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People who travel to distant destinations often import multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria known as ESBL-producing bacteria, which are resistant to common antibiotics.

From 7-9 November 2016, M-EPLI PhD candidates Jiangqiu Ge and Liuhu Luo presented their papers  at the conference New Civil Rights and the Rule of Law in China.

Aagje Swinnen has been appointed as Endowed Chair of International Humanism and the Art of Living at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht per 1 October 2016.

Data science is playing an increasingly important role in research, education, business, society and medicine (appointment André Dekker).

Before the discovery of penicillin in 1943, people died from infections caused by everyday household accidents – there were simply no drugs available to fight off these infections. This may happen again in the future, warn scientists from all over the world.

‘There’s no cure for osteoarthritis’, is what Wikipedia and all available textbooks say. According to the consortium ‘William Hunter revisited’, led by Prof. Karperien (University of Twente), it is now time to revise this.

On Thursday 17 November, Universiteit van Nederland will broadcast a lecture by UM Assistant Professor Remco Havermans.

Long-term improvement for the majority of participating children with overweight or obesity (MUMC+ News).

The bachelor programme in Tax Law is ranks first place in the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs again. Students of this programme are above average satisfied with their teachers and the study programme. They also highly value the strong skills education.
 

In the latest edition of the Dutch study information guide Keuzegids Universiteiten, five out of the seventeen UM bachelor's programmes that were evaluated were ranked first. The university itself was listed fourth in the 'other universities' category.