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The Executive Board has appointed Jarno Drost as Professor of Models and mechanisms of pediatric solid tumorigenesis at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��

Early in April, international colleagues visited Utrecht with the International Association of Universities (IAU) to see how Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is working on open science.

Through Playground, students can explore their potential and gain skills that go beyond the classroom. For UCU student Yoanie Sautjeau '26, this initiative has become a hub for growth, both personally and professionally.

Interfaculty projects that innovate and improve education are made possible annually by the Utrecht Education Incentive Fund (USO).

Dewy van der Valk ’13 develops heart valves that grow with patients. Hear about her research in the new After UCU podcast episode.

Stories from the Lab: an interview with Nico van den Berg from the AI Lab for Imaging and Image-guided Interventions.

In this open letter José van Dijck en Albert Meijer express their concern about Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��’s increasing reliance on services from Big Tech companies.

The Charles ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��, the ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Turku and the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Economics are organising the 7th Economics of Public Procurement Workshop.

The design phase for the renovation of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Hall has begun

The SPACES consortium will develop solutions that support children with a disability or chronic illness in participating in play and sports activities.

When designing your course in Brightspace, it helps to see it from the eyes of your students. That is why we developed the Brightspace Student Experience for Teachers.

The Supervisory Board of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� (UU) has appointed prof. dr. ir. Johannes (Hans) Brug as the new President of the Executive Board of UU.

During the summer the library has different opening hours.

The last individual of a Portuguese coastal plant species, extinct in the wild, was thought to be growing at the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Botanic Gardens.

Biophysicist Lukas Kapitein has been elected as a new EMBO Member. The membership is a lifetime honour and acknowledges Kapitein’s outstanding scientific contributions.

LPL is hiring a student assistant for 12 hours a week starting from September. Hardware knowledge isn't necessary but a willingness to learn is!

Plant biologist Corné Pieterse has been elected to join EMBO, a European research network for leading scientists in life sciences. This membership is a significant honor and opens up new opportunities for collaboration and sharing ideas.

Paulien Hogeweg has been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). This highly regarded recognition highlights her groundbreaking work on the fundamental principles of biological systems and evolutionary processes.

NWO has awarded more than EUR 2 million to the SPACES consortium led by Heidi Lesscher, associate professor of Neurobiology of Behaviour and co-chair at Dynamics of Youth's community Thriving & Healthy Youth. The aim is to investigate solutions to support children with disabilities or chronic illnesses to participate in play and sports activities.

Can we keep a donated heart alive for longer? And if we can, could we treat it outside the body? These are the questions Mats Vervoorn looked into during his PhD.