450 news items found
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Being yourself in the summer sun: Leiden University shines at Canal Pride Leiden 05 September 2023Rainbow flags, funky sounds and drag queen Petty Libel: the very first Canal Pride Leiden has become reality. Leiden University joined the parade with...
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Why good friends are essential for your health 04 September 2023Laughing, crying or even having a moan together: close friends are worth their weight in gold in good and bad times. Researcher Lisa Schreuders explai...
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Leiden University bids farewell to Mayor Lenferink 30 August 2023This week, Leiden University bade farewell to Henri Lenferink, who is retiring after 20 years as mayor of Leiden. During a lunch at the Hortus botanic...
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More Dutch at the university? ‘We desperately need internationals’ 30 August 2023He did an English-taught degree, completed a master’s abroad and now teaches on an English-taught programme at the Campus The Hague. Jan Meijer is the...
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Office for International Education and internationalisation 30 August 2023Internationalisation is an important pillar of the Strategic Plan of Leiden University and Leiden Law School. The driving force behind internationalis...
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A warm welcome for international students: ‘I’m already in love with the Netherlands’ 29 August 2023International bachelor’s and master’s students started the OWL on Monday morning 28 August. This introduction week gives them the chance to know their...
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Got a question about science? Ask Leiden! 29 August 2023Why is the Moon so white? Why do we have birthmarks? But also: can my dog be racist? Vraag het Leiden (Ask Leiden) has answers to all these questions....
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Patient to plastic surgeon: ‘I want to look like my selfie.’ 28 August 2023An image has great powers of persuasion. It is said that ‘a picture is worth more than a thousand words’. But these days, images can easily be manipul...
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Internationalisation enriches: malaria research in Indonesia and lectures by professors from Nigeria 24 August 2023Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine, Tunisia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Suriname and Brazil: Leiden University has secured...
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Leiden University publishes list of research partnerships with the fossil fuel industry 22 August 2023Over the recent period there have been a number of protests and demonstrations at universities by people who oppose the universities’ collaboration wi...
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Pubs, the beach and study spots: students get to know The Hague 21 August 2023Almost a thousand students started HOPweek in The Hague on Monday morning. During this introduction week bachelor’s and master’s students get to know ...
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Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science 21 August 2023While tens of thousands of visitors dance to deafening music, a team of Leiden psychologists are trying to collect data for their research at Lowlands...
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Room for everyone at a sun-drenched EL CID 14 August 2023Thousands of first-year students and hundreds of mentors kicked off the EL CID on Monday morning. This year for the first time, the introduction week ...
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Exhibition on art, culture and architecture along the Silk Road 14 August 2023Ornately decorated head pieces and jewellery, images of imposing mosques and photos of local people. The 'Splendours of the Silk Roads' exhibition dep...
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Richard Karlsson Linnér: ‘I expect a future where a genetic test will be as much a no-brainer as getting X-rayed.’ 07 August 2023Assistant Professor Karlsson Linnér, who works at the Department of Economics, is one of the recipients of a Veni grant. His research on the accuracy ...