The mission of Marleen Janssen
Marleen Janssen is the world's first professor of deafblindness. Thanks to her academic endeavours, it is becoming ever clearer how to improve the lives of people who can hardly hear and see.
The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.
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26 April 2021
Margrite Kalverboer appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
On 26 April, Prof. Margrite Kalverboer was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. She has been at the University of Groningen since 1990, is Honorary Professor by special appointment of Pedagogy, Child Pedagogy and Orthopedagogy &...
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26 April 2021
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