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Mental health services urgently need to address lifestyle

Mental health services need to increase investment in lifestyle interventions to improve care and narrow the 15-year life-expectancy gap for people with mental health conditions, according to a new report by The Lancet Psychiatry Commission.
Woman walking her dog in a hilly landscape

Alum provides financial and employability support for young students

Last September, Temiz and Jabbie began their UM adventure at the School of Business and Economics, where Jan Koppetsch also studied over two decades ago. He has reconnected with his alma mater for a special partnership.
Jan Koppetsch

AI's moral architects: neither demi-gods nor code monkeys

Who’s to blame if AI goes wrong? And who’s responsible for it not having a negative impact in the first place? In her PhD thesis Tricia Griffin looks at the people behind the technology and the clichés.
AI

Rivier Atelier: an ode to the Geul

Led by Claartje Rasterhoff and Christian Ernsten, Rivier Atelier explores the unique watermill landscapes of the Geul and how to protect them in times of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.
Rivier Atelier

Two new academic programmes launch in Venlo

Two programmes, one at Maastricht University and one jointly offered by the universities of Maastricht and Nijmegen, have been given the green light. Both tech and science-based programmes focus on a sustainable world and are part of FSE.
Onderzoek

NWO awards ten Veni grants to promising UM researchers

As many as ten young UM researchers have been awarded a Veni grant worth up to €320,000 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is an incentive for researchers to further develop their research ideas.
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