News A selection of news from Leiden University. News How quantum mechanics threatens our digital lives – and makes them safer 23 September 2022 Much of the work of Serge Fehr, Professor of Quantum Information Theory, is abstract and theoretical and comprehensible to very few people. But his wo... Brand-new Ehrenfest car park at LBSP is a breath of fresh air 21 September 2022 The new Ehrenfest multi-storey car park at the heart of the Leiden Bio Science Park was opened today by the Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Le... Ionica Smeets and Alex Verkade coordinators of national centre for science communication 21 September 2022 Minister Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) has appointed Ionica Smeets and Alex Verkade as coordinators of a new national centre for science ... Royal honour for emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer 21 September 2022 Emeritus professor Willem Otterspeer received a royal honour from mayor Henri Lenferink on Tuesday 20 September. The university historian was appointe... Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden 20 September 2022 ‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he s... Critical of the risks: research into the experiences of military observers 20 September 2022 For his PhD, historian and army major Dion Landstra researched the effectiveness of observers in peace operations in the Balkans between 1991 and 1995... A preposterous mix? Willem Otterspeer covers the University’s history one more time 20 September 2022 The biographer of Leiden University, Willem Otterspeer, has a new book out. In ‘De stad, de dood en de dichters’ (The City, Death and the Poets) he co... Open day at space research institute at Leiden Bio Science Park 20 September 2022 SRON, the Netherlands Institute for Space Research, is holding an open day on Sunday 25 September. It has had a branch at the Leiden Bio Science Park ... Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click 16 September 2022 Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic cli... University to switch off lights during Seeing Stars Leiden – Care to join us? 15 September 2022 Artist Daan Roosegaarde, together with UNESCO and Leiden University, wants to make the stars come out during Seeing Stars Leiden. The University will ... All news items
