Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first f...

Patients with incurable cancer want their oncologist to be clear but to show empathy too. They find hard and vague communication harmful. These are th...

Jiska Ogier studied notarial law, which wasn’t always easy because she went to lectures in a wheelchair. As a student she pushed to make society acces...

The university campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will change rapidly over the next few years. A short film shows the transformation to a full campus. ...

Autistic children have indeed potential: most of their emotional abilities improve with age, concludes developmental psychologist Boya Li in her resea...

The company QuantActions promises that through capturing and analysing the data of smartphones it will be able to “detect important indicators related...

What do you think about our libraries, the (digital) collections, services and the library staff? The Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to ...

‘Raising awareness of the disorder is crucial since borderline personality disorder (BPD) still faces considerable stigma ’, says Anne Krause-Utz (Cli...

On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...

Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some ...

Starting 1 November, the Walaeus Library, located in the Leiden University Medical Centre, is part of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).

Psychedelic drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD are embraced by some and seen as lethal by others. Cognitive psychologist Michiel van Elk delved into t...

The first study block is already over and hopefully you are getting used to having physical lectures again.

Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Gro...

Bringing the community together, doing up the community centre or researching how to make gardens greener. Students now have a base in Leiden-Noord wh...