450 news items found
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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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‘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...
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors 12 January 2023The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors...
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Mathematics student Alex Colling: ‘Bachelor’s thesis was highlight of my time in Leiden’ 06 January 2023Alex Colling himself calls his bachelor's thesis ‘the highlight of his time in Leiden’. And according to his supervisors, that resulted in an outstand...
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Language both connects and divides 02 January 2023Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them togethe...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Three questions about the D&I Symposium 2023 19 December 2022How can inclusive communication make you feel welcome at a university? That is one of the questions that will be discussed at the D&I Symposium 2023 o...
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Committee appointed on Rein Dool painting and exhibitions policy 19 December 2022A diverse (ad hoc) committee will advise Leiden University’s Executive Board on its exhibitions policy in a broad sense, with a special focus on the p...
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories 19 December 2022Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the Unive...
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians 14 December 2022Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Adminis...
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Leiden University takes another step in becoming smoke-free with 'Peukenzee' initiative 12 December 2022In recent months, the university has been running the 'Smoke-free university' campaign because of the large number of cigarette waste on and around th...