter, dozens of academics and support staff at the UG, some with a Russian background, call upon the university to set...