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UM is developing an innovative learning environment in the field of biobased materials on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen.

On this day exactly 125 years ago, physician Sir Fredrick Grant Banting was born. Together with Charles Best and John Macleod, Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat diabetes.

Assistent professor Jacques Claessen (Faculty of Law) is a proponent of ‘restorative justice’, someone who believes in the power of mediation in criminal cases. 16 November marks the International Day of Tolerance – an opportune time to highlight the difference between ‘severe’ and ‘smart’ punishment.

Possible alternative for endoscopy to control Crohn's disease (MUMC+ news)

Call for Papers for the seminar on “Reconsidering the Law-Finance Nexus in a Post-Crisis World” (The 5th International Seminar on Law and Economics, held in Beijing, 2 June 2017)

On 9 November Annerika Slok defended her PhD thesis titled ‘ Towards personalised management using the Assessment of Burden of COPD (ABC) tool’ and was awarded the distinction cum laude.

The new Center Court on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard Geleen will be officially opened on 16 November.

The research project “Lifelong Learning and competence development” of Andries de Grip, Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and Professor of Economics has been granted € 450.000.

Twelve November it is World Pneumonia Day. Camielle Noordam did PhD research on pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa.

On 7 November 2016, prime ministers Mark Rutte and Geert Bourgeois signed a strategic Dutch-Flemish research agreement governing close collaboration in the field of regenerative medicine. Clemens van Blitterswijk, university professor at the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine...