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Held on 29 and 30 January 2026, United in Diversity conference brought together scholars, judges, and practitioners to critically reassess the role and mechanisms of mutual recognition.

Dominik Linz (CARIM) talks about arrhythmias and the upcoming Pulse Day, for which he hopes to collect more than 20,000 digital pulses.

A rectangle incised with diagonal and straight lines, hewn from limestone quarried in France, a thrilling strategy game can look deceptively simple. The Romans used glass, bone or earthenware pieces. Players took turns trying to block each other’s pieces; whoever did it in the least number of moves.

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?“