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Flying the Pride flag year-round: UM’s commitment to inclusion and solidarity

As a visible sign of this commitment, and to stand in solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ students and staff, the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride flag will now fly year-round at several UM locations.
Pride flag at the Paul Henri Spaaklaan (FSE)

ETpathfinder Smart Skills Lab shares Einstein Telescope knowledge with businesses

Research into the Einstein Telescope is generating valuable technological knowledge. The ETpathfinder Smart Skills Lab in Maastricht helps bring it to entrepreneurs.
Artist impression of the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering building with the ET Pathfinder clean room

Students from Indonesia gain international experience in Maastricht

Last August, eleven talented young students from Indonesia arrived in South Limburg. Shortly before they returned home, we spoke to Alyssa Yaffanda and Grace Octovella, both from Java.
Students Niels, Alyssa and Grace

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