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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’ 04 June 2024Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed...
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Cybersecurity and privacy campaign kicks off: ‘Only by working together can we keep our university secure’ 04 June 2024From choosing the right tools to locking your screen when you go to get a coffee: it’s often the little things that help you work securely. With our c...
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‘Ties with Leiden University important for prospective prime minister Dick Schoof’ 30 May 2024Dick Schoof can also be called the neighbour of the faculty in The Hague. Especially from his role at the NCTV, he worked together a lot with Leiden U...
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Jasper's Day 30 May 2024Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Citizen Science Netherlands network officially launched 29 May 2024The Citizen Science Netherlands (CS-NL) network was officially launched this month with the aid of an Open Science NL grant. The new vision for this n...
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Bingo, barista and drinks: a successful We are Science Week 28 May 2024For three days, our faculty was all about We are Science Week: the community event full of fun activities for our staff and students. Besides the famo...
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Dura Vermeer to deliver new housing development in Oegstgeest part of LBSP 28 May 2024After an intensive tender procedure, Leiden University and the Municipality of Oegstgeest have chosen Dura Vermeer for a new housing development with ...
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery 28 May 2024Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. In their own wa...
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Playing cards? It’s a good way to learn about your own leadership skills 28 May 2024If we want to solve the complex issues now facing us as people and as an organisation, leadership is an absolute necessity: and then not only from sup...
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart 28 May 2024Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos...
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Programming problem patched: Leiden PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security 27 May 2024By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) discovered a ‘gaping...
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Need inspiration for a Kiem application? ‘Go big!’ 27 May 2024Are you thinking of applying for a Kiem grant but still tinkering with your idea for an interdisciplinary project? Let your Leiden colleagues inspire ...
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism 24 May 2024PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Du...
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike 24 May 2024Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Searc...
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NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years....