On an unusually sunny day in Amsterdam, I sat across Dennise Yeh, a Taiwanese-born, internationally-bred businesswoman. Dennise is currently the Chief Growth Officer at a coffee consultancy start-up that provides training to stakeholders throughout the coffee value chain, in addition to having their own line of sustainable and innovative coffee. She has previously worked with
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And How To Make The Most Out Of It As with the rest of life, it is hard (if not impossible) to find a one-size fits all solution to the “perfect university experience”. However,  after three years of being a student at UvA, I found that there is very little information that is faculty-specific about
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The brutal killing of George Floyd, now more than a year ago, sparked a widespread movement to reform the criminal justice system throughout the United States. Under the motto of “defund the police,” the nation rose in protest what they see as the violation of constitutional rights with impunity on behalf of the police. Although
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When Euro bills and coins were launched into circulation on New Year’s Eve in 2002, excitement was roaring through the streets of Europe as people rushed to cash machines to hold the new unified European currency in their hands. The Euro was a symbol of European integration and economic flourishing. However, this initial excitement did
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