Utrecht University

Professor Sven Dupré will be appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University as portfolio holder for Research and Impact in the Faculty Board from 1 June 2024. He will also be Vice-Dean. At present Dupré is…

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified timber harvesting areas in Gabon and Congo boast a greater abundance of larger mammals, such as leopards, gorillas, and elephants, than non-FSC forests. Utrecht University researcher Joeri…

Professor Petra de Jongh, from the Debye Institute at Utrecht University, receives an ERC Advanced Grant of 3.5 million euros for fundamental research into the operation of catalysts. This includes 1 million euros for scientific…

The European Research Council (ERC) awards four ERC Advanced Grants to Professors Albert Heck, Petra de Jongh (both Faculty of Science), Jos Malda (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/UMC Utrecht) and Walter Immerzeel (Faculty of…

Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of the new Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute of the Netherlands, or ANION for short.…

eople who live in areas with poor air quality are more likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, the symptoms of COVID-19 are more severe, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths. This is the outcome of a study conducted by…

To make sure that the methods used to determine whether new forms of health care should be reimbursed or not are future-proof and well-suited to the forms of health care being assessed. That is the goal of the European SUSTAIN-HTA…

Along with 104 other Professors from Utrecht University, computational biologist Kirsten ten Tusscher and experimental physicist Raimond Snellings visited elementary schools today. In this way, they introduced the students to science…

Today, Utrecht University (UU) and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (HU) announced the sanctions imposed on the Utrechtsch Studenten Corps (USC), following the list made and distributed by USC members on which female students were…

The open society is increasingly threatened by crises such as pandemics, terrorism, floods, and earthquakes. The future of the open society depends on its adaptability to prepare for these crises. Under the name Adapt!, a team of…