News

On Thursday, 9 March, the 'Hoestie.nu?’ project won the 2017 Roche Oncology Award (MUMC+ news).

Appointment professor Carel van Schaik (1953) for the 2017 Eugène Dubois chair at Maastricht University.

This year for the first time, the TEFAF Art Market Report has been prepared by Prof. dr. Rachel Pownall, member of the MACCH Steering Committee, who holds the TEFAF Chair in Art Markets at the School of Business Economics at Maastricht University. The report is written in partnership with the Maastricht Centre of Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH) and is the only report to be able to use the aggregated artnet auction data. 

From 23-25 February, Maastricht’s European Law Moot Court team took part in the regional finals held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The team, composed of Dina Grego, Jihane Mirode, Christine Recker and Ilja Terwinghe won the final battle and will go to the all-European finals in Luxemburg which will be held on 31 March 2017. The team was coached by Pauline Melin and Alexander Hoogenboom.

On 23 and 24 February, Maastricht University participated in the Dutch Qualifying Rounds of the 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Amsterdam. The UM team, composed of Céline Fäh, Caitlin MacMillan, Hanna Moller and Diya Dilan reached the international qualification rounds which will take place in Washinton D.C. from 9-16 April 2017. The team is coached by Laura Visser, Jure Vidmar & Jennifer Sellin.

On March 8th 2017, students from the Master programmes Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management and Governance and Leadership in European Public Health had the opportunity to take part in a one-day Career Event.

At Maastricht University assistant professor Lana Sirri critically examines feminism at the intersection of gender and religion, including aspects such as race, sexuality and ethnicity.

On 17 January 2017 prof. dr. Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn, Professor of Cross Border Pension Tax Law at Maastricht University and Director of ITEM (Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross Border Cooperation and Mobility) was interviewed by economic journalist drs. Freek Andriesse. The interview was produced on behalf of Sdu (NDFR).

After several pilots, UM is ready to roll out university-wide waste separation this year.

On Monday 6 March, FHML researcher Anique de Bruin received a Comenius Teaching Fellow Grant from Dutch Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker.