Former VUB Rector Caroline Pauwels has died aged 58 | VRT NWS: news

The former Rector of Brussels’ Dutch-Medium Free University (VUB) has died aged 58. Ms Pauwels died on Friday and news of her death was released early on Saturday evening. In 2019 Caroline Pauwels was diagnosed with stomach and oesophageal cancer. Her death follows a three-year-long battle against the disease. She was respected and well-liked by fellow-academics, and by those in the world of culture and other areas of public life. Testimony to this are the many tributes that have flooding in sin