Utrecht University

Educational project TerInfo has won the Brouwer Confidence Award, awarded by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW). The prize worth 100,000 euros, is granted to the social initiative that consolidates mutual…

Studies at patients’ homes instead of at the hospital may improve access to clinical research. According to Amos de Jong, PhD candidate at Utrecht University, improved accessibility is necessary to find sufficient and representative study…

The Executive Board (EB) has decided to found a university-wide steering committee regarding the slavery past of Utrecht University (UU). The steering committee will have the assignment to connect and show various faculty initiatives. A…

ROBUST aims to provide a new boost to Dutch fundamental research on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The program will receive a contribution of 25 million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). In ROBUST, 51 partners from industry,…

River deltas worldwide are densely populated. Some of these areas have been leveed, but most are not protected from flooding. According to research by Utrecht University and others, only 17 percent of global deltas are well protected, and…

Some cold ice shelves in Antarctica, which researchers initially thought would remain stable over the coming centuries, turn out to be vulnerable in the event of further global warming. This conclusion results from a study led by Utrecht…

The Board for the Conferral of Doctoral Degrees (BCDD) of Utrecht University has assessed that a doctoral thesis dating back to 2008 does not meet important principles of academic integrity, such as diligence and accuracy, reliability and…

Utrecht University has appointed Stefan Rüdiger as Professor of Protein Chemistry of Disease. Chemist Rüdiger and his group aim to tackle diseases that are caused by protein misfolding, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Huntington’s…

Chimpanzees communicate with each other to coordinate a specific type of grooming. Biologists from Utrecht University noted this behaviour using extensive video observations, making it the first reported evidence that communication and…

Increasing concentration of CO2 and global warming could lead to a shift of the dominant plankton population in the ocean, intriguing new research shows. If CO2 emissions into the atmosphere remain high until the year 2100, a different…