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  • Q-Park announced the winners of its annual Student Awards this week. Mateusz Wiza was one of the winners to receive a €1.500 cash prize for his thesis.

  • Do you have a research question or research paper you want to improve using Machine Learning and Data Science techniques, and would like to get a second opinion on it from some experts? We have the methods-clinic for you! 

  • The 37-year-old Hilde Verbeek was appointed on 9 July as professor of Long-Term Care Environments at the Living Lab for Ageing and Long-Term Care Limburg. She may be relatively young, but her research, academic record and vision of care for older people all bear witness to her maturity, erudition...

  • Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) worldwide and in the Netherlands. The clinical and public health relevance of widespread case finding by testing for asymptomatic Chlamydia infections is under debate.

  • Simon Cornelissen isn't only attending the master's programme in Medicine. In addition to his busy curriculum, he is also an ensign with the Dutch Ministry of Defence and a working student at the Defensity College. Watch the video.

     

  • On 3 November, Maastricht University (UM) signed Amnesty International's manifesto ‘Let's talk about Yes’. With this, UM will intensify its activities against sexual violence. In doing so, UM will explicitly seek out cooperation with parties that have their own expertise, responsibilities and...

  • 15 organisations involved in animal testing in the Netherlands have signed the Dutch Transparency Agreement on Animal Testing with a commitment to communicate in a more open way about how animals are used in research. This agreement was drafted by various Dutch researchers in collaboration with the...

  • A fatty liver can play a role in muscle breakdown (muscle atrophy). For the first time, scientists from Maastricht University have demonstrated this connection in a study.

  • Silvia Evers succeeds Maurice Zeegers as scientific director of CAPHRI as of 1 November 2021.

  • On 31 October, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven submitted an application for the Einstein Telescope to the National Growth Fund, supported by her colleague of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.