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Better ship designs thanks to smart algorithms
The perfect ship is light and sleek for speed, but also needs to be strong and stable for safe sailing. These and other conflicting requirements make it difficult, even with a supercomputer, to find the ideal design. Computer scientist Roy de Winter has developed an algorithm that helps strike the perfect…
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Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed. Dubbed REBELS-25, this disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day galaxies, but we see it as it was when the Universe was only 700 million years old. This is surprising since, according to our current understanding of…
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Dozens of massive stars launched from young star cluster R136
Astronomers have used data from the European Gaia Space Telescope to discover 55 high-speed stars launched from the young star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. This increases tenfold the number of known “runaway stars” in this region. The team of astronomers,…
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‘Exposure therapy’ for bachelor students: preparing for the reality of scientific research
Already during their bachelor’s programme, students in Pharmaceutical Sciences are presented with challenging projects. One of these is the Bachelor Research Assignment (BOO in Dutch), which is often their first real experience with scientific research. This means a lot of responsibility and failures,…
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Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy
Limburg lawyer Roger Cox has caused a legal revolution. With high-profile cases against the Dutch state and Shell oil company, he transformed the law into a tool to enforce climate policy. Leidraad alumni magazine spoke to him about a life defined by radical choices for a better world.
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'It’s the complexity of this group of patients that makes the challenge of improving their quality of life so interesting’
Dialysis patients experience a range of physical and mental symptoms that interact and influence each otherIn her doctoral research, psychologist Judith Tommel wanted to find the optimum approach to help these dialysis patients improve their quality of life. ‘We need to make sure we avoid excluding…
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FGGA researchers win Horizon grant: 760,000 euro for project on the rule of law
The EU’s programme for research and innovation Horizon Europe is funding the ISGA project ‘NET-ROL: Networks and the Rule of Law: Uncovering Socio-Economic Outcomes’. The funding amounts to 3 million euros, with 760,000 euros going to ISGA. Researchers Antoaneta Dimitrova and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz are…
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.
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‘A reproduction can make the original important again’
For her research, PhD candidate Liselore Tissen put one famous painting after another through a 3D scanner. The resulting reproductions were indistinguishable from the originals. But what does this mean for our interpretation of art?
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Application interview
Career and apply for jobs
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Summer Cocktail Party
Party
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Psychology Science Day 2022
Festival
- Art History Book Launches
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Brushes and Bites (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Planning for Peace in Ukraine
Conference
- Study Support Group (8 meetings)
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Faculty End of Year Event
End of Year Event
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Graduation ceremony bachelor's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation ceremony
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Exhibition BrAInpower at Museum Boerhaave
Exhibition
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Cats & Coffee
Student well-being
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Workshop Academic Writing (basic skills)
Study support
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Experimental Days
Festival
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Meet & greet for gifted students
Meet & greet
- Well-being Support Group (8 meetings)
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25 years Faculty of Archaeology: Lecture and Party
Lecture and Party
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Hackathon - From Person to Open Data
Hackathon
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Women, Intelligence, and Diplomacy in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Founding a dynasty in the Yemeni Zaydi imamate - 15th-17th centuries
Lecture, Research seminar 1000-1800
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Well-being on the water!
Sport
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Workshop LinkedIn profile and network
Career and apply for jobs
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Opening POP-up Living Room FSW
Opening
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(REGISTRATION CLOSED) Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Debate
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Op weg naar de NAVO top
Lecture
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POPTalk: Code of Conduct Humanities
Lecture
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Collaborative archaeology in Panama
Lecture, What did you do last summer?
- Orientation meeting Honours College: Science & Society (on campus)
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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Hour of Remembrance
Lecture
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Faculty Career Orientation Days (FLO) 2023
Career orientation
- Meet the Dean
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Of Maps and Men: On Andrei Vinius’ role as Middleman between Witsen and Remezov
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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CANCELLED: CareerTime FSW - CareerCollege
Career and apply for jobs
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Workshop CV and Application letter
Career and apply for jobs
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad
Information session
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Results of the university elections
Elections
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CCLS Seminar
Lecture, seminar
- Craft session – candle painting!