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Professor of Early Modern Dutch Literature Els Stronks and Professor of Theatre Studies Maaike Bleeker receive funding to work on scientific and societal breakthroughs. Their Utrecht projects will receive funding from the Dutch Research…

Two research consortia led by Harriet Bulkeley (Faculty of Geosciences) and Rens van de Schoot (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences) receive Horizon grants totalling 24.5 million euro. With Horizon Europe, the European Commission…

Utrecht University is proud of its students who achieve something remarkable, either as part of their studies or elsewhere in their lives. Each year during the opening of the academic year, the university therefore presents two Student…

Utrecht PhD candidate Robin Verstraten has been selected by EW Magazine for the prestigious 30 under 30 list. The list includes up-and-coming Dutch talents that the jury believes will help shape the future of the Netherlands. Verstraten…

A new physics model could help gain more insight into the events surrounding the birth of the universe. Combining principles of holography and string theory, researchers from Utrecht University, together with colleagues from other…

Several hundred million kg of Dutch plastic waste remain off the radar. That applies to both plastic waste within the Netherlands and Dutch plastic waste that is exported to other countries. Researchers from Utrecht University and other…

Only those with serious eye problems would overlook Utrecht's newest tribute to ophthalmologist Franciscus Cornelis Donders. From the side wall of his former workplace in the heart of Utrecht, the scientist gazes at you with a critically…

Assistant Professor in Linguistics Jakub Dotlacil will receive a two million euro ERC Consolidator Grant to build a research group for his Memory Access in Language: How We Store and Retrieve Linguistic Information project. With two PhD…

A model study reveals that the seeds of plants in small, fragmented habitats can abruptly evolve in such a way that they can no longer travel long distances. As a consequence, plants are less successful in reaching other habitats. This…

Kulsum Dawoodbhoy (UMC Utrecht) won the annual pitch competition Breaking Science of Utrecht University. On June 1st, the PhD candidate in the Medical Microbiology department at UMC Utrecht, best presented her research to a lay…