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50 years of Maastricht University

Visit the UM50 website Ad Veenhof reflects on his ‍time as a member of UM’s Supervisory Board: “Togeth… From trash to treasure: join UM50's Doorspace x Circular Engineering workshops UM student Juraj Vitek lives in the modern student complex StuNest: “I enjoy co…

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Emeritus Professor Sally Wyatt

Professor Sally Wyatt bids farewell: “We have to hang on to hope”

Emeritus professor of Digital Cultures Sally Wyatt bade farewell to UM in May 2026. She dedicated most of her research to topics as inequality and social exclusion. In this interview, she reflects on her life, work and hope.
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Intake of new UM students falls slightly by 0.4%

As in previous years, there have been only slight changes in the intake of new students and the total number of students at UM. Compared with last year, both figures show a slight decrease.
Edgar van Mil

How can we help children with severe obesity?

Every week, paediatrician Edgar van Mil sees children with severe obesity. As a professor of Childhood Obesity at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, he wants to help these children and their parents. "It takes a village to raise a healthy child."
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Jewish student association event thwarted

With great regret, Maastricht University has decided to cancel an event organised by a student association for Jewish students. Online calls from both supporters and opponents to mobilise large numbers of people meant UM could no longer guarantee safety.
Detail of the Tapestry of Limburg’s History of Slavery

Threads Completed: The Tapestry of Limburg’s History of Slavery

In 2025, historians Diana Miryong Natermann and Christian Ernsten launched a research project on the history of slavery in the province of Limburg. The research was translated into a design for a 35-meter-long tapestry.
Dr Marielle Weijermars

Event series 'The Perfect Storm' offers new perspectives on global unrest

Many people in the Netherlands are worried and feel uncertain about the future. For them, the event series The Perfect Storm, organised by our Platform for Outreach and Co-Creation, is well worth attending, says coordinator Mariëlle Wijermars.

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