450 news items found
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Proposed decision by Minister Kuipers: Children’s heart surgery to end in Leiden 14 February 2023Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, announced on 13 February that he plans to remove children’s heart surgery from the Centre for Co...
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again 14 February 2023The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipme...
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Archaeologist Sarah Schrader receives a grant to explore the evolution of stress 13 February 2023Stress and overwork are massive problems today, but relatively little is known about stress factors in the past. With a look at the deep history of st...
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Archaeologist Natalia Donner receives an award from Panamanian Embassy 13 February 2023In the context of Panama’s independence month, the Panamanian Embassy in the Kingdom of The Netherlands decided to recognize Natalia Donner’s contribu...
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Applications open for an underwater archaeology field school: From the Great Northern War to the Bronze Age 09 February 2023Do your interests lie in underwater archaeology and do you have relevant diving experience? Then you might want to apply to an exciting field school t...
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis 08 February 2023The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came u...
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Saxion students visit the Faculty of Archaeology 02 February 2023The end of January arrived together with welcome guests from Saxion University of Applied Sciences. As a part of their two-day-long visit to South Hol...
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Greek Ambassador visits Faculty of Archaeology 02 February 2023On January 17th 2023, Caterina Ghini, Ambassador of Greece to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, visited the Faculty of Archaeology. Her Excellency reach...
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants 02 February 2023Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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From politics to psychology: the power of games and play 25 January 2023The Bachelor Honours Class 'Homo Ludens: Why We Play' combines games, theory, and practice. Students dive into all aspects of humanity in which games ...
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds 24 January 2023Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown a...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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Honours Class on inequality: 'Focus on the big issues’ 17 January 2023At the end of December, the concluding lecture of the Bachelor Honours Class 'Policy and Politics: struggling to combat social inequalities' took plac...