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Liza Diane Gordin and Ines Stelk took home the Kremers Incentive Awards 2019 in the bachelor’s and master’s categories on Saturday 30 November.

Crisp but sunny and dry autumn weather helped Maastricht University to another successful Open Day on Saturday. The six faculties welcomed 1582 prospective master’s students looking to learn more about the programmes on offer.

Ruud Pijls defended his PhD dissertation 29 November 2019 at Maastricht University.  

In the Netherlands, a citizen assistance system is employed that consists of citizens who are summoned to aid victims of a cardiac arrest. This dissertation shows that the system increases the chance of survival of sudden cardiac arrest (with cardiac cause) outside the hospital.

UM Pride offers a safe, inclusive and supportive platform for all LGBTQ and allied students and staff members of Maastricht University. Co-founder Stephanie Blom and project leader Alexander Dieleman talk about their contribution to fostering a diverse community.

A Maastricht Science Programme alumna won the Darwin thesis award at the National Biology Students Conference 2019.

More than 100 enthusiastic and curious citizens from Meerssen (municipality north of Maastricht) visited the Visietheek, a pop-up store in Meerssen on November 21st. Each one of them shopped his or her personal dream centre for Meerssen together, built on inspiring examples from elsewhere.

The three Liberal Arts colleges of Maastricht University retain their top positions in the Keuzegids Bachelors 2020.

A love for Japanese culture snowballed into a London conference trip for Lianne Hufkens, master's student Artificial Intelligence.

On 21 and 22 November, the fifth annual conference, so an anniversary edition, of ITEM took place in the Province of Overijssel. Policy makers, politicians and scientists came together in Enschede to build cross-border cooperation.