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Robert Horselenberg has been in charge of the Maastricht cold-case team since its creation about 10 years ago. Ten students, mostly from the master’s degree in Forensics, Criminology and Law, are given six months to study an existing cold case and come up with recommendations for the Public Prosecution Service and the cold-case team of the Limburg Police.
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Two UM academics have been nominated for this year’s Science Talent competition from New Scientist. A total of 15 talented academics from the Netherlands and Flanders are currently in the running for the title. With as many online votes as possible, Aurélie Carlier and Kay Deckers have a chance to be one of the top five finalists.
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SBE alumna Felizitas Oppel was disappointed by the options she had as a consumer when it came to finding sustainable yet affordable jewelry. So she started her own sustainable jewelry business!
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PhD thesis written by Nicholas Mouttotos.
This dissertation analyzes the impact that European Union law has had upon Cyprus law, focusing on the problems that arose after the financial crisis and how EU law can be used as a vehicle for dealing with problems of over-indebtedness. -
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has been successful in the KNAW pilot fund ‘Science communication by scientists: Appreciated!
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Thursday 15 April, more than 1100 participants start the UM steps challenge. In this challenge our faculties and service centres compete for the title of 'most active faculty/service centre of UM', and for a sum of money for vitality promotion.
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The UM research institute GROW and the Maastricht UMC+ Oncology Centre and have together been accredited as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).
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Prof. Chantal (Sjaan) Nederkoorn of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) obtained the coveted NWO Vici grant. The upcoming 5 years, she will use this grant to research why kids (between 3-5 years old) sometimes refuse food. Children even refuse food that they have never tried before. Nederkoorn wants to discover which cognitive processes are at play, and whether these processes can be influenced.