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On 4-5 February, I was very proud to celebrate with over 150 colleagues and friends the 10th Anniversary of AMIBM with a symposium: “A Decade of Biobased Materials.”

In the series ‘From Alum to Author’, we shine a spotlight on UM alumni who share their knowledge and experience through books. This time, we focus on Ingrid Steenhuis, who published her fourth book, Ik ga het gewoon doen! (translated: I’m Just Going to Do It!), in 2025.

Maastricht University is calling on residents, organisations and partners in Maastricht and the surrounding region to submit ideas together with UM staff members for Join UM50.

More and more Dutch people are struggling with debt and poverty. Genuine change calls for a systematic approach, which is where the ELSA Lab for Poverty and Debt comes in.

PhD thesis by Martin Munu

The Supervisory Board of UM has decided on a temporary new formation of the Executive Board. Pamela Habibović will become chair of the board, and Jan Smits will become rector magnificus. Both appointments are for a period of six months, until 1 September 2026.

In primary school, his nickname was whirlwind —and that same energy comes across during the interview. “I’ve never been diagnosed, but I do think I have ADHD,” says the cheerful physics professor Marcel Merk. “And I’m gripped by the question: why is there something rather than nothing?“

Following his keynote at the Sixth Global Citizenship Education Symposium, Jason Goulah continued the conversation in a discussion with an EDLAB research assistant, focusing on a central question: how can education remain meaningfully human in an age of artificial intelligence?

Field Notes on Artistic Participation in Europe’s Trans and Queer Archives is a study of how contemporary artists access, question, and contribute to archival holdings.

Films, discussions and shared space brought academics, students and locals together, showing how cinema can make complex research visible, social and accessible beyond the university.