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University and associations join forces to beat loneliness during Winter Weeks 16 December 2024Not all students spend the holidays with family and friends. The Leiden University Winter Weeks gives these students the opportunity to take part in a...
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Open Science as the standard: ‘You don’t do science for yourself’ 16 December 2024Open Science is changing how people work together and share research. Anna van ’t Veer won the Leo Waaijers Open Science Award for a career full of Op...
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Leiden University honours Lex van der Eb with University Medal 13 December 2024Leiden University has awarded its prestigious University Medal to Emeritus Professor Lex van der Eb. As a pioneer in genetics and molecular biology, h...
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Leiden University Global Fund grants 14 project proposals 12 December 2024On 9 December, a lottery to conclude the first call of the Leiden University Global Fund (LUGF) Seed Fund has granted 14 project proposals €15.000. Th...
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Leiden University joins the Planetary Health Alliance: ‘We really do have to work together’ 12 December 2024The international Planetary Health Alliance network is a consortium of more than 450 organisations committed to addressing the health impacts of globa...
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Blowing the whistle on the government cuts 11 December 2024Hundreds of students and staff from Leiden University gave a ‘whistle concert’ on 11 December against the planned cuts to higher education. Similar pr...
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Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands 10 December 2024Of the 900 new companies that have set up shop on the Netherlands’ largest campuses since 2018, 194 chose Leiden. This makes the Leiden Innovation Dis...
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Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research 10 December 2024Few public datasets are available for criminological research, especially when it comes to homicides. Privacy laws often prevent data sharing. The SEN...
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Slight increase in percentage of female professors in Leiden 09 December 2024The proportion of professors at Leiden University who are female has risen slightly to 32.0%. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor 20...
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified' 09 December 2024After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocea...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students 05 December 2024The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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Max Farasat and Lara Offermans win the LUCSoR Thesis Prizes (2021-2023) 05 December 2024The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two biennial thesis prizes, one ...
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In Memoriam: Emma de Rijke 05 December 2024It is with the greatest sadness that we have learned of the unexpected passing of Emma de Rijke. Emma was a student in the MA Asian Studies, having fi...
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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024Timo Kos has been appointed Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board and will take up the role on 1 March 2025. He succeeds Martijn Ridde...