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On 8 December, the Meet the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights event took place.

Professor Ron Heeren, distinguished university professor at Maastricht University (UM) and director of the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), was appointed as a fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE) on Thursday 11 December.

Mariam Aroian will visit IGIR for three months, between December 2025 and February 2026. Her current research focuses on copyright and artificial intelligence.

UnRest focuses on the historically significant yet deeply contested archives and artworks associated with Robert Jacob Gordon (1743–1795) – a Dutch military officer and explorer whose documentation of the Cape region shaped European knowledge of South Africa during the 18th century

Even outside the lecture hall, law student Milou Scholten is committed to justice. As the chair of Students for Equality, she campaigns for accessible education and equal opportunities for all students.

According to Tanne, a former lawyer and now part-time Epidemiology student, the quality of research in general would improve if more people had a better understanding of epidemiology and how the field relates to research methodology. Tanne is clear about the benefits of the master’s programme.

Maastricht University is taking a practical step to support early-career teachers: open education and digital literacy will be built more firmly into the BKO/UTQ.

Rianne Letschert, chair of the UM Executive Board, has been nominated as informateur by the political party D66.

"Entangled Genes: Sharpening the Public Debate on Hybrid Plants” is a new artistic research project that aims to deepen societal reflection on genetically modified plants.

The ELSA Lab Poverty & Debt is developing, together with HIP, a tool that makes letters easy to understand without compromising their legal validity. HIP stands for Clear, Intelligent, and Productive and was developed in collaboration with the Brightlands Smart Services Campus and PNA Group.