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  • Digital conflicts about climate in the picture

    Philosopher Maud Oostindie of Maastricht University is one of the new 'Faces of Science' presented today by the KNAW. Through blogs and vlogs, she is going to show what her life as a young scientist looks like.
    Maud Oostindie
  • Can a smart scalpel help brain surgeons remove tumours?

    Scientists at the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Institute (M4I) have developed an ‘intelligent surgery knife’, or iKnife. The European subsidy programme Interreg Flanders-Netherlands has made more than two million euros available for the further development of this technology.
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  • Successful launch of 30-year FASoS festivities

    Maastricht University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Last week, students and staff gathered in the FASoS garden to kick-start the festivities of the faculty’s anniversary year.
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  • Inaugural lecture Saskia Brand-Gruwel

    Saskia Brand-Gruwel is a member of the Executive Board of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, and on March 21, 2024, she will also accept her professorship at Maastricht University.
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  • The search for a publisher

    Failure is part of life, but not something academics talk about often. In this interview, Vincent Lagendijk discusses the failure to find a publisher for his book. Why is this such an intricate process and is there any hope?
    Vincent Lagendijk
  • Tackling obesity through behavioural change

    Does she ever indulge in pizza? “Absolutely! And crisps, too”, laughs Anne Roefs, professor of Psychology and Neuroscience of Abnormal Eating and head of the Eat Lab research group at Maastricht University. Equally, Leo Pimpini, a native of Venice who completed his PhD under Roefs’s supervision, is not...
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  • Feeling lonely in PBL: a personal reflection

    As a student, constant changes in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) groups at Maastricht University left Carolina Cicati feeling lonely sometimes. This experience, in contrast to her later supportive role as a student-tutor, highlights the challenge of building trust within short-term learning settings.
    Carolina Cicati