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What was the first board game ever played?

28 February 2022

Dr. Walter Crist (Digital Ludeme Project) answers this question in an online lecture for Universiteit van Nederland.

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Medicines from plants: Maastricht and York to unravel a biochemical mystery.

What if the key to new medicines against cancer or HIV lies not in a laboratory but is hidden away in the leaves of a plant? Scientists from Maastricht University and the University of York are joining forces to investigate precisely such a plant.

7 September 2026
Four new programmes launch at the Faculty of Science and Engineering

In September, the first students will begin in four new programmes at Maastricht University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. A milestone we’re celebrating not just in Maastricht and Venlo, but for the first time also in Heerlen.

28 August 2026
Healthy eating is good advice, but there is one major blind spot

The extra work involved in eating more healthily still falls predominantly on women, says Madhura Rao, Assistant Professor of Food Systems Governance for Planetary Health at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Why does public health policy widen the gender gap?

4 August 2026