Simon Cornelissen isn't only attending the master's programme in Medicine. In addition to his busy curriculum, he is also an ensign with the Dutch Ministry of Defence and a working student at the Defensity College. Watch the video.
15 organisations involved in animal testing in the Netherlands have signed the Dutch Transparency Agreement on Animal Testing with a commitment to communicate in a more open way about how animals are used in research. This agreement was drafted by various Dutch researchers in collaboration with the...
Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo verwelkomt dit najaar een nieuw bedrijf: InnerBuddies. Deze eerste spin-off van de Universiteit Maastricht vestigt zich op de campus met de 27-jarige Jella Theeuwen aan het roer als CEO.
Maastricht researchers argue that urgent measures are needed to tackle loneliness in society. Aside from their mental welfare needs, people who suffer from severe or very severe loneliness incur 40 to 50 percent higher healthcare costs up to a year later compared to people who don’t feel lonely. The...
Psychologist Felicitas Biwer from Maastricht University (UM) is one of the twelve new "Faces of Science". This platform offers a glimpse into the world of PhD students, especially for 5 and 6 VWO students
The UM research institute GROW and the Maastricht UMC+ Oncology Centre and have together been accredited as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).
Emeritus Professor Harry Struijker Boudier has won the Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize. This biennial prize of 25,000 euros is awarded by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen.
In Maastricht begint MAASTRO clinic dit jaar met protonentherapie; de nieuwe veelbelovende bestralingsvorm in de behandeling van kanker. Het ‘wat en waarom’ is geen vraag meer. Bestraling met protonen in plaats van met fotonen kan voor sommige vormen van kanker veel verschil maken. De grootste vraag...
