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EU & ME: Commemorating 25 Years of the Maastricht Treaty
12-12-2016On 9 December 2016, leading politicians, scholars and interested parties followed the invitation of the municipality of Maastricht to attend the 25th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty.
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ITEM’s Alexander Hoogenboom wins Ius Commune Prize
09-12-2016Alexander Hoogenboom, scientific coordinator at ITEM, is the winner of the Ius Commune Prize of 2016. Alexander Hoogenboom won the 2016 Ius Commune Prize for his paper ‘In Search of a Rationale for the EU Citizenship Jurisprudence’. The prize was awarded at the 15th Ius Commune Conference on 24 November 2016.
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Het migratiebeleid staat kansen in de weg in de grensregio’s
01-12-2016Migratierecht en -beleid gaan veelal uit van een eenheid: verblijf en ‘bezigheid’ — werk, studie/stage, onderzoek, et cetera — in één land. Maar diezelfde eenheid levert problemen op in de grensstreken. Niet zozeer voor EU-burgers, die het ‘recht op vrij verkeer’ hebben, maar wel voor zogenoemde ‘derdelanders’, grof gezegd mensen zonder EU, EER of Zwitserse nationaliteit.
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Dr. Hylke Dijkstra edits Forum on EU Global Strategy
14-10-2016Dr. Hylke Dijkstra, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has recently edited a forum on the recent EU Global Strategy for the Journal of Contemporary Security Policy with seven articles by senior colleagues on how the strategy came about.
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UM ranks 173rd in the QS World University Rankings
06-09-2016Maastricht University ranks 173rd in this year’s QS World University Rankings, showing a slight decrease compared to last year (place 169). In relation to the other Dutch universities, UM’s 9th position remains the same.
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Aalt Bast new dean Campus Venlo
29-08-2016Following consultations with the deans of the faculties participating in the development of UM’s activities in Venlo, the Executive Board has appointed Aalt Bast as the new dean of Campus Venlo.
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Olympic gold for UM alumna
16-08-2016UM alumna Maaike Head and her teammate Ilse Paulis won a gold Olympic medal in the women’s double scull rowing.
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Burden of disease instrument for COPD puts patients and doctors in control of treatment
03-08-2016A study by Maastricht University has revealed that...
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Robust new institute for regenerative medicine
06-07-2016RegMed XB is the new institute for regenerative medicine. (News RegMed XB).
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MaCSBio's Chris Evelo new co-leader of ELIXIR Interoperability platform
20-05-2016Chris Evelo (ELIXIR Netherlands) is the new co-leader of the ELIXIR Interoperability Platform, replacing Barend Mons, the Head of Dutch ELIXIR Node. Evelo joins Helen Parkinson (EMBL-EBI) and Carole Goble (ELIXIR UK) in leading the Interoperability Platform.