The Supervisory Board of UM has decided on a temporary new formation of the Executive Board. Pamela Habibović will become chair of the board, and Jan Smits will become rector magnificus. Both appointments are for a period of six months.
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed Professor Hylke Dijkstra and Professor Ron Heeren as two of its new scientific members.
A portrait of physics professor Marcel Merk. He describes himself as “an opportunist, a family man, a Carnival nut. And I’m gripped by the question: why is there something rather than nothing?”
Rianne Letschert, chair of the UM Executive Board, has been nominated as Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). She is scheduled to be formally appointed and sworn in on 23 February, together with the other members of the new cabinet.
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to recent research by Maastricht University and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).