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On Monday 31 August, Maastricht University will celebrate the opening of the 2015/16 academic year with a symposium and an official ceremony.

The newly created Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) has been successful in attracting support from the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme (2015-2018).

Sally Wyatt, professor of Digital Cultures in Development, has been appointed to NWO’s new Permanent National Committee for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure.

Minister Bussemaker has appointed Professor Marc Groenhuijsen as a member of the Maastricht University Supervisory Board for a period of four years, starting on 1 September 2015.

Brown adipose tissue, which is thought to have a positive effect on weight loss, among other things, can be activated in both test animals and humans with the administration of bile acids in pill form.

UM researchers Tamar Sharon and Yasin Temel have been nominated for the 2015 New Scientist Research Talent.

Increased awareness for the consumption of essential fatty acids during pregnancy may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in children.

By taking into account the actual metabolic rate of women, a crucial step can be made in creating more energy-efficient buildings and a more comfortable working area for women. This according to Dr Boris Kingma and Professor Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt in a letter published in Nature Climate Change.

Millionaires are more generous than previous research has suggested, according to a study of more than six hundred Dutch millionaires.