Do you sometimes think ‘I would like to belong somewhere’ as a student at UM? Or are there times when you feel lonely? Since September 2021 you are welcome at the UM community (UMc). A community run by students for students that wants to make sure all UM students feel at home here and have company.
This Summer, when on holiday in Norway, I noticed how clean the water was in one of the fjords surrounding the beautiful city of Bergen. It allowed for making idyllic pictures of houses whose outlines were reflected in the water. How different this was when I visited a dump ground in Germany a...
On 9 September 2022, 16.30hrs, Professor Petra Hurks will give her inaugural lecture as Professor Psychodiagnostics.
MACCH partner, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL) is celebrating its 35th anniversary on September 30, 2022 with the symposium Restoration: implementation and research.
Maastricht University (UM) is imposing heavy sanctions on student association M.S.V. Tragos due to incidents that took place during the association's introduction period. Funding for the association’s board and the subsidy provided by UM will be withdrawn.
Many of us have purchased fair trade products and paid a premium in hopes of improving the lives of farmers in developing countries. But what effect does this premium we pay in the supermarkets have? And how can we evaluate existing or new policies aimed at raising the income and well-being of...
The European Commission has awarded €23 million to set up a new platform for drug repurposing: the use of existing drugs in diseases other than those for which they were originally developed. In the next seven years UM will develop the platform REPO4EU (precision drug REPurpOsing for Europe)...
New research investigates why women undergo risky cosmetic surgery for appearance ‘improvement’.
The jury of the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award has made its selection from no fewer than 28 entries, an all-time record. The six nominees who will soon present their pitches to be one of the three finalists. On September 21, they’ll be competing at Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus for a spot...
In the Springer Book Series 'Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market', MACCH affiliated researchers Christoph Rausch, Emilie Sitzia and Vivian van Saaze together with Ruth Benschop, published the book 'Participatory Practices in Art and Cultural Heritage: Learning Through and from Collaboration...
