450 news items found
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In extremis: five extremes in 450 years of Leiden research 03 February 2025
By looking at what is different, researchers often discover the special, the unusual. And that has already brought a wealth of highlights – also in Le...
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With the Personal Professional Skills Lab, you learn to recognise your inner critic 30 January 2025
What truly matters to you? And how do you take steps towards your goals, even when it feels daunting? In the introductory module of the Personal Profe...
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Podcast: Starting the conversation on trauma and suicidality 28 January 2025
What do you do if you suspect someone around you is struggling with suicidal thoughts but you aren’t sure how to bring it up? And how can we support l...
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Exhibition "Leidsche Mondialen" on display at Faculty of Social Sciences 28 January 2025
In our building, a new, colorful exhibition is now on display! Twelve artists from the collective "De Leidsche Mondialen" are showcasing their work in...
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New Faculty of Humanities spending reduction plan 28 January 2025
The Faculty of Humanities has shared a new spending reduction plan with its students and staff. Although the plans are less sweeping than previous one...
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When university isn’t the obvious choice 27 January 2025
They confounded expectations and went to university anyway – as a woman of colour, a working-class student or refugee... Throughout the centuries the ...
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New project seeks best collaboration methods for creating carbon-neutral neighbourhoods 27 January 2025
How do you get citizens more involved in energy transition projects? This is the central question of the new transdisciplinary research project EmPowe...
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‘If we want to be really inclusive, we need to step outside our comfort zone’ 24 January 2025
The experiential expertise of people with a disability needs to be integrated in diversity & inclusion policy. This message was the common thread at t...
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How can people with autism and social anxiety understand others’ emotions better? 23 January 2025
A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: we understand one another better by mirroring one another’s emotions. In her PhD dissertation, ...
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Mayor Heijkoop feels like an ‘ambassador’ for the university 21 January 2025
Leiden Mayor Peter Heijkoop visited the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Science on 20 January. He met various university...
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Princess Beatrix to attend 450th Dies Natalis 21 January 2025
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will attend the Dies Natalis ceremony at Leiden's Pieterskerk on Friday 7 February to celebrate...
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Grants boost collaboration between university and The Hague 21 January 2025
How can we make our cities greener and more people-friendly? Two Campus The Hague projects have secured a grant from the Municipality of The Hague. Th...
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The face of the city: university buildings in Leiden 20 January 2025
The university has been shaping the city of Leiden for 450 years. A brief history of the university buildings that have helped define the city.
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Leiden University is travelling to the past and the future for its 450th birthday 14 January 2025
Leiden University is celebrating its 450th anniversary in 2025 with a feast for the eyes, ears and spirit. The anniversary year opens with an extra sp...
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450 trees for Leiden: join us 14 January 2025
Leiden University and Stadslab Leiden invite you to improve the Leiden and The Hague environment with 450 extra trees – a living reminder of 450 years...