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What makes a society resilient? Why do people help each other in times of crisis? And what impact do our choices have on others? The exhibition How Cooperation Works invites visitors to reflect on these questions through two interactive artworks. In October and November, the exhibition is coming to Groningen.

In the US mid-term elections on 3 November, the Democrats will need significantly more votes to secure a majority in the House of Representatives than they would under the 2024 voting district lines.

The Scholierenacademie at the University of Groningen is launching a toolkit on domestic violence, developed specifically for schools.

The midterm elections on 3 November are among the most important in US history. Will the Democrats win both the House of Representatives and the Senate? Or will the Republicans manage to limit their losses? ‘In a sense, American politics has become both a farce and a tragedy,’ says American studies scholar Jelte Olthof. ‘American citizens are not to be envied, having to choose between two such incompetent parties.’

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant of up to €850,000 to Hjalmar Bouma, Hanna van Loo, Zoé Christoff, Björn Hoops, Tim Lichtenberg, Sanne Moorman, and Rik Smit. With this grant, the researchers can develop their own innovative research plans and establish their own research groups.

A Protonic Ceramic Electrolyser Cell (PCEC) is a device which can produce hydrogen from water at temperatures that match with key industrial processes. Researchers at the University of Groningen recently showed that careful coordination of materials in such a PCEC can double the production of hydrogen at the same amount of electricity consumption.

Fatih Turkmen is worried about the current developments in AI. Turkmen’s research is, amongst other things, about making chatbots more privacy-friendly, secure against malicious attacks and about how we could use AI safely for managing important and perhaps critical infrastructures.

UG researchers Francesca Rizzo and Diego Pereira-Martins have been awarded the Early Career Award by the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences). The KNAW presents twelve of these awards to researchers at Dutch universities annually. The award is intended for young researchers with innovative, original research ideas. Rizzo researches how galaxies form and evolve over cosmic time, while Pereira-Martins investigates the mechanisms involved in leukaemia to improve patient outcomes.

Tax returns, phishing emails, relationship crises, or simply a cup of coffee. Residents of Groningen bring all kinds of questions to the support points (‘steunpunten’) of WIJS Groningen. Every year, around 3,000 people seek help with a wide range of issues. In the new episode of the RUG & Co. podcast, we discover how students and Groningen residents work together to find solutions.

In her inaugural lecture, Prof. Amalia Dolga introduces regenerative neuropharmacology, a field that uses molecules to protect and renew the ageing brain.