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Lisanne Laagland and Xiaole Tong worked together intensively on the iPSpine project that aims to find a remedy for lower back pain. How did they experience this?

In this first episode of the Science and Society talk show, Liesbeth Sterck, Marcel Boogers and Jacqueline Tellinga reflect on the functioning of democracy in different contexts and explore new ways of governance.

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.

Every autumn, Trouw publishes the ‘Sustainable 100’. A good reason to have a chat with alumnus Keelin O' Connor about the Rights of Nature Foundation.

Introduction IMAU newsletter by Erik van Sebille.

In BBC Sounds, Dieuwke van der Poel talks about Suster Bertken (1426-1514) and her discovery that some of her poems were likely sung. Now, they can be heard once again.

Henk Kummeling en Wilco Hazeleger jointly look back at and ahead on the rectorship.

Building on last year’s success, we are excited to announce that the second edition of the National Ocean Science Conference will take place on June 3, 2025!

Universiteit Utrecht has developed an educational programme for public professionals working on sustainability issues in the Utrecht region that want to strenghten their leadership in this area.

Whenever we learn or forget something, a surprisingly active role is played by cannabis-like substances in the brain. The discovery reveals how brain cells interact, and how psychiatric disorders can arise.

On March 13, Prof. Jan de Lange passed away. De Lange (1943) was professor of didactics of mathematics and computer science education at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

During her PhD, Maj-Britt Buchholz worked on an innovative idea: could breast milk be the key to improve breast cancer research?

Researchers of USG and Fontys ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Applied Science Eindhoven analysed the diversity in municipal ethical committees in the field of technological developments.

Highly accurate estimates of sea level rise in the early Holocene

'I joined IMAU last January and was pleased to find a warm and welcoming atmosphere where people interact freely.'

'I recently made a dream come true: I started my own data science company!'

In her PhD research, Anouk Neerincx investigated how robots can help reduce stress, how they can get children to talk about their health and how they can teach children emotional skills.

Henk Kummeling has been Rector Magnificus of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� since 2018. As he will be stepping down as Rector Magnificus on March 26, 2025, he wrote a column for Illuster.

The initiators of the project "Whose Ocean?" advocate for inclusive representation of the ocean and aim to explore methods for achieving this during an assembly on 30 January in The Hague.

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