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Prof. Frans Verhey appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau

Ukrainians are fleeing the war in droves, taking with them serious diseases such as HIV to the countries that receive them. This creates new challenges but also offers new opportunities to eliminate HIV by 2030, says UM researcher Kai Jonas.

Patrick Huntjens, Professor of Governance of Sustainability Transitions at Maastricht University, has won the Nautilus Book Award 2022 with his book 'Towards a Natural Social Contract'. 

Training participation among workers has dropped from 54 percent in 2017 to 51 percent in 2020. The time spent on tasks from which one can learn has also decreased. This decrease in work-related learning seems to be the result of the pandemic.

Dr. Willemijn Jansen has won the Young outstanding researcher Award, the talentprize of Alzheimer Nederland.

As a neuropsychologist she is fascinated by people with brain damage through Alzheimer but without complains. They seems protected by it. Within the Alzheimer Centrum Limburg of Maastricht...

Too broad, too vague, too little disciplinary depth – these arguments are often used by critics when talking about Liberal Arts Education (LAE). Research by PhD candidate Milan Kovačević of University College Maastricht (UCM) shows that there is no evidence of such academic shortcomings among LAE...

On King's Day, 27 April, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and their family visited Maastricht for a broad and festive programme. During the royal visit, Rianne Letschert, President of our Executive Board, and Rector Pamela Habiboviç symbolically opened the international world of Maastricht...

Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in the European Parliament that the Commission will launch a procedure to withhold EU subsidies to Hungary for violating the rule of law.

Nice Nailantei Leng’ete received one of the four Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards. For years now, she has been committed to providing access to health care and education for all young girls in Kenya. During our Dies Natalis on 12 May, Nice will address her role as a human rights activist, and talk...