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People who travel to distant destinations often import multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria known as ESBL-producing bacteria, which are resistant to common antibiotics.

‘There’s no cure for osteoarthritis’, is what Wikipedia and all available textbooks say. According to the consortium ‘William Hunter revisited’, led by Prof. Karperien (University of Twente), it is now time to revise this.

On Thursday 17 November, Universiteit van Nederland will broadcast a lecture by UM Assistant Professor Remco Havermans.

Long-term improvement for the majority of participating children with overweight or obesity (MUMC+ News).

For the fourth time in a row our Bachelor Knowledge Engineering received the Quality Seal “Top Rated Programme” from Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs 2017!

In the latest edition of the Dutch study information guide Keuzegids Universiteiten, five out of the seventeen UM bachelor's programmes that were evaluated were ranked first. The university itself was listed fourth in the 'other universities' category.

The bachelor programme in Tax Law is ranks first place in the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs again. Students of this programme are above average satisfied with their teachers and the study programme. They also highly value the strong skills education.
 

Assistent professor Jacques Claessen (Faculty of Law) is a proponent of ‘restorative justice’, someone who believes in the power of mediation in criminal cases. 16 November marks the International Day of Tolerance – an opportune time to highlight the difference between ‘severe’ and ‘smart’...

On this day exactly 125 years ago, physician Sir Fredrick Grant Banting was born. Together with Charles Best and John Macleod, Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat diabetes.

UM is developing an innovative learning environment in the field of biobased materials on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen.