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Muting the ear-splitting noise
Tackling tinnitus through deep brain stimulation
Interview
“Resistance means you’re pushing in the right place”
Honorary doctorate for climate change litigator Roger Cox:
Background
Students overwhelmed by messages: too much noise, too little use
UM seeks to improve student communication, appointing coordinators to bring order to the chaos
Summer vacation: editorial office closed
Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”
Interview
“I’m on holiday with friends I met this year”
Series: The Final Year
Interview
“At first, I found it difficult when something didn’t go to plan, now I think, ‘a challenge, bring it on!’”
Series: The Final Year
Interview
“It is nice to take a break and not study”
Series: The Final Year
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Possible solution for administrative months for Tragos and Circumflex
Student associations face uncertainty after UM cut ties
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UPDATE: Saurus is eliminated after just one race at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta
Maastricht rowers fall a boat’s length short against the Oxford team
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At the printer: How was the final printed edition of Observant produced?
A behind-the-scenes look
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Petition Psychology first years: “Give us good feedback”
“Having to lead three tutor groups is too many in this system"
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2025 annual report: Extra money to reduce workload
Huge windfall for Maastricht University
Possible solution for administrative months for Tragos and Circumflex »
Flooding forces Finance building on Tongersestraat to close »
UPDATE: Saurus is eliminated after just one race at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta »
2025 annual report: Extra money to reduce workload »
Water leak: water supply cut off at the Student Services Centre until 2.00 pm today »
New employee code of conduct: what is and is not allowed »
Student party KAN wants clearer campaign rules due to ‘cheating’ parties »
Environmental organisations: “UM, put pressure on ING” »
FPN Faculty Council: Are mentors objective enough? »
UM looks beyond Maastricht for future growth »
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Columns & Opinion
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Holle Bolle Gijs
'Thank you’, reader, for devouring our paper for 46 years
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I no longer feel voiceless
"I often forget that people will read my columns when I'm writing them, so the work is free from my internalised, imagined gaze of others"
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Coming soon (or not)
"Some ideas don’t lead to anything"
Column
More a ballerina than a tennis player
“Why didn’t you sign me up for tennis classes when I was younger?"
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50 years UM
Background
1981-2025: Selling a bike? Looking for a room? Got a message for an ex? Place a Paarltje!
50 years of UM: The Times They Are (Not) A-Changin'
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1993–2026: A tragedy: the disappearance of “020 Tanja”
Series: The times they are (not) a-changin'
Background
How a bin in the attic can make the past come to life
‘Objective’ history of UM captured in anniversary book
Background
1988-2014 Ultimately, the Legal Advice Practice didn’t survive
Series: The times they are (not) a-changin
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People
Interview
“I’m on holiday with friends I met this year”
Series: The Final Year
Interview
“At first, I found it difficult when something didn’t go to plan, now I think, ‘a challenge, bring it on!’”
Series: The Final Year
Interview
“It is nice to take a break and not study”
Series: The Final Year
Interview
“For me, a newspaper is more about layout than text”
Goodbye to print, goodbye to newspaper designer Simone Golob
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Science
Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”
UM researchers reconstruct the lost rules of games from ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages
Science
What are the health benefits of outdoor play? Freezers full of baby poo may hold the answer
UM research on the role of soil microbes in preventing allergies
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Strict smartphone bans in secondary schools are not necessarily better
UM research on school students’ well-being
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UM students score higher with more nationalities in tutorials
Results of thousands of Maastricht bachelor students examined
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Integration MUMC and UM
Dossier Integration MUMC and UM
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Dossier Budget cuts
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