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Engage Actually is the event for anyone looking to bridge the gap between science and society.

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

Are you a researcher who could use the help of primary schools throughout the country? Apply for the upcoming editions of ‘Alle Scholen Verzamelen!’ (All schools unite)

On 26 November 2024, the Utrecht AI Event took place. This event focused on the power of multidisciplinary collaboration in AI research.

As of December 2024, seven projects have been honored by the CAT Evaluation Committee.

Conceptualizing Ecocide is thrilled to share the highlights of an extraordinary evening hosted at SPUI25.

Through the new Teams environment ‘Updates Onderwijstools’ we would like to inform teachers and course coordinators about the latest developments for the educational tools in an accessible way.

Riccardo Levato received funding from the Open Competition ENW-XL and will conduct research into how 'stem cell islets' can contribute to the cure of diabetes.

PhD candidate Aisha So has won a special prize for her short story that blends creativity with reflective insights on transformative research.

Henk Kummeling was elected the new chair of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) on 9 December 2025.

Albert Gatt, Professor of Natural Language Generation, delivered his inaugural lecture on 9 December. He designs systems that don’t just sound intelligent but genuinely understand the meaning behind their words.

Discover how Marius Hordijk ’05 is redefining the future of fashion through TheCube Archive, a dynamic menswear hub in Tuscany blending creativity, research, and sustainability.

Mosasaurus: a textbook example of macroevolution

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.

The Supervisory Board has approved the budget for 2025.

Is there a special place for the Low Countries in art history’s debates on global mobility? Thijs Weststeijn seeks to find answers.

The exhibition Design for the Planet, partially inspired by research by Jeroen Oomen offers a groundbreaking exploration of the design and history behind geoengineering.

Alissa Kotowski and Lennart de Groot, both teachers in Earth Sciences, are the lucky winners of the Geo Teacher Awards 2025. On Wednesday 11 December, both received this prize.

Migration has been a leitmotif of the past year at the European and national level, as a response and to promote further research a new research platform on Migration Law (MiLa) will be established from the 1 January 2025,

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

Leanne De Silva explored the use of lab-engineered cartilage mimics as a clinical application for bone repair.

The Alumni Internship Programme connects UCU students with alumni for mentorship and internships, bridging the gap between academics and the professional world.

UCU alumni Antoinet van Berkel '20 and Philippe-Jan Ramondt '22 share how their interdisciplinary education shaped their work at the Nationale DenkTank, focusing on sustainability, circular economies, and societal impact.

Frans Schutgens has received the ZonMw Clinical Fellows grant. He will use it to study the heterogeneity of Wilms tumors and explore its clinical applications.

Aikokul Ibraeva receives Hélène Phoa Gender Studies Research Thesis Prize 2024 for her research into how sexuality and gender have been constructed in Kyrgyz culture.