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‘The size of inheritances doubled in fifteen years,’ ‘Millennials soon to be the richest generation ever,’ ‘Increasing disputes over inheritances’: the growing size of inheritances is receiving a lot of attention in the media.  Professor Leon Verstappen advocates smart asset planning: ‘Why don't we make sure that children receive their inheritance when they really need it?’

Fourteen students of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (RUG) win national Young Talent Awards

On 25 November, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Academy building will light up orange. This is part of the international Orange the World campaign, the United Nations campaign that is committed to fighting violence against women and girls. The aim of the campaign is to ask everyone to openly support the fight against violence.

On 9 December 2025, it will have been exactly 400 years since Ubbo Emmius, the founder of the University of Groningen, passed away. In his tracks, various people who worked and studied there through the centuries made the UG a brighter place. Some of them have been exceptionally important, due to their remarkable achievements, ideas, and activities. This series sheds a light on some of these ‘Colourful Characters’.

Nature, who doesn't love it? And yet, structurally, too little money is allocated to it. Jesper Beverdam, like his supervisor Dr Frans Sijtsma, is a nature lover and trained economist. In his PhD research, within the Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development and the M20 programme, he is investigating how financial instruments can be adapted or developed to stimulate nature financing. Part of this research concerns the extent to which citizens themselves are willing to contribute to nature conservation.

ModAlgae BV has signed a licensing agreement with the University of Groningen. The signing marks an important step in the commercialization of ModAlgae’s natural glycogen, extracted from microalgae; which offers a compelling, sustainable alternative to current ingredients used in the cosmetics industry. ModAlgae is a joint initiative of Prof. Marc van der Maarel of the ENTEG Institute, Mariska van der Hoek, CEO and co-founder, Dr. Cindy Semeijn, and Alle van Wijk, senior research assistant at the UG.

Scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have developed a soft polymer hydrogel that can conduct electricity as well as metal can. This finding has the potential for a large numbers of applications, for example in biocompatible sensors and in wound healing.