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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’ 11 January 2024Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too li...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call 10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year 09 January 2024Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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Reliable research with virtual patients 09 January 2024The right medicine in the right dosage for every patient, that is something medical science aspires. 'Personalised medicine' is the term for that. But...
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YounginLeiden helps young people feel more in control of their lives 08 January 2024Clear information about support services, a well-being self-test and advice on finding a room. YounginLeiden.nl helps students and other young people ...
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Each country interprets human rights differently. But why? 08 January 2024Why are universal human rights not applied in the same way across the world? This question has long been a topic of debate. Obiora Okafor, Professor o...
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In Memoriam Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki 05/11/1988- 28/12/2023 05 January 2024On the 30th of December, we received the sad message that our Kenyan colleague, Kennedy Kaminju Kariuki died on December 28, 2023 in the NW hospital i...
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In memoriam Harold V.J. Linnartz 1965 – 2023: Unlocking the Chemistry of the Heavens 03 January 2024With great sadness we share the news that Prof. Harold Linnartz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday 31 December 2023. We are all in shock,...
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End of year message from the Executive Board for staff and students 21 December 2023With the holidays just around the corner in this dark month of December, when we light candles as a symbol of warmth and hope, we would like to take a...
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Black holes are sometimes gigantic volcanoes. Martijn Oei earned his PhD on the subject, with honours 21 December 2023Not everything that comes close to a black hole is swallowed by it. Black holes can also hurl material away, and that chance turns out to be considera...
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Together the universities from Leiden and Paramaribo tackle ecological and social challenges 20 December 2023Research on flora and fauna with attention for economic interests and partnership with the local population. This is all bundled in a cooperation prog...
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production 19 December 2023Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started t...
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University Council approves university budget 19 December 2023The University Council (UR) approved the outline of the University’s 2024 budget on 18 December 2023. It will also advise in favour of the 2024-2028 b...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023 19 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...