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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...

As a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Professor Karin Bijsterveld is eavesdropping on Stasi wiretaps and reading files in an attempt to understand how the organisation struggled with sounds, vaulting ambition and big data issues.

Rector Magnificus Rianne Letschert signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) today, marking Maastricht University’s (UM) official endorsement of a new approach to assessing academics.

Raf De Bont, associate professor of history of sciences at Maastricht University, will receive the Dr Hendrik Muller Prize, an amount of 25,000 euros, for his innovative contribution to the history of science and the environment.

FASoS PhD Candidate Marloes de Hoon co-authored a report concerning migration and asylum permission holders.