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Prof. Ruud Wetzels has been appointed as a professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit as of 1 July to hold the chair in Data Science. In this chair, Wetzels will be conducting research focused on applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), mathematics and statistics in the business world.

Last 24 May, Nyenrode Amsterdam hosted its annual Network Event aimed at bringing Bachelor and MBA students even closer to the business community. The event included workshops on growth hacking, personal branding and networking opportunities.

In addition to their studies, students at Nyenrode Business Universiteit can develop themselves in the area of personal leadership.

It’s the time of year students will find out whether or not they passed their high school exams and can start with a new phase in their life as university students. Some of these students will choose to proceed their further studies at Nyenrode.

‘In the past sports governance didn’t appeal to me all that much,’ says Esther Vergeer. The seven-time Paralympic tennis champion brought her sports career to an end in 2013, after topping the world rankings in wheelchair tennis for an unbroken run of 14 years. But she hasn’t been taking it easy since then. Besides her involvement in the Esther Vergeer Foundation, which she set up in 2004, she has been tournament director of the AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

On June 14, Nyenrode Amsterdam welcomed Wineke Haagsma, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility PWC to inspire students, alumni and the business community as part of the Nyenrode Amsterdam Breakfast Sessions.

The turmoil surrounding the economic situation in Italy has returned in recent weeks. Based on inflation expectations, however, Italian consumers intend to remain in the eurozone. Inflation expectations would indeed rise if the country were to leave the eurozone, though the findings show that inflation expectations actually fall during times of concern over the eurozone’s future. This points to an internal adjustment mechanism within the eurozone. This is one of the conclusions reached by Beau Soederhuizen in his dissertation titled “Empirical studies on (un)conventional policies and macroeconomic adjustment during the crisis”, for which he will receive his doctorate from Nyenrode Business Universiteit on 11 June 2018. At age 26, Soederhuizen is the youngest person ever to earn a PhD from the university.

Did you ever enjoy some live music at Nyenrode Business Universiteit? There is a big chance you’ve seen a performance of our very own Nyenrode band, The Booze. Stijn van der Vat, Chairman of The Booze 2018, shares his experiences on being part of the band.