Enthusiastic runners through the buildings during the Utrecht Science Park Campus Run
On Sunday 13 October, the Utrecht Science Park Campus Run took place. The Utrecht Science Park Campus Run is a challenging Fun Run that goes right through buildings and past highlights on the Utrecht Science Park. Together with the hundreds of enthusiastic participants over various distances, it was a great day with fun, rain, sunshine and great performances.
The Utrecht Science Park Campus Run is organised by Central Events. Participants could choose from a 10 KM run or a 5 KM run. For younger participants, there was a 1 KM kidsrun. The course took sports enthusiasts past and through a number of nice spots of the Utrecht Science Park, such as Olympos Sportcentrum, Grand Café Living (start), the Cambridge Bar, the U-OV bus and tram, the Utrecht Science Park Foundation office and the obstacle course at Olympos.
At the Utrecht Science Park, people work on a healthy, sustainable society every day. Sport and exercise is an essential part of that, which is stimulated by this low-threshold running competition. Besides a healthy and fun day, money was also raised for the official charity of the USP Campus Run, the ALS Netherlands Foundation.
This was a successful edition of the Utrecht Science Park Campus Run with the enthusiasm and perseverance of the participants.
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Utrecht Science Park Summer Café: Farewell to Managing Director Jan Henk van der Velden
On Monday, 6 July, the Utrecht Science Park Summer Café took place at Grand Café Living on Utrecht Science Park. This edition was dedicated to the farewell of Jan Henk van der Velden, Managing Director of the Utrecht Science Park Foundation, after nine years in which he played a key role in the development and positioning of the ecosystem.
UMC Utrecht is to get a new main entrance and a green campus park
The north side of UMC Utrecht is set to undergo a major redevelopment in the coming years. Utrecht City Council and the teaching hospital have presented plans for a new main entrance, a central car park and a green reception area designed to improve connections between the hospitals at Utrecht Science Park. The plans have now been submitted to the city council.
Petra Baarendse appointed new Managing Director of Stichting Utrecht Science Park as of 1 September
Utrecht, 2 July 2026 – As of 1 September 2026, Petra Baarendse will take office as the new Managing Director of Stichting Utrecht Science Park. She succeeds Jan Henk van der Velden, who has stepped down and will take on a new role as Managing Director of Stichting Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
Opening Utrecht Science Week with keynote by Juliette Legler on the hidden influence of environmental chemicals
On Friday, September 25, the annual science festival ‘Utrecht Science Week’ kicks off once again at Utrecht Science Park. We are pleased to announce that this year, Prof. Dr. Ir. Juliette Legler will deliver the Utrecht Science Lecture. Juliette Legler is Professor of Toxicology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University and leads the ‘One Health Toxicology’ group at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS).