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Prof. dr. Annemie Schols, hoogleraar ‘Voeding en metabolisme bij chronische ziekten’ aan de Universiteit Maastricht en directeur van NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) wordt door de European Respiratory Society (ERS) geëerd met de allereerste prestigieuze ERS...

Patrick Huntjens, lector Sociale innovaties in het groene domein bij Hogeschool Inholland en transitie-hoogleraar bij Maastricht Universiteit, heeft met zijn boek ‘Towards a Natural Social Contract’ (2021) de Nautilus Book Award 2022 (Gold Award) gewonnen.

Annemie Schols, professor of Nutrition and Metabolism in Chronic Diseases at Maastricht University and director of the School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), is the first recipient of the prestigious ERS COPD GOLD Medal from the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

It is, I think, fair to say that Brexit is not going well. Some even think that it is a ‘complete and unmitigated mess’. No doubt at least in part for this reason, there has been a flurry of commentary arguing that such momentous a decision should not have been taken by way of referendum (for a...

The theme of the 5th UM Symposium on Global Citizenship Education is transformative engagement, one of the pillars of the UM GCEd initiative and a key competence of UM graduates who will become tomorrow's leaders and changemakers.

Service robots are transforming the service industry. From greeting customers to serving food and even offering advice, robots are changing the way businesses interact with their clientele. But how can companies adapt their marketing strategies to this new reality? The Maastricht Center for Robots (MCR...

The entanglement between science and the oil industry is also of the pillars of Mody’s research on how to deal with sustainability in times of scarcity, for which he recently received a Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The road to sustainability is certainly not a one-way street and cannot be walked in just one day. Walking the road together takes time and requires dedication and cooperation. In the coming years, we will take steps to make our university more sustainable. The UM Sustainability Roadmap 2030 has been...

Picture an audience of some 4,000 people, all staring at a big screen presenting the nominees. The suspense builds. “And the award goes to ... ” The annual iGEM competition in Paris could just as well be called the Oscars of Synthetic Biology. Last November, the UM student team SublimeStone came home...