Nieuws /en en Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:16:00 +0200 Mon, 01 Sep 25 17:00:00 +0200 Vliegenthart Thesis Award 2025 /en/news/vliegenthart-thesis-award-2025 Pepijn de Koning wins the Vliegenthart Thesis Award 2025. 151751 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Utrecht 1636: “Don't hesitate, just do it” /en/news/utrecht-1636-dont-hesitate-just-do-it Studying is a privilege - giving something back to the university feels like a natural choice for Maaike Wijnen. 150347 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:34:00 +0200 Nieuws UU alumn Marien Raat studies how game theory and quantum computing converge /en/news/uu-alumn-marien-raat-studies-how-game-theory-and-quantum-computing-converge "Quantum mechanics is quite a technical subject for young children but my current PhD supervisor made a tic-tac-toe game with quantum rules." 150032 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:30:00 +0200 Nieuws New fund for Italy Studies /en/news/new-fund-for-italy-studies The Hoogewerff-Hendrix Fund for Italy Studies promotes research on Italian culture. 149740 Fri, 23 May 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws 2024 Annual Review of the Utrecht ľϸӰ Fund has been published /en/news/2024-annual-review-of-the-utrecht-university-fund-has-been-published The Utrecht ľϸӰ Fund is committed to connecting generations of students and passing on opportunities. Over €4.5mln was raised in 2024. 149333 Mon, 12 May 2025 09:36:00 +0200 Nieuws Hiske Arts appointed Alumnus of the Year 2024 /en/news/hiske-arts-appointed-alumnus-of-the-year-2024 Hiske Arts, campaign lead at Fossil Free NL, is the Alumnus of the Year 2024. She fights greenwashing and challenges the financial systems fuelling the climate emergency. 148161 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Farewell Henk Kummeling: Education is always the answer /en/opinion/farewell-henk-kummeling-education-is-always-the-answer Henk Kummeling has been Rector Magnificus of Utrecht ľϸӰ since 2018. As he will be stepping down as Rector Magnificus on March 26, 2025, he wrote a column for Illuster. 147972 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Employees donate end-of-year gift: € 6.882 for Emergency Fund /en/news/employees-donate-end-of-year-gift-eu-6882-for-emergency-fund UU employees of three departments could donate a small or a large piece of their end-of-year gift 2024 to the Utrecht ľϸӰ Fund. The proceeds are now known. 147783 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:29:00 +0100 Nieuws 8 ROSANNA Fund for Women grants awarded /en/news/8-rosanna-fund-for-women-grants-awarded Grants were awarded to as many as eight female students and young researchers at UU on March 7, 2025. 147740 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:51:00 +0100 Nieuws A Unique Path for Refugee Students /en/news/a-unique-path-for-refugee-students Incluusion works on improving the access of refugee students to UU's bachelor and master programmes through the Pathways Project. 143481 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws New vaccine against deadly herpes virus in elephants tested in practice /en/news/new-vaccine-against-deadly-herpes-virus-in-elephants-tested-in-practice The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration Rotterdam Zoo have started testing a vaccine to protect young elephants from the deadly elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV). 145464 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:38:00 +0100 Nieuws “I went to bed as a judge and woke up as a terrorist.” /en/news/i-went-to-bed-as-a-judge-and-woke-up-as-a-terrorist The audiovisual exhibit ‘100 Million Voices, 100 Million Stories’ shows the personal stories of refugees' immigration and integration. 145116 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:34:00 +0100 Nieuws ROSANNA Fund for Women: apply for Scholarship before 1 Dec 2024 /en/news/rosanna-fund-for-women-apply-for-scholarship-before-1-dec-2024 The next deadline to apply for a ROSANNA Fund Scholarship is 1 December 2024. 144106 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Marien Raat wins Vliegenthart Thesis Award 2023 /en/news/marien-raat-wins-vliegenthart-thesis-award-2023 Marien Raat wins the 2023 Vliegenthart Thesis Award. He wrote his thesis for the History and Philosophy of Science and Computing Science master's programs. 143130 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Incluusion’s Impressive Impact on Refugee Students and UU Community /en/news/incluusions-impressive-impact-on-refugee-students-and-uu-community What is the impact of the Incluusion programme on refugee students and the UU community? Two new studies explored this and the results are impressive. 142962 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Annemiek Vermeulen appointed new Director of Utrecht ľϸӰ Fund /en/news/annemiek-vermeulen-appointed-new-director-of-utrecht-university-fund As of 1 September, Annemiek Vermeulen Msc is the new Director of the foundation Utrecht ľϸӰ Fund and the Head of Relationship Management of Utrecht ľϸӰ. 142814 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws First ľϸӰ Dinner a success /en/news/first-university-dinner-a-success During this amazing fundraising evening as much as €230.170 was donated for scholarships for students. 142689 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:52:00 +0200 Nieuws Every graduation year a new tree /en/news/every-graduation-year-a-new-tree Eerste alumnibomen Utrechts Studenten Bomenfonds onthuld, een samenwerking van het Green Office en het Alumni Office naar een studenteninitiatief 143656 Fri, 03 May 2024 16:41:00 +0200 Nieuws Incluusion Community launched /en/news/incluusion-community-launched Last week the Incluusion Community was launched: UU’s newest diversity network for and by people with a refugee background. 137163 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Hanneke van Eijken first holder of the Alex Brenninkmeijer chair /en/news/hanneke-van-eijken-first-holder-of-the-alex-brenninkmeijer-chair Hanneke van Eijken is the first researcher to hold the new Alex Brenninkmeijer chair in Rule of Law & Democracy at Utrecht ľϸӰ. 137179 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:17:00 +0100 Nieuws