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Missionary of the open-access message
She is blunt when it comes to her colleagues’ awareness of the issue of open access: what awareness? According to Lisa Brüggen, professor of Financial Services at the School of Business and Economics (SBE), there is much work to do. “Open access has many advantages and makes academia more honest. It...
Minuscule blauwe kern in het brein helpt om alzheimer al heel vroeg aan te tonen
Een minuscuul gebiedje in de hersenen kan helpen om al in een heel vroeg stadium een verhoogd risico op het ontstaan van de ziekte van Alzheimer aan te tonen, ontdekten wetenschappers van Universiteit Maastricht. Het gaat om de locus coeruleus of blauwe kern, diep in de hersenstam verstopt, en enkel...
Maastricht researchers take part in research to improve assessment of motivation in mental disorders
Research partners from pharma, academia, and SMEs have come together to form the Reward Task Optimisation Consortium (RTOC): an initiative aimed at advancing the development of clinical tools to measure motivational functions in people suffering from mental disorders. Researchers at Maastricht...
Energy metabolism in muscles of active seniors almost on par with young people
Muscles of elderly people who exercise regularly display almost the same metabolism as those of young people, according to a joint study on aging in muscle tissues by scientists from Maastricht University (UM) and Amsterdam UMC. The research suggests that people can largely reverse the aging of...
The possibilities and future of online education
A conversation with Dr. Boris Blumberg, captain of MaastrichtMBA
Wealthy people donate almost €8000 to charities
Research conducted by ABN AMRO MeesPierson and Maastricht University found that Dutch people with a disposable income of at least €500,000 give an average of €7,915 per year to charities
Can Money Buy “Better” Legal Education?
As a business, a law school must ensure that the product they are selling, its graduates, meet the demands of the academic community, the legal profession and the society.