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In this video, University of Groningen biologists Jocelien Olivier and Casper van der Kooi explain how colours are produced in nature, and how our eyes and brain help us perceive colours.

The Young Academy Groningen (YAG) welcomes seven new members, who will be installed officially in October 2024. The YAG is a group of talented, enthusiastic, and ambitious career researchers from various disciplines at the UG and the UMCG.

Amber Werkman, PhD student at the UG, went in search of a solution to overconsumption and food waste.

Listen to the podcast 'A Global Perspective on European Politics,' episode 24: Norways Security Strategy following the Invasion of Ukraine, with special guest Ole Martin Stormoen. He is an external candidate of the University of Groningen

The Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI will host a pitch event at House of Connections on 3 April. During the event, scientists will talk about their research in the field of AI and digitisation and how it could contribute to the Nij Begun Economic Agenda, a years-long plan for improving the Groningen and North Drenthe region.

We have heard about the announced demonstrations on social media, as well as about the demands imposed on the UG concerning a complaint submitted about a UG academic. We would like to provide information about the process regarding this complaint in accordance with our policy.

Migration, the housing market, shrinking regions, and ageing: demography is a hot topic. This was also evident at the well-attended conference in the House of Connections: ‘Let’s talk population studies: Our future, our society’. The conference, which took place on 29 February, was organized to celebrate the renewed collaboration between the NIDI, the KNAW, the UMCG, and the University of Groningen.

The Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate will celebrate its one-year anniversary on 28 March with a special WOS event at DOT Groningen. Director and professor of energy law, Lorenzo Squintani, looks back on the School's first year in this interview. According to him, a solid foundation has been laid for the future.

Over the past few months, the Board of the University has held good, open discussions with students and staff members from various organizations, including IJAR, the Dutch Union of Jewish Students, and UG Students for Palestine, about the Israel-Gaza conflict. Standpoints, feelings, and opinions were shared in understanding and respectful ways during these discussions. In addition, there was room to explore together how the UG community could respond to the conflict and its consequences. We have agreed to maintain an open dialogue with each other in order to be optimally able to relieve the worries that our students and staff have.

A consortium of businesses and knowledge institutions from the Northern Netherlands join forces on the development of smart agricultural robots. The prototypes will be ready in 2027.