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In June 2021, Pride Month, the longest rainbow bike path in the world was realised in the Utrecht Science Park.

The Global Education Lab flagship at UGlobe partners with societal partners from around the world to address inequalities in education globally. Four sub-projects provide an update on their activities.

An unprecedented decline in mental health took place among girls in the Netherlands between 2017 and 2021.

The vast majority of animal experiments involving joint cartilage repair in scientific journals is incompletely reported.

As of 1 September, Utrecht University has a new research institute: the Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry.

The CoastSnap project asks random beachgoers to take pictures of the Dutch coast. Those 'snaps' are used by Utrecht geoscientists to find out how the coastline is changing.

The relatively new Science for Sustainability community at Utrecht University has funded four brand-new PhD positions.

The biologically productive North Sea impacts the global climate through exchange of carbon and nutrients with the Atlantic Ocean.

Floods and droughts are increasing in many parts of the world and causing serious damage. A new study shows that tailoring risk management measures to the worst flood or drought to date is not enough to mitigate the effects of unprecedented events.