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When the new lockdown came into effect in November and students were stuck in their rooms once again, it quickly became clear that something had to be done to support them. Margriet Schreuders, director of the Student Services Centre, and her colleagues understood this as well as anyone
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On 1 February, MERLN’s Scientific Director Pamela Habibović succeeds Rianne Letschert as rector of Maastricht University (UM). As she prepares to move to her new office, the professor of Inorganic Biomaterials talks about her engineering mind-set, how interdisciplinarity is crucial but far from easy, as well as her dedication to openness, creativity and experimentation.
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Ice baths are 'hot'. In a portrait of an ice bath-taker in the Telegraaf, UM professor Wouter van Marken Lichtenbeld explains what we do and don't know about the effect of an ice bath on the body. Read the article and the explanation.
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UM is the coordinator of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, a major strategic partnership between ten young, research-intensive universities from as many European countries. The YUFE alliance, together with its four non-governmental and private sector partners, aims at bringing radical change to European higher education.
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Maastricht University (UM) is located at the heart of the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. The borders are barely visible, but that does not mean that they can’t put a brake on the development of the region. UM is committed to making these obstacles visible and, on the basis of scientific research, initiating a debate to amend legislation and regulations in Europe.
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The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has appointed Angelique Palmen as a member of the UM Supervisory Board for a period of four years.
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The Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music is currently working on the forthcoming publication ‘Futuring Classical Music’ based on the 2021 symposium theme.
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The new UM president, and former rector magnificus, Rianne Letschert leaves no room for doubt. She is delighted with the choice to profile the university as the European university of the Netherlands. Maastricht University forms an international and predominantly European community in a region wedged between three borders. This makes the region in itself a European economic, social and cultural living lab.
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Studio Europa and the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), also based in Maastricht, have been selected to host a pan-European citizens' summit in Maastricht on 11 to 13 February as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe.
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The average societal costs of people with obesity and overweight are almost €11.500 per year. This leads to a total cost for the Netherlands of more than €79 billion per year. This is the outcome of the study Burden of disease study of overweight and obesity; the societal impact in terms of cost-of-illness and health-related quality of life.