VU Stories

Every month we focus on an alumnus who has made an outstanding achievement. This time an interview with Jos Brils.

Sandra Ysbrandy had worked her way up the ladder at Rabobank, however she decided to set a radical new course for her career.

Susanne Duijvestein decided to make a radical career change and became a funeral director. Her mission? To change the world of funeral service.

There are now more than 107.000 VU alumni. Where did they end up after graduation?

You might have thought that you were seeing double at UMC Amsterdam’s Alzheimer Centre. Approximately 50 pairs of identical twins came together.

Guszti Eiben, known for the first baby robot to come from two robot parents, is looking to evolve robots into versions that clean up nuclear plants.

‘Stress is great! Stress is life-saving!’ With his characteristic, springy stride, Erik Scherder walks back and forth in the lecture hall.

Her original goal was to help her country deal with water-related problems. Today, she is a Disaster Risk Reduction Associate at United Nation

He has 200 patents to his name, but one of the Netherlands’ most innovative chemists really just wanted to study medicine.

When Martin Luther King Jr. was presented with an honorary doctorate from the VU Amsterdam in 1965, physics and economics student Jaap Blaak