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Francesco Picchioni and Igor Marchenko win Ben Feringa Impact Award 2025
Date:14 May 2025

On Tuesday 13 May, the Ben Feringa Impact Award 2025 was presented. The 5th edition of the annual award ceremony took place this year at the House of Connections. Francesco Picchioni won the award in the researcher category and Igor Marchenko was presented with the prize in the student category.

Podcastserie Universiteit van Nederland: paralellen tussen Italiaanse maffia en Nederlandse georganiseerde misdaad
Date:14 May 2025

Nederland krijgt te maken met steeds gewelddadigere criminaliteit: liquidaties op klaarlichte dag, bedreigde journalisten, en explosies bij woningen. In Nederland zijn we dit niet gewend.

Darker Zernike Day – Explore the effects of Light Pollution
Date:14 May 2025

In the afternoon of May 24th 2025, Zernike Campus will host its first ever Darker Zernike Day, in collaboration with the Interreg North Sea project Darker Sky . The event will  bring awareness to the increasing light pollution in the Netherlands and to expand public engagement in astronomy.

European security: opportunity and threat to democracy
Date:13 May 2025

How strong is our democracy? This will be determined by what is currently happening on the world stage, argues Pieter de Wilde, Professor of European Politics & Society at the University of Groningen.

PFAS: breaking down the forever chemicals
Date:13 May 2025

PFAS accumulates in the environment, and is harmful for humans and animals. Biochemist Clemens Mayer and PhD student Suzanne Jansen are working on enzymes that can break down PFAS.

More than €6 million for LLO solutions for the Northern Netherlands energy and raw materials transition
Date:12 May 2025

The Northern Netherlands region has been awarded four grants from the National Growth Fund programme LLO Catalyst. The successful projects will offer LLO (Life Long Learning) solutions for the energy and raw materials transition.

Autimelody wins Advanced Award UG Impact Challenge
Date:09 May 2025

Autimelody, a team that uses music as a communication tool, won the Advanced Award of €2,500 at the first edition of the UG Impact Challenge on Thursday afternoon at the Academy Building. The Ideation Award of €1,500 was awarded to Neighborly. During the final of the UG Impact Challenge, students of the University of Groningen presented their solutions to major societal challenges.

Prof. Petra Hendriks elected member Academia Europaea
Date:08 May 2025

Prof. Petra Hendriks, professor of Semantics and Cognition at the Faculty of Arts and director of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), has been elected a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea.

KNAW appoints three professors of UG/UMCG as new members
Date:08 May 2025

Professors Jingyuan Fu, Lisa Herzog, and Helga de Valk of the UG have been appointed members by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

6 million euro for large-scale northern project on sustainable healthcare: Care2Change
Date:08 May 2025

Care2Change. A large consortium with just about all northern hospitals, local governments, knowledge institutions such as the University of Groningen and the Hanze university of Applied Sciences, and a number of healthcare companies, will cooperate in a project on sustainable healthcare.

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