On 22 May, a Euregional delegation of governments, entrepreneurs and knowledge institutions including the University of Twente will travel to the American partner cities of Enschede and Münster in California. The aim of the trip is to strengthen existing relationships, to further expand the network and explore the cooperation opportunities around the energy transition together with the American colleagues. This is a theme that both Palo Alto and the partner cities of Enschede and Münster are firmly committed to. Later this year, the possibilities for a Euregional trade mission will be explored.

This week the Month of Education started. On campus many colleagues gathered for inspiring sessions on the day's themes 'Digitalisation' and 'Lifelong Learning'. A great start of the event. People were pleased to be able to meet physically again and to exchange knowledge and discuss the future of education in this way. An intense day, but very valuable.
On Tuesday 24 May, the day's theme is 'Challenge-Based Learning' and there are workshops Virtual Reality and Lightboard. So, sign up quickly!

To celebrate its sixtieth anniversary, the University of Twente unveiled a special work of art on Thursday, 19 May: The Head. This 10-metre tall creation by artist Joep van Lieshout has been given a prominent place at the entrance to the university grounds.

On Tuesday 17 May, the University of Twente (UT) opened a membrane filtration pilot unit at the Enschede wastewater treatment facility. This is part of the research being carried out by the Applied and Engineering Sciences department of the Dutch Research Council into new technology for the filtration of organic micro-pollutants. One of the things that PhD research scientist Hans David Wendt is studying is the process that breaks down the contaminated water that is left from the membrane filtration in a bioreactor.