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The Dutch infrastructure is showing its age: many bridges, viaducts and roads are in need of maintenance or replacement. But where to start? University of Groningen researcher and JTS Scholar Bahar Haghighat is developing small-scale, autonomous robots that move across steel structures as a swarm and carry out detailed inspections.

From Monday 5 until Friday 9 October, the UG celebrates Diversity Week. Throughout the week, students and staff are invited to take part in various activities to learn and share about all kinds of aspects of diversity that can be found within our academic community. To give you a little taster, associate professor of psychology Yvonne Groen and assistant professor of psychology Novika Purnama Sari explain how understanding neurodivergence will make the university a better place for all of us.

The University of Groningen Press has launched its new Editorial Board, bringing together academic expertise from across the university to guide the strategic direction of UGP and strengthen its commitment to Diamond Open Access publishing. This marks an important step in establishing UGP as a mature, community-driven academic press rooted in the principles of Open Science.

You are invited to participate in workshops on Teaching Leadership for Professionals. On 26 and 27 October, the UG hosts the workshops as part of our membership of the 4TU+.CEE, Center for Engineering Education.

Researchers from KNIR are roaming the mountainous landscapes of Molise in search of archaeological traces. They are investigating the landscape at altitudes between 1000 m and 2000 m, in an effort to understand how this area differed and potentially interacted with the lower lying regions. 

On Saturday 24 October, 2026, the Blaauw Observatory at the University of Groningen will open its doors for the 22nd Night of the Night. Visitors can stargaze, take a journey through the universe in the mobile planetarium, and listen to lectures on topics such as lightning, galaxies, and the sounds of nocturnal animals. There will also be activities for children.

This page marks the tenth anniversary of the Nobel Prize awarded to Ben Feringa, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen. Dive into his research and discover everything that comes your way when you receive a Nobel Prize.

Over the past months, construction consortium Friso-Koopmans and installation consortium De Groot-Lammerink have made significant progress on the final part of the Feringa Building.

Nuclear chemist Julia Even wants to understand how the heaviest elements are made. Extreme processes are required to make these. When making models to simulate the process there is not enough experimental data to be sure those simulations are correct. In her research, Julia Even wants to collect this missing data.

On Thursday, 17 September we officially kicked-off the academic year by meeting our Fellows, Associated Researchers, Artist in Residence, and the first cohort of new KNIR scholarship holders.