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The 22nd of May 2023, GC De Kriekelaar welcomed a vibrant gathering on a sunny spring day. Julie Bertone from VUB’s Community Engaged Research & Learning (CERL) team, kicked off the event at 1pm with a warm welcome message, reminding us of the importance of collective engagement and spaces to develop forward-looking visions for the future of Brussels.

“Usquare, Your Square” The field of urban studies provides us with theories and concepts that help explain how cities function and evolve. However, it's only through practical application that these ideas become tangible and relevant to our daily lives. This site has a long and complex history, a few years ago VUB and ULB started to reconvert into a new university campus and neighbourhood.

Op maandag 8 mei 2023 vond op de VUB een bijzondere herdenkingsceremonie plaats. Er werd vrijheid en verzet gevierd door middel van getuigenissen, toespraken, poëzie en muzikale begeleiding. Deze ceremonie markeert de herdenking van de dag waarop nazi-Duitsland zich officieel overgaf in 1945. Een moment om stil te staan bij oorlogsslachtoffers, verzetshelden en de waarde van vrede en democratie.

On May 2, VUB Architectural Engineering is organising an evening event to discuss the reuse of building materials, from ancient times to the present at RESET.

Students in Urban studies were invited to present their ideas concerning the reconversion of the USquare site to a panel with representatives of the municipality of Ixelles during the weKONEKT.week 2023.

Op vrijdag 31 maart 2023 trokken meer dan 250 studenten met de casuswandelingen op pad door Brussel in kader van de weKONEKT.week. Studenten biomedische laboratorium technologie, geneeskunde, farmacie en kinesitherapie van de VUB namen deel.

During the weKONEKT.week, FARI and weKONEKT.brussels organised the FARI AI Datawalk & Demos. Students got the opportunity to view the city in a new light and explore the newly opened AI Test & Experience Center. Its point is to make citizens aware of various ways data is collected around you, with or without your knowledge. VUB and ULB students had exclusive access to the new space.

En wat drijft het geëngageerd team achter weKONEKT om deze interuniversitaire samenwerking te versterken? Een kijkje achter de schermen. Een interview met coördinator Lynn Tytgat.

Voor de zesde keer op rij slaan studenten, academisch personeel en partners in Brussel de handen in elkaar tijdens de weKONEKT.week. Van maandag 27 tot en met vrijdag 31 maart trekken 4000 studenten van de Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) en Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB) de stad in.