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Singing Basics: A Vocal Discovery in 6 weeks
Arts and leisure
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Writing Lab Leiden: Thesis Week
For many students, writing a thesis is a big challenge. It can be difficult to keep writing and to stay motivated. Would you like to work on your thesis with other students for a week? Would you like some extra structure in your day and in your thoughts? Are you interested in tips and workshops that…
- Vote this week in the 2022 University Elections
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We are Science Week
Festival
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International Experience Week
After Covid, the world is opening up again and so is our vision on international education. The old Study Abroad Festival was great, but we've decided to go bigger. Introducing the new International Experience Week for all students and staff.
- Loneliness Awareness Week
- Vote for the Faculty Council and the University Council elections this week!
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Open Sports Week 13 till 19 May
Social
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NEW – Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
Organisation, Research, Social
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Astonishing explorations at the Night of Discoveries
It was the Night of Discoveries on Saturday 16 September: a summer encounter between art and science. Leiden researchers from various disciplines inspired the public with their quest to understand our world.
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EUniWell discovery project in full swing
The ‘Discovery of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of EUniWell’s Consortium’s Members’ project has received a EUniWell seed grant. Sjoerd Louwaars, the representative from Leiden University, talks about the project and the first results.
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Hans AertsScience
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First Tuesday Talks is a fact: 'It's nice to learn something from another field'
He had been back from Australia for less than 48 hours, but there was no sign of that. Michel Mandjes of MI had the honor of kicking off the very first Tuesday Talks: Science Insights on Tuesday. He did so with a presentation on complex networks.
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Orientation Week Leiden is looking for guides
Social
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Madeline KavanaghScience
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Mario van der SteltScience
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Gerard van WestenScience
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Orientation Week Leiden (OWL): Faculty Introduction Morning
The faculty introduction morning was held on Tuesday 31 August as part of the University’s OWL activities. Our new international exchange, master’s and advanced master’s students from more than 50 countries were welcomed to the faculty.
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Artificial intelligence as the co-pilot for drug discovery
There are more molecules that could conceivably be candidate drugs than there are stars in the universe. How can we ever efficiently identify those molecules? Professor of AI and Medicinal Chemistry, Gerard van Westen: ‘I’m going to use artificial intelligence as the co-pilot to make an automated search.’…
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Leiden archaeologists mentioned in Top 13 Discoveries in Human Evolution during 2023
In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.
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Night of Discoveries: 3D-printed paintings and the effects of psychedelics
Come to the Night of Discoveries art and science festival on 16 September. Various researchers from the university are speaking at the festival.
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Anthe JanssenScience
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Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week
Facility
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Sebastian PomplunScience
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The choice is yours! Three introduction weeks for Leiden University students
Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new Leiden University students should choose: EL CID, HOP or OWL.
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Leiden researchers organise first Week of Ancient Writing
This month marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. NINO, the Language Museum, Things that Talk and the National Museum of Antiquities are seizing the opportunity to organise the first Week of Ancient Writing.
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown…
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- top scientists that change the world with their extraordinary discoveries
Social
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'
'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge. With their company Iprotics, they want to develop a drug that can better treat patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancers. 25,000 euros of prize…
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Laura HeitmanScience
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Steffen BrünleScience
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Expand your digital knowledge at the LUCDH Digital Skills Winter Week
The Winter Week of Digital Skills will take place in the PJ Veth building from 29 January to 2 February. There will be different workshops where you can improve your digital skills, from dealing with AI and ChatGPT to setting up your own podcast. University lecturer Jelena Prokic explains more.
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Join the We are Science Week
Social
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Tom van der WelScience
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The Winter Weeks are coming soon
Social
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International Experience Week: 9 till 13 October
Education
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and young alumni provide valuable career tips during Meet the Employer Week
Career Services of the Faculties Governance and Global Affairs, Social Sciences, and Humanities joined forces to organise the ‘Meet the Employer’ Week held from 6 – 10 December 2021!
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No drinking water at the University Sports Centre due to maintentance
Facility
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Una Europa Discoveries
General Assembly
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Save the date: We are Science Week | 8-12 May
Social
- LUC The Hague | Call for Intro Week Mentors
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Join Leiden University's Winter Weeks: 22 Dec - 3 Jan
Social
- LUC The Hague: Call for Intro Week Mentors
- New academic year: orientation weeks and opening ceremony
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Kick-start your career during the Career Week!
Organisation
- Winter Weeks 19 December till 2 January: programme announced
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From April 4-6, 2023: Leiden University Career Week!
Social
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Student Well-being Week: 14-18 November
Social
- Loneliness Awareness Week: 29 Sep till 6 Oct
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‘This mentor group will be their new family’
For many a first-year, student life has well and truly begun. This also applies to students in The Hague, who were thrown in at the deep end during the HOP introduction week. We paid them a visit on a sunny afternoon at Landgoed Clingendael.