450 news items found
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Funding boost for the Living Lab and other outdoor laboratories 29 April 2025A consortium of research infrastructures focused on water quality has received €4.18 million in funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This gr...
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War 28 April 2025In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britai...
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King talks with students about sexual harassment 25 April 2025At the invitation of government commissioner Mariëtte Hamer the king spoke with the university community on Thursday in the Herta Mohr building about ...
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Uni-visions: what is your vision of studying in 2075? 24 April 2025What is your vision of the future? What will it be like to study at Leiden University in 2075? We invite you to enter Uni-visions. Bring your vision o...
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Curious, not guided by role models: Kim Bonger appointed professor 24 April 2025As of this month, Kim Bonger has been appointed Professor of Chemical Biology. As a first-generation academic, she’s especially grateful. ‘I wasn’t ex...
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Professorship marks the ticking off of an important milestone for Silvestri 24 April 2025Alessandra Silvestri has been appointed professor in Theoretical Physics in the area of Cosmology. For her this promotion in Leiden is the icing on th...
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Call for Nominations Now Open – Krijn Rietveld Memorial Awards 2025 23 April 2025The Leiden University Fund and dsm-firmenich are proud to open the call for the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Awards 2025. These annual prizes honour innova...
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying 23 April 2025Be it with a paintbrush or camera, over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortu...
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Jasper's day 22 April 2025Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Common insecticide damages freshwater ecosystems 22 April 2025The pesticide thiacloprid turns out to be more harmful than previously thought. It can disrupt the lives of freshwater invertebrates and their communi...
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Leiden students help with primary school language lessons 22 April 2025De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, E...
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Five questions for Thijs Bosker about Local Actions 22 April 2025Sustainability challenges don’t just call for environmental scientists – they require expertise from many academic fields. Thijs Bosker and Paul Behre...
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From Leiden to Harvard: four questions for Julia Santos 17 April 2025Eight early-career researchers from around the world have been awarded a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship – a prestigious opportunity for astronomers. Julia San...
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Career Days launch ‘Don’t just focus on success’ 16 April 2025‘Health, happiness and productivity. The focus is mainly on the latter, but to create a sustainable career you need all three.’ These were the words o...
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Article from 1984 remains a hit: citation count passes 10,000 16 April 2025It was already the most cited publication ever written at our faculty, but now a new milestone has been reached. Last month, a paper by emeritus profe...