450 news items found
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Jasper's day 06 April 2023
Jasper 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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No matter the weather: honours students explore the 'wilderness' in Wassenaar 04 April 2023
With a combination of incidental sunshine, torrential rain, and wind chills, weather conditions were not ideal for a hiking excursion. Even so, last S...
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer 04 April 2023
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other? Bart Barendregt, Professor...
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Playing bingo and walking with senior citizens for research into social cohesion 03 April 2023
Playing bingo and Dutch shuffleboard and going for walks with senior citzens is regular fare for Marieke van der Heijden, a master’s student in Cultur...
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Back to Leiden for the Science Run: ‘As founder, I just have to participate' 03 April 2023
Once a year, former employee and avid runner Dennis Hoencamp returns to his old workplace. That’s when he competes in the Leiden Science Run. As an ev...
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Literary Leiden 03 April 2023
Quietly read a book in our new reading nook, listen to interesting and bizarre stories set in early twentieth-century Leiden, walk past literary locat...
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Too late for your lecture? That’s a thing of the past with the new Kwartiertje pass 01 April 2023
Being on time for a lecture can be hard for students. To make life easier, you can now request for a ‘Kwartiertje’ pass.
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In memoriam professor Harry Wijshoff 30 March 2023
On March 28, 2023, our esteemed colleague Prof. Harry Wijshoff passed away. He died after a struggle of several months against a serious illness.
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy 30 March 2023
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy ...
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Astronomers see birth cluster of galaxies in early universe 30 March 2023
An international team of astronomers has discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the cluster-in-formation around the Spiderweb Galaxy. Based partly...
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Fifty years of MRI: how the LUMC can make this indispensable technology affordable for the rest of the world 28 March 2023
It is exactly 50 years ago that Paul Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI in Nature. A revolution in medicine. Since then, MRI has produced ...
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In memoriam emeritus professor Jan Schmidt 24 March 2023
On March 17, our dear colleague Jan Schmidt passed away after a fruitful and valuable life.
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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’ 23 March 2023
How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Bei...
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How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out 23 March 2023
What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electrici...
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Jasper's Day 23 March 2023
Jasper 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...