News A selection of news from Leiden University. News Busy yet not a student in sight: the Online Master’s Open Days 22 October 2024 ‘Silence in the corridor please’ are not the words you expect to hear on an open day attended by 5,000 students. From 12 studios in Leiden and The Hag... Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy 17 October 2024 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 ... Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre 17 October 2024 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 Te... Listening, asking questions and soaking up the atmosphere at the Bachelor’s Open Day 15 October 2024 So many interesting programmes, but which one suits me best? It was the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague on Saturday 12 October. Among the ... From wildlife journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution 14 October 2024 Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his Ph... A cocktail of chemicals in surface water is more toxic than each substance individually 14 October 2024 Pesticides can form a toxic cocktail when they occur in combination in surface water. This is the finding of research that Leiden University and the D... Opening of the Herta Mohr Building: brand new and also recycled location for Humanities 09 October 2024 Light, open and green: a description that fits the new, renovated location of the Faculty of Humanities. The official opening of the Herta Mohr Buildi... University couple marries ‘in front of all of Leiden’ on 3 October 09 October 2024 They have known each other since they were small but Rianne and Tom first fell in love when working together at the university. That love culminated i... Children pay more attention to art when descriptions are playful and interactive 09 October 2024 The description of a painting directly affects how children look at that artwork. This was discovered by psychologist Francesco Walker in the Rijksmus... Two new bachelor's programmes in The Hague explore crucial societal themes 08 October 2024 Leiden University is expanding its educational offering in The Hague with two Dutch-taught bachelor's programmes: Economie & Samenleving and Cybersecu... All news items