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Hidden gems: the Kruithuis
The School of Business and Economics is located in a former Jesuit monastery. This former Jesuit monastery has played many roles over the years. It was also the first building to belong to Maastricht University, then known as Rijksuniversiteit Limburg. Here, the initial 50 first-year students...
Maastricht University partners with technical secondary schools in Limburg to strengthen connections
On 1 October, Stichting Technasium and UM signed a partnership agreement with nine science-based secondary education schools in Limburg.
The lifecycle of SARS-CoV-2
What happens if a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus enters your lung? This molecular animation visualises how the virus particle can take over the host cell and turns it into a virus factory. Eventually, the host cell produces so many viral particles that it dies and releases numerous new virus particles.
The role of empathy in healthcare
Eva and Romy, two students at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at UM, took a year of from their studies to direct the Patient as a Person foundation (Mens Achter de Patiënt (in Dutch: Mens achter de Patiënt), or in short MAP. MAP advocates for human-centered care in the field of...
Maastricht officially admitted into LHCb experiment at CERN
Maastricht University has been officially admitted into the LHCb experiment at CERN, starting January 2020. At the same time, the Faculty of Science and Engineering installed a new chair, prof. Marcel Merk, on collider physics into the newly founded research group.