Radboud University

The Radboud University Bronze Medal is awarded annually to staff members who have made a special contribution to Radboud University. This year, the Radboud University Medal will be awarded to Mirjam Ernestus and René Hagels. They will be…

The Dutch House of Representatives will be debating the ‘Cybersecurity Act’ soon. This law will give the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) more opportunities for, for…

Radboud University has a long history as an emancipation university, and it also happens to specialise in the field of gender and diversity. This background is coming in handy now that steps have to be taken to make the campus an…

Maike Hansen, researcher of biophysical chemistry at Radboud University, will receive a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). Hansen will use this grant to study how cells make decisions about their functional roles.ERC…

“Better safe than sorry”: Plants anticipate potential heatwaves by already slowing down pollen development under mild heat conditions, concludes Stuart Jansma in his PhD research project. This “overreaction” on the part of plants has…

Radboud University students are on average extremely satisfied with the study programme that they are following. The general level of satisfaction, the atmosphere and the probability that they would opt for the same study programme once…

Is our multicultural society ready for a definitive separation of church and state? Young Christians, Muslims, and Humanists think not. If it was up to them, the state would retain its ties with religion, but treat all forms of belief…

An international consortium receives funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to research how the acceleration of the transition to animal-free safety assessment can be governed. The consortium will be headed by Ingrid…

The Internationalisation Award 2022 is awarded to the AMID Young Professional programme’. This award is conferred annually to initiatives contributing to the internationalisation of education at Radboud University and/or a more inclusive,…

Our brain works a bit like the autocomplete function on your phone – it is constantly trying to guess the next word when we are listening to a book, reading or conducting a conversation. By contrast with speech recognition computers, our…