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The plan is to continue monitoring for years. Lembrechts: “By measuring continuously over the long term, we can get a clear picture of biodiversity variation."

Parasites are often overlooked in biodiversity research and conservation efforts. That needs to change, says zombie ant researcher Charissa de Bekker.

Last Thursday Adapt! was launched. “By linking research with practice, we are developing practical solutions,” says key initiator and Director Beatrice de Graaf.

How did fame operate in the past? Arnoud Visser and others explore fame and celebrity in the period from 1450 to 1650.

Classes in the final three years of primary schools in the province of Utrecht can now sign up for the project and contribute to research on plant biodiversity.

Due to the use of different methods, there was considerable variation in the conclusions drawn. Jonas Lembrechts was one of the participants of the study.

The AOb and FNV, among others, announce relay strikes at educational institutions across the Netherlands. The strikes are directed against the severe cuts in higher education. Some of the students and staff at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� want to go on strike on 11 March.

Saskia van Wees studied biology at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and eventually became a professor at the same university. What drew her back to Utrecht?

The Executive Board of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has appointed Prof. Marc Bierkens as the new interim Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences as of 1 March 2025.

The Supervisory Board of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� (UU) has appointed prof. Wilco Hazeleger as the new Rector Magnificus of UU per March 27th, 2025. He will succeed prof. dr. Henk Kummeling.

Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen will be working together with industry partners to investigate how colorants from plastic bottles can be recycled.

On December 11, the coalition parties reached an agreement with part of the opposition on the budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Based on the available figures, the conclusion is that the budget cuts in higher education and research are still huge.

“I am glad that these negative results are finally shared, as it helps prevent duplication of work and unnecessary suffering in laboratory animals.”

Machine learning can fill in 'invisible puzzle pieces', making climate models more realistic and accurate.

This issue of Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities invites critical reflections on relationships, resistance, and solidarity that challenge and inspire.

Researchers receive Biodiversa+ funding for research into nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change.

Saskia van Wees investigates the intricacies of plant resistance and the role plant hormones play in these processes. Today, she delivers her inaugural lecture.

Five questions to vice-president Margot van der Starre on the budget cuts.

As per 1 January 2025, Anna Gerbrandy and Rutger Claassen will be appointed the new scientific directors of the university-wide strategic theme Institutions for Open Societies (IOS).

Sustainability-focused teaching materials encourage students to think critically about the life cycle of plastics and the environmental impact of chemical processes related to plastics.

The education protest scheduled to take place in Utrecht today has been cancelled. The original speakers' programme will continue from the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).

The number of new students at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� (UU) remains virtually unchanged this year (-0.1%), according to the preliminary enrolment numbers.

Ahmed has nearly 860 thousand subscribers on YouTube and an impressive 1.3 million followers on Facebook. Today, Ahmed will defend his PhD thesis.

Three Utrecht research projects have been awarded funding within the programme National Science Agenda Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC).

Kári Driscoll translates Teresa Präauer's ‘Tier werden’ into ‘Becoming Animal’, which explores cultural zoology and the evolution of words, images and identity.