Employee portal stops on 1 April
The outdated employee portal will be taken offline on 1 April. In recent years, the tasks and information on the portal have been further developed or incorporated into other systems, such as BASS and our website, making the portal redundant.
This AI-model is more certain about uncertainty
Thom Badings developed a new method to include this uncertainty in predictive algorithms, so that a safer AI-solution can be achieved. His PhD defence takes place on 27 March at Radboud University.
Research about the role of Nijmegen city council in colonial slavery
Nijmegen administrators enabled, maintained and profited from colonial slavery, Radboud historians state.
Meet Nijmegen’s ‘City Linguist’
Nijmegen has various city specialists: a city poet, a city archivist, a city archaeologist, a city illustrator… and now, a city linguist. Linguist Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia is the lucky one to hold this new title.
Avoiding risks increases success of acquisitions, but limits upside
In a new study, published today in the Harvard Business Review, strategy researchers from Radboud University and the Tokyo University of Science analyse why some Japanese firms are more successful at mergers than others.
Radboudumc research on smart toilet seat wins Klokhuis Science Prize
Radboudumc-research ‘A smart toilet seat that measures poop and farts’ is the winner of the 9th Klokhuis Science Prize. The winning project is from gastroenterologist Marjolijn Duijvestein and technical physician Lotte Hazeleger.
Hundredth Radboud edubadge goes to Ruud: ‘Valuable addition to digital backpack’
Alumni Ruud Goossens, strategic organisational advisor at the Municipality of Venlo, recently received an edubadge This also turned out to be the 100th edubadge awarded by the university in Nijmegen.
Preliminary recommendation of Partnerships Committee expected on 1 April
Under what circumstances should the University discontinue, not enter into, or make adjustments to an international partnership? On 1 April, the Partnerships Committee will submit its preliminary recommendation on this matter to the Executive Board.
Radboud Forest boosts biodiversity in Nijmegen
The newly planted forest near Radboud campus comprises 1923 trees, a reference to the year the University was founded.
Reaction to disrupted lecture on 11 March
On 11 March 2025, a meeting in the Spinoza building with a pro-Israel speaker was disrupted several times. It is not the first meeting about the situation in the Middle East to cause controversy.
Typing in mid-air or pretending to drink: how using your hands to communicate can help you understand others
Certain hand gestures, such as pretending to hold a cup with your hand and bringing it to your mouth to pretend to drink, help people respond more quickly in conversations.
Executive Board and Faculty Board of the Faculty of Law work together to find a solution
The Executive Board and the Faculty Board are working to find a way out of the administrative impasse facing the Faculty of Law. This follows from reactions from various quarters to the Executive Board's recent appointment of an interim dean.
No trains between Cuijk and Nijmegen in the first week of November
The train connection between Nijmegen and Venlo (the Maaslijn) will be electrified and improved between 2025 and 2027. This involves major construction work that will affect train traffic. The first period is in November 2025.
Thousands of employees and students take action against budget cuts
The protests against the budget cuts to higher education held today on the campus of Radboud University and in the city centre of Nijmegen have mobilised thousands of people.
Digital Cleanup Day: reduce your carbon footprint by cleaning up your mailbox
Saturday 15 March is Digital Cleanup Day, an international day dedicated to cleaning up your digital life. Read on for tips on how to reduce the environmental impact of your inbox by regularly cleaning up your inbox.
Start the conversation with the ‘Should be OK?’ card
Excluding a colleague from drinks or repeatedly urging the ‘old man’ to retire - just a joke or crossing the line? Start a conversation with your colleagues about what is acceptable and what isn’t with the "Should be OK?" conversation card from gROW.
These 4 tips will help you support your fellow students and colleagues who are observing Ramadan
Do you know colleagues or fellow students who are observing Ramadan? If so, follow these tips from the Nijmegen Muslim Student Association (MSV) to be considerate and support them during this month of reflection, unity, and blessings.
Demonstrations against budget cuts on 13 March
Staff members have announced that they will join a relay strike on Thursday 13 March against the Dutch Cabinet’s cuts to the education budget. Some students also want to demonstrate.
“The Máxima's of the seventeenth century” made the House of Nassau the most influential family in the Netherlands
“King Willem-Alexander's foremothers are responsible for the Nassau family becoming so influential,” according to historian Lidewij Nissen, who will defend her PhD thesis at Radboud University on 11 March.
Why some are more susceptible to developing PTSD symptoms than others
People with a more active amygdala (an area in the brain involved in processing information relevant to threats) are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms after experiencing trauma than people with a calmer amygdala.
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