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Anxiety traits are visible in the brainQuestionnaires or concentration tasks can be used to screen for anxiety, but so too can EEG recordings – at least indirectly. The frequent mind wander...
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Leiden psychology student is distant great-nephew of RembrandtBenson van der Bij is a family member of Holland's most famous master: Rembrandt van Rijn. What does he think of this relationship? And did he know th...
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Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC to intensify collaborationErasmus MC, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Delft University of Technology wish to structurally intensify and upscale their academic collaboration, p...
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‘Investment risk is holding back energy transition’The present market regulations make it extremely risky to invest in green energy, and this is impeding the fight against climate change. This is what ...
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Experience one hundred years of astronomy at the Old ObservatoryHow big is the universe? How do stars form and evolve? And does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? These main questions in astronomy are the themes...
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‘Students describe my module as an emotional rollercoaster’Thanks to Ian Cook’s ‘Who Made My Clothes?’ MOOC, thousands of students have researched where their clothes come from. How does this geographer from t...
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Student section of University Council more fragmentedIn the University elections in April, the eight student seats on the University Council have gone to six parties, and newcomers the Liberal Student Pa...
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Podcast: A plunge into the cesspits of LeidenArchaeologist Roos van Oosten is studying Leiden's medieval cesspits. And on the basis of her work she reaches a surprising conclusion: the Middle Age...
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Study association LBC wins NSE race againHow many cookies did the Faculty of Science hand out to thank its students for completing the National Student Survey? And how many reminders to compl...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-upsFour students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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Canal Run raises over €22,000 for charityA respectable 5,023 runners took part in the Leiden Canal Run on Friday 5 April. They raised the sum of €22,302 for various Leiden charities.
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In memoriam professor Mathieu NotebornOn the 5th of April 2019 our dear colleague and friend Professor Dr Mathieu Noteborn has passed away. In January of this year he was diagnosed with bo...
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Equal lecture times for all facultiesStarting from September 2019, all faculties within Leiden University will have equal start and ending times for lectures. What does this mean for you ...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of EcologyProfessor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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ERC Advanced Grants for two Leiden researchersThe European Research Commission (ERC) has awarded Advanced Grants to two Leiden researchers. Joke Meijer will be researching the effect of the biolog...