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Last month we kicked off the pilot study on housing and health, set up by the TU Delft | Global Initiative, Leiden Center for Applied Bioscience (LCAB) and LUMC Global in which 6 groups, consisting of students from all institutes, joined forces to analyse the correlation between spatial conditions of residential neighbourhoods and buildings, and health. On November 10, they presented their findings and suggestions on the central theme: how do we build a pandemic proof and healthy city?

On Saturday October 9th, Layco Medical Devices won the Albert Schweitzer Audience Award of €1,000 with their Goodscope. The 'Goodscope' is a video laryngoscope that medical professionals use to insert a breathing tube for surgery or when a patient does not receive enough oxygen, especially developed for low-resource settings. 

Together with LUMC Global, the TU Delft | Global Initiative has set up a collaborative research workshop which kicks off today. Students enrolled in the workshop will partake in a study to primarily analyze the correlation between spatial conditions of residential neighbourhoods and buildings, and health. They will develop a comparative analysis of two neighbourhoods in The Hague. 

On Monday 6th of September, four members of the TU Delft | Global Initiative Community pitched their dreams as part of the Opening Academic Year 2021. The annual ceremony - which officially signals the start of the new academic year - this year revolved around the theme 'Dare to Dream'. Normally a large gathering, because of Covid-19 the ceremony this time was livestreamed and only attended by the TU Delft Board of Directors. The event was viewed by over 1800 people during its livestream.