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Innovative Education in Personal and Family Law

31 July 2025

Thanks to the SURF Incentive Scheme for Open and Online Education, Gwen Noteborn, Claudia Hocks and Janneke Hendrix were able to get started on their plan to overhaul the third-year course in Personal and Family Law.

Portretfoto Claudia Hocks en Gwen Noteborn

Somewhere between Maastricht and Brightlands

28 July 2025

What does the Brightlands ecosystem mean for international students? In this series, we speak with students from all over the world who are shaping their careers at or through Brightlands. Ira Berg is one of these students.

Where Law Meets Pop Culture: A Creative Space for Exploration

24 July 2025

From hip-hop to Victor Hugo, and historical fiction to classic cinema: What do these things have in common with the study of law, you might think? A growing group of researchers and students is exploring exactly that and even more.

Assessment is beautiful

21 July 2025

“Learning and assessment” is the title of the chair held by Prof. dr. Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke (SHE). While the Dutch word for assessment (toetsen) often carries a negative connotation, Joosten-ten Brinke sees it as something quite beautiful.

Who Decides What Stays Online? Valentina Golunova on Free Speech and Algorithms

15 July 2025

How does the use of algorithms for the detection of illegal or harmful content on online platforms affect the freedom of expression of EU citizens? This question occupied Valentina Golunova. In 2024, she obtained her PhD at the Faculty of Law.

Nationwide project for animal-free biomedical research on osteoarthritis launched

14 July 2025

Maastricht University is a co-founder of Ombion Centre for Animal-free Biomedical Translation, which was launched on 7 July. One of the four transition projects within Ombion is ‘Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis’, led by Tim Welting (CAPHRI).

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Rise with Pride: UM raises the flag for inclusion

On Monday, staff and students came together on the lawn near UNS40 to mark the start of Pride Month with a moment of reflection and solidarity. Vice President Jan-Tjitte Meindersma raised the Progress Pride Flag on behalf of the university, in a visible sign of support for LGBTQIA+ members of the UM community and for LGBTQIA+ people everywhere.

View the photos of this special moment here.

Staff and students talking about Pride month at Pride Month flag raising event

Video: Invisible protectors: how bacteria from nature can prevent allergies

In the Netherlands, more and more infants are suffering from allergies, such as asthma or eczema. This seems to be linked to our modern indoor lifestyle, which reduces our contact with bacteria from nature.

While playing outdoors, infants ingest up to 60 milligrams of soil, full of beneficial bacteria. At NUTRIM, Niels van Best is researching how these natural bacteria can strengthen the immune system of young infants and help prevent allergies. He explains in this video how he uses baby poop and soil samples to study these 'invisible protectors'.