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“The ease with which politicians attack journalists is very worrying”: Can the EU protect press freedom?

9 May 2025

May 9 marks Europe Day, which celebrates peace and unity in Europe. Studio Europa sat down with award-winning political cartoonist Emanuele Del Rosso, to discuss the challenges journalists are facing in Europe and beyond.

The Societal Impact Project

7 May 2025

The Societal Impact Project aims to Stimulate students’ autonomous motivation to work on societal relevant problems. This year, a group of students signed up to work on vaping. They did so under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Gera Nagelhout.

societal impact project biomedical sciences

Leena from Yemen dreams of a future in research and having her own farm

6 May 2025

A participant in the UM Brightlands Scholarship Programme, Leena Al-Hazmi combines her master’s degree programme in Medical Imaging with an internship at Scannexus (Maastricht Health Campus). What's her experience with the Scholarship Programme?

Making ends meet and health: conducting research together with citizens

30 April 2025

Latifa Abidi researches the health disparities between different socioeconomic positions, by engaging her target audience actively. In two citizen advisory groups, citizens and scientists work together to reduces the disparities.

“At Brightlands, students are not just learners, they’re contributors”

29 April 2025

Mohammad Daud is a UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship student. He sees the scholarship as a catalyst for his academic progress and research. Now, nearing the end of his Master's, he reflects on his time at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in this interview.

Beyond the bang: how Maastricht scientists helped win the Breakthrough Prize

28 April 2025

Groundbreaking research at the world’s largest physics experiment, the Large Hadron Collider, has earned the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Among the 17,500 scientists honoured are researchers from UM’s Faculty of Science and Engineering.

a look inside the enormous LHCb detector

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Recap of science festival Expeditie NEXT

Maastricht University took part in 'Expedition NEXT', the national science festival for children aged 4 to 12 years. There were mini-lectures, opportunities for children to conduct their own research, see the latest inventions up close, and try everything out for themselves.

Check out the recap of the festival here.

Een levensgrote Pacman-achtige game waar kinderen in hartvormige wagentjes rondrijden op een baan op Expeditie Next

Video: research on Europe in a globalising world

Our researchers conduct important research on themes such as sustainability, quality of life, education and innovation, and Europe and globalisation. Recently, UM made an interactive video in which you can meet some of our researchers and their work.

In the context of Europe Day on 9 May, we'd like to highlight our researchers who work on together to find solutions for the challenges that Europe is facing. They do this for Europe, and therefore also for the region, the Netherlands and for the entire world – so for you as well. What drives them? Why is a shared vision so important for a sustainable future? What is the impact of their research on policy makers? You'll find out in this video.