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Meet the UM alumni who combine their work with an extracurricular activity such as a special hobby, a creative project or even their own company. Today we look behind the scenes at Banana Business, which has developed a new food product derived from banana peels. One of the founders is Minke ter Hedde, bachelor’s graduate of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience and master’s student at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Here she discusses food waste, her plans for the future and — of course — bananas.
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Emeritus professor Ernst Homburg has won the SHAC award for his outstanding work on the history of the chemical industry.
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Should the rich pay higher fines? The fascinating topic of 'day fines' is covered in a book edited by our colleague Michael Faure and Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko (Erasmus University Rotterdam), published with Cambridge University Press.
You can also read this short blog.
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Constance Sommerey and her three colleagues play a key role in promoting, monitoring and drawing attention to issues of inclusion and diversity at UM. "Diversity and inclusivity touch the very core of society and thus also the heart of the academic world." Hillmann Batuo, a fourth-year medical student from Cameroon, tells his story.
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Faculty of Law Assistant Professor Lilian Tsourdi, together with colleagues from the Odysseus Academic Network on EU Migration and Asylum Law, co-authored a large-scale study (220 pages) commissioned by the EP Civil Liberties (LIBE) committee.
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SBE alumni Rogier Quaedvlieg and Matthijs Korevaar have received prizes from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities for their PhD theses, which they completed at Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics.
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21 June is International Yoga Day. We talked about yoga with two yoga teachers at UM SPORTS.
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In May 2021, Prof. Dr. Patrick Huntjens was appointed Professor of Governance of Sustainability Transitions, which is a Personal Chair at Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI) of the School of Business and Economics (SBE).