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LGBT+ Network: a platform for the like-mindedLeiden University has a new platform. On 19 September Vice-Rector Hester Bijl officially launched the LGBT+ Network.
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LIACS and MI welcome 60 global optimization specialistsThe 14th International Global Optimization Workshop (LeGO 2018) was hosted by Leiden University in September.
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Herring and Sinterklaas during Leiden Science Buddy Welcome BorrelWhich Italian student likes raw herring, but does not know Sinterklaas? During the Leiden Science Buddy Welcome Borrel, international students and the...
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Inspiring and scientifically proven health advice at 'Healthy University' daysLeiden University is the first Dutch university to join the Healthy Universities international network. Lifestyle workshops, rewards for good behaviou...
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Sponsor your favourite team and help refugee students'Refugees often have to run for their lives. In Leiden, we run to raise money to support them and to contribute to their education.' With these words ...
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Studying abroad: pushing boundariesFrom holiday feeling to working harder than ever before: studying abroad yields more than just study credits. The rich experience leads to new friends...
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First images of mist dispersing around young galaxyGalaxies in the early universe are shrouded in a kind of mist: a cloud of hydrogen. With galaxies in the later universe this mist has disappeared. Ast...
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What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...
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Students have a taste of consultancy during company visitWhat is it like to work in the consulting industry? Twenty-five students from the bachelor programme Informatics & Economics visited the consulting fi...
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TERRA-Dunes, a collaborative CML-IBL project has been on NPO1 radioNadia Soudzilovskaia (CML), Martijn Bezemer (IBL / NIOO) and Harrie van der Hagen (ecologist at Dunea) gave an interview to NPO1 Radio about the TERR...
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Insulator becomes conductor at the push of a buttonIonic liquids are important in scientific research because they can apply a lot of charge over a surface. Leiden physicists have now found that the ch...
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Math students win medals for clever proofs on elegant problemsMathematics students Pim Spelier and Bob Zwetsloot both won a medal at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) 2018 in...
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Alumni MSc Media Technology on BBC World with spin-off companyBike Labyrinth is international market leader in providing virtual reality exercising for elderly care.
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives prestigious Kavli PrizeEwine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics, was presented with the Kavli Prize by King Harald V of Norway during a ceremony on 4 Septembe...
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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveableBy 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment...