University of Groningen

The Young Academy Groningen welcomes seven new members. The Young Academy Groningen (YAG) is a group of talented, enthusiastic and ambitious early-career researchers from various disciplines at the University of Groningen (UG) and the…

Unfortunately, not everyone is able to return to sport after injuring an anterior cruciate ligament. A series of specific tests that measure important aspects such as muscle strength, stability, quality of movement, and psychological…

Young children with a brain tumour may develop a language disorder as a consequence of the tumour or the operation, or if the radiotherapy damages the brain. Vânia de Aguiar, clinical linguist and neurolinguist at the Faculty of Arts of…

Marijn van Rooij, Industrial Engineering and Management alumnus, has won the Prince Friso Engineering Award 2022. Van Rooij is co-founder and CTO of Ocean Grazer bv, which developed a technology to store energy on the seabed. The prize…

Dr. Elisabeth Wilhelm of ENTEG is partner in the KIC consortium Healthy living as a service that is granted by NWO. Wilhelm will lead the work package "Smart data" that will develop a secure personalized decision support system (DSS).…

The University of Groningen has decided to undertake an independent follow-up investigation into the System Views of Life course unit at University College Groningen and the role of the lecturer involved, Tjeerd Andringa. An external…

How can municipalities tackle the housing shortage? Municipal housing corporations could be the solution—just like they were 100 years ago.In 1901, municipalities in the Netherlands were given the responsibility of building social…

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded three Vici grants, worth €1.5 million each, to three UG researchers. Prof. Jan-Willem Romeijn, Prof. Steven Hoekstra, Prof. Karina Caputi can use this money to develop an innovative line of…

Steffen Eriksen has won both the public and the jury award for Best Practices in Teaching and Learning at the Faculty of Economics and Business. He received the awards for his innovative forms of teaching that go beyond the regular…

As from September 2022, the University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân will offer the Bachelor's degree programme in Data Science & Society. In this degree programme, students will learn how to responsibly collect, visualize, and…