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Featuring a keynote address by NATO’s Chief Legal Advisor and two panels with excellent speakers from international law, international relations, and history.

Arjan Stegeman spoke during the annual congress of the Caring Vets. "The future of livestock farming lies in the hands of people who take both animals and the planet seriously."

For our conference on the 19th and 20th of June we are looking for students that would like to help as volunteers.

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of the available bluetongue vaccines against bluetongue serotype 3 through data collected of 1,114 dairy farms.

Before we look back, Professor Ismee Tames invites us to engage in a thought-experiment. How will people remember ús, at the dawn of the 22nd century?

Research into the exposome, the study of cumulative environmental exposures over a human or animal lifetime, is taking the scientific world by storm. This week, an article was published in Science discussing its importance, goals, and positioning within health research, with contributions from Roel Vermeulen among others.

Johanna Westerdijk, the first female professor in the Netherlands, is now honoured with a commemorative plaque celebrating her legacy. The plaque was unveiled at the Cantonspark in Baarn.

The Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO) launched the research grant “Insight into Educational Innovation” to enhance knowledge on the effective principles behind educational innovations. Recently, four teachers affiliated with Utrecht University received a grant within this program.

Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht University’s long history. This time: Utrecht University during World War II.

Personal experiences and academic insights alternated during the 'Palestine Futures' meeting on April 7, 2024.

The Francqui Foundation annually awards chairs to Belgian universities, selecting top scientists from Belgium and abroad who are nominated by the institutions.

In 2025 en 2026 UU and UMCU researchers can publish open access with PLOS (Public Library of Science) at an affordable price. The University Library offers support on this deal.

From Utrecht University, Jenneke van Ditzhuijzen and John de Wit are involved. One of the consortium's subprojects will be hosted by them.

What does broad prosperity mean at a time of profound social transitions? And: how can we use the various dimensions of broad prosperity to shape these changes?

Alumni were welcomed back to campus for a geography alumni panel during which they explored with students how to make the Netherlands future proof.

LPL will host the repair cafe on the 6th of May. This will take place in the job shop as our facilities offer a useful workspace for repairers.

A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The discovery helps explain how long-term immunity works.

A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors.

During the annual science communication competition Breaking Science starting researchers will have 3 minutes to pitch their research or a scientific concept from their field.

A workshop on copyright, aimed at students, is added to edusources and can be used by lecturers in their teaching.

This a call for papers for the Second Annual Conference of the EULEN Network (Jean Monnet Network on enforcement of EU law) at Utrecht University.

Brightspace, Utrecht University's (UU) new online learning environment, was used for the first time by a select group of lecturers and students during periods 1 and 2 of this academic year. To great satisfaction.

The First Open Education Cafe Podcast featured Judith van de Kamp, the coordinator of various health courses at UCU

In the 15th year of the film series Science & Fiction, Louis Hartlooper Complex and USG will screen four special films, with an introduction by young researchers.

The fourth webinar in the Learning Analytics series took place on April 7th. In this session, Dutch researchers shared key insights from the LAK25 conference and discussed the implications for educational research and practice.