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During the Dies Natalis 2020 two FASoS students were presented with the Bachlor's Thesis Prize.

During the annual Dies Natalis 2020 two FASoS students were presented with the 2019 Student Award during the academic session.

To promote the wellbeing and recovery of sick children, UM professor Pim Martens and team aim to create a special animal room in the paediatric ward of the Maastricht UMC+. “Using virtual reality we’ll soon be able to let all children experience the animal world.”

Once again, our Bachelor’s Open Day drew in large crowds of prospective students, parents and other visitors on Saturday. Their exact number is unknown as the registration system was down due to the Christmas Eve cyber attack on UM.

After an open application process, Adam Dixon was elected as the new FASoS member of the Maastricht Young Academy. 

Professors Joordens and Claessens discuss Darwin as a geologist, plus their activities with MSP students.

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day comes around every year, tempting, taunting us and playing with our minds.  If, like most people, you believe that your decisions are a result of a rational analysis of available alternatives, think again! You may not be as immune to these marketing tactics as you...

Due to an acute shortage of organ donors, hundreds of people die each year in the Netherlands and Belgium alone. One large group of potential donors may not even be aware that they can donate their organs: people who opt for euthanasia. For his PhD research, Jan Bollen studied the issue of organ...

Science covered a publication by archaeologist Walter Crist (Digital Ludeme Project), which spread to news outlets across the world including Daily Mail (UK) and Fox News (US).