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22 researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess Máxima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to €850,000.

Predicting whether a child is experiencing internalising or externalising problems based on a video. Niilo Valtakari is working on this: "My research shows how machine learning combined with psychology can provide new insights into behaviour."

Debut EP Until Further Notice captures how five friends from UCU turned shared moments of music into a story of connection, growth, and self-discovery.

UCU alumnua Tobia de Scisciolo is helping restore Aruba’s coral reefs through science, community, and education.

From campus life to the Amazon rainforest, current student Hanna Steinkamp shares her experience studying, exploring, and finding her rhythm on exchange in Peru

An exploratory study shows how cities like Utrecht, Amsterdam and Rotterdam deals with disinformation. Citizens expect action from the municipalities.

The multidisciplinary EVENING study evaluates whether expanding pre-school education is successful in creating more equal opportunities. The results are promising: children show progress in social-emotional development, language, executive functions and motor skills.

One Book One Campus presents Night at the Library on 9 October. Maaike Wijnen is involved as a programme maker and talks about the festival, the extra pressure caused by the elections and how she and her colleagues still managed to put together a fun and surprising programme.

Social robots, smart speakers, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa: they are making their way into our homes. What role do these forms of artificial intelligence play within the family? Ruud Hortensius and his team of researchers are seeking answers to this question.

Elisa Fleischmann ’24 publishes her UCU thesis on immune cell interactions and continues research at Karolinska Institutet.

FAN: Where Event Creatives Find Their Crowd

Kirsten Buist is one of the few experts in the Netherlands on sibling relationships. She is currently working on an e-learning module for nursery staff.

The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science.

Researchers at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ recommend seven ways in which teachers can apply translanguaging in the classroom.

To recognize and promote excellence in student research as well as awareness in our field, the focus area Migration and Societal Change awards the best master’s thesis.

This month, no fewer than three professors with a focus on education will deliver their inaugural lectures. They will share the contribution they make to education at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

The three researchers receiving the prestigious grant are Anna Zhelnina, Verena Seibel, and Angelo Moretti.

How a community moves open science toward transparent and reproducible AI.

Climate change was found to be barely addressed, if at all, in social studies classes. Immerzeel is changing that with its Klimaatwijzer platform.

Several Utrecht psychologists packed their gear and set off for Lowlands. They stuck on electrodes, set up brain scan kits – and, above all, spent hours chatting with their diverse crowd of participants.

Discover theses from the UCU Class of 2025, reflecting the diverse ideas, research, and passions of our recent graduates.

ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ College Utrecht (UCU) alumnus Sake Slootweg ’07 draws on childhood memories and a spirit of exploration in his debut book, out August 2025.

Laurens van Hofslot shares how steeplechase, identity, and resilience shaped his path to the Dutch Nationals—and what it means to run on his own terms.

Reforming history education is essential to realising its potential in transforming conflicts and addressing the legacies of a difficult past. Bjorn Wansink tells about his visit to the Childhood Museum together with teachers who had personally experienced the war as children and some even as soldiers.

ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ College Utrecht alumna Leanne Hoogwaerts reflects on unlearning, redefining success, and building a slower life rooted in regenerative values.