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Nina Bartelink defended her PhD dissertation October 30, 2019 at Maastricht University. She was awarded cum laude. Her thesis provides insight into the results of the Healthy Primary School project, an initiative to improve children’s health and health behaviours in Primary Schools in South-Limburg. 

Until recently, palaeontology and evolutionary biology were not among the key disciplines at UM. This is set to change, say the newly appointed professors José Joordens and Leon Claessens.

The B-solutions project ‘Roadmap and factsheet for the recognition of qualifications for highly demanded professionals’ has been successfully concluded with the launch of the first roadmaps and factsheets.

Match for Brighter Futures focuses on creating equal opportunities for young people in Maastricht and is looking for Dutch-speaking students. Are you available for 3 hours a week and do you want to have a real positive impact on the future of Maastricht’s youth? Then we are looking for you!

Raf de Bont has been awarded this two-yearly awarded KNAW prize.

What is it like to live and work in Silicon Valley? Alumna Anna Karmann answers this question.‘‘The secret of Silicon Valley is the electrifying, unique environment.’’

This column features three alumni from the same study programme. This time: alumni from the BA Health Sciences at UM. Read about the experiences of Christel, Jim and Lisanne.

UM professor of Molecular Imaging Ron Heeren has been named to The Analytical Scientist's 2019 Power List.

PhD thesis written by Anna Bolz. Authencity, forgery and the role of art experts. To a certain extent, the art market has been complicit in forgery schemes being successful. The peculiarities which distinguish the art market from other sectors are exactly thefeatures on which the business thrives (for instance information assymmetry and insider trading).