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Research with impact: better recycling
At UM, we work on practical solutions for social issues. Kim Ragaert is a professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Together with her team, she works on improving the recycling of plastic and making plastic more sustainable. Watch the video and find out how they do this.
Watch the videoStudents hunting for fossils in the ENCI quarry
Moving orange spots on a yellow background are the first indication that something unusual is taking place in Maastricht's limestone quarry, Sint-Pietersberg.
A closer look reveals that these are people clothed in orange vests. They are Maastricht Science Programme students and supervisors. In July, they carried out the first systematic excavation, which Maastricht University is conducting.
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Events
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19 Sep16:00
Environmental Law Lecture Series
This lecture series provides a set of important insights from environmental law scholars on how EU environmental law helps to achieve the aim of a high level of environmental protection in the European Union and across the world.
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01 Oct17:30 - 21:00
Keti Koti Dialogue Table
A facilitated dialogue on Diversity Day!
During the Keti Koti Table experiences and ideas about sensitive and personal topics are shared. Although the history of slavery and its aftermath are its occasion, its aim is explicitly not to have a conversation about historical and political subjects, on...
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14 Oct 30 Jun14:00 - 16:30
European Administrative Law Dialogues
These online discussions seek to set the scene for further exchange about the intellectual, conceptual, social, legal and practical interactions between comparative administrative law in Europe and European administrative law. The European Administrative Law Dialogues are strongly anchored in...
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16 Oct 31 Dec10:00 - 11:40
Pension expertise session (webinar)
The expertise center ITEM, in collaboration with Montae & Partners, is organizing a (digital) pension expertise session webinar series.
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18 Oct 25 Oct
A picture essay
Randwyck Library with a vision for the future
On 2 September, Randwyck Library celebrated its reopening with a ceremony, aligning with the start of the new academic year. The event featured a symbolic film showcasing the library’s transformation, along with speeches from Pamela Habibovic, the Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University and Claudia van Oppen, Director of Maastricht University Library. Guests were then taken on guided tours to experience the newly renovated library themselves. The modern design and flexible spaces received high praise from visitors, who noted that the library is well-equipped for the future.
Photography: Jonathan Vos
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Video: Talking about Books with Andreas Herrler
Andreas talks about 'Anatomica & Chirurgica' and the evolution of writing down knowledge and visual representation in books. Odin Essers, Curator of Maastricht University’s Special Collections shows us one volume of the original Vesalius print book from 1725. It contains beautiful anatomic drawings and illustrations.
The location in this video is the newest Digital Lab at Randwyck Library. There is no coincidence that the video is recorded here, because the anatomy room is called the Vesalius Room. Here you can find a lot of interesting anatomy objects for your study and research and one volume of the original Vesalius from our Special Collections.
Andreas inspires us to use the Vesalius 3D scanner where you can discover every detail of a human body. Feel free to visit this room in the University Library Randwyck!
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UM & Europe
Maastricht University is the European university of the Netherlands. Plenty of reasons for to launch a several stories, news items and to publish an overview of all of our 'UM and Europe' information.
UM & sustainability
Sustainability has long been a core value of Maastricht University, and it will be increasingly important in the near future. On this page you can read news, stories, press releases, and more.
UM & wellbeing
Maastricht University devotes a great deal of attention to the wellbeing of its students and staff. Read more about 'UM & wellbeing' news, stories, press releases, videos and background information.
UMagazine
UMagazine offers an insight into the key developments and achievements in education and research at Maastricht University. The magazine is printed three times a year.
The June edition includes a portrait of university vice president Nick Bos. After 25 years at UM, he is now set to retire. The man who initially aspired to an academic career discovered that his true gift lay in facilitating other academics.
Konrad Kollnig received an AiNed Fellowship grant for his research on how we can enforce laws related to AI, privacy and competition. “The responsible authorities are usually made up of lawyers and economists. Great people with good intentions, without a doubt—but if you want to regulate technology, you also need experts in those fields.”
With her postdoctoral research, Carolien Bouvier hopes to help museums conserve art by revealing its underlying chemical composition. Even paintings that are hundreds of years old are subject to ongoing chemical processes, Bouvier says.
According to Nancy Bocken, professor of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, society is stuck on a one-way highway of value destruction. She shows how we can shift gears from linear consumption to a circular economy.
Experience shows that anybody can fall victim to a miscarriage of justice. With a new database, Jenny Schell-Leugers is investigating the extent of the problem in Europe.
What determines a person’s financial wellbeing? Jenna Barrett conducted PhD research on this subject under the supervision of Lisa Brüggen. And the KidzCollege has been linking primary schools with the university for 15 years. How did this initiative come about?
This time, Soul Kitchen offers a peek into the kitchen of Pieter du Plessis, who was born and raised in South Africa. And we meet alum Saara Martinmäki, who came to UM to pursue a master’s in Clinical Psychology. She now conducts research on the wellbeing of humanitarian aid workers and advises international organisations on how best to support their employees.
Read about all this and more in the June issue of UMagazine!
Download the latest edition of the UMagazine (PDF) here.
The next edition will be published on 9 October