News
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This semester, the Green Office cultivated the untapped potential of the Community Garden and the Clothing Swap Room. We hope that these Circularity Projects will operate under autonomous, functional organisations by this time next year, with continued support from the Green Office and the SUM2030 team.
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Julien was admitted at the last second for the Medicine bachelor. A turning point that led him to research perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and specific type of bile duct cancer at MUMC+.
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That Stephan Smeekes became a professor of econometrics at the age of 41 is not to say this path is open to anyone with a disability. “Everybody’s different, and so is every disability,” he says. He doesn’t see himself as an ambassador for disabled academics. “But if my story inspires others, that’s a good thing, for sure.” A down-to-earth researcher and devoted teacher, Smeekes learnt from his parents never to give up and to think in terms of solutions.
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Beating the odds: Julien Luyten’ s path to rare bile duct cancer research. Insight story from a NUTRIM PhD and chair of the NUTRIM PhD council.
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Last Thursday, a gathering was held at Centre Céramique in Maastricht in memory of Mathieu Segers. Studio Europa reported on this special day.
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Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to set up a scientific research team in the coming years for studies on bioprinted models of a human kidney and on female guest workers from southern Europe who came to north-western Europe in the second half of the 20th century.
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“Always ask for help when your complaints disproportionately hinder you during your studies.” Based on her own experiences, that is the message Eline wants to convey to every student.
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On 29 November 2024, MCEL member Maja Brkan, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, gave her inaugural lecture on 'Digitalisation and EU fundamental rights: the good, the bad and the opaque'.
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On 22 November 2024, the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) hosted the workshop ‘Collaborative Ecologies for Classical Music’ together with the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Center (SPARC).