News & events

Healthy school lunches in primary schools ensure that children consume more vegetables, both at school and at home. Deloitte has utilised Ilse van Lier's findings to demonstrate that school lunches lead to healthier adults.

Sid Penders is helping childcare organisations across Zuid-Limburg to implement healthy practices. As a Health Sciences/Global Health alumnus and PhD candidate, Sid monitors and evaluates a learning network of childcare organisations.

Rob Bauer, Professor of Finance at the Maastricht School of Business and Economics and holder of the Peter Elverding Chair, is the winner of the Greening Finance Prize 2024. This prestigious prize is awarded by the University of Oxford.

This year, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special event: the FASoS Story Slam. Held on Friday 27 September 2024, from 16.00 to 19.00 at FASoS, the event commemorated three decades of FASoS history.

Conspiracy theories about pandemics are timeless and have followed the same patterns over the centuries. Timo Greve and Joris Roosen's research into pandemic conspiracy theories demonstrates this.

On Saturday, 28 September 2024, over 200 alumni gathered for UM Connect Day. The event took place at the beautiful Tapijnkazerne in Maastricht, bringing alumni together for a day filled with learning, networking, and reminiscing about old memories!