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Women who opt for a job in engineering report a greater degree of identity threat because of their femininity.

As of 1 March, Yannis Velegrakis has been appointed as Professor of ‘Very Large Data Management’ at the department of Information and Computing Sciences.

Niels Bovenschen (Biomedical Sciences) wins the 2019 Outstanding Teacher Award. Marij Swinkels (Public Governance and Management) was chosen as teacher talent.

A large delegation of Dutch polar and marine researchers has signed a letter of intent to collaborate with the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven.

NWO has awarded Marco van Leeuwen a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros for his project “Resolving the structure of the Quark-Gluon Plasma”.

Philippe Delandmeter and Ramon Oord took part in a scientific cruise of our strategic partner NIOZ.

Together with thirteen universities in the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has declared its support for the Climate letter.

A private fund is granting protein chemist Stefan Rüdiger 250,000 euros for fundamental research on Huntington's disease.

Erik Molenaar of NILOS participated in a debate about the geopolitical tensions created by the melting of the polar ice.

James Bessen has been appointed Visiting Professor at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Economics as of March 2019.

Rosemarie Buikema, Katrine Smiet, and Berteke Waaldijk talk about unheard stories, historiography, and the enslaved Sojourner Truth.

Aoju Chen is involved in the research 'Where do I belong?' within the strategic theme Dynamics of Youth of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

She addressed questions being dealt with on Sustainable Ocean project, including: what is ocean governance? Which different actors and instruments are involved?

Reflecting on the modern-day meaning(s) and function(s) of ‘sovereignty’ over ocean space and marine non-living resources.

An in-depth article by Kate Frederick, Sarah Carmichael, and Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk.

Andrea van Leerdam has been awarded two American research fellowships.

This exhibition is intended to make people think about inequality in the field of gender and race.

Mini kidney developed from urine cells could lead to a wide range of new treatments that are less onerous for kidney patients

On 26 February, Niels Terpstra gave his opinion in 'de Volkskrant' about the American army in Afghanistan.

The NWO Executive board has appointed Prof. Annelies Zoomers as chair of the Steering Committee of WOTRO Science for Global Development

On 7-9 march the Horizon2020 GRACE Conference: ‘Gender and Cultures of (In)Equality in Europe: visions, poetics, strategies’ will take place.

The Huizinga Institute is the National Research Institute and Graduate School of Cultural History. The institute has moved to Utrecht as of 1 January 2019.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� hosts the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) 2019: Environmental Law for Transitions to Sustainability.

Erik J. Molenaar gave a presentation at the symposium The Caribbean Parts of the Kingdom and International Law.

Thanks to our generous donors, we received donations adding up to an amount of over €3.500 for the UCU Fund in the past two months.