News A selection of news from Leiden University. News NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024 A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years.... Ministry of BZK establishes two new professor chairs for the Kingdom 23 May 2024 The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/... Climate-proof Mediterranean garden in the Hortus opened by André Kuipers 23 May 2024 On 22 May, astronaut André Kuipers opened the new Mediterranean garden in the Hortus. With this water-efficient garden, the Hortus aims to offer ins... Academic freedom, protests and a safe campus: where are we and how are we going to move forward? 22 May 2024 Leiden University has had a turbulent week. There have been protests inside and outside our buildings that have evoked reactions, and students and sta... Construction Day: Time to come and take a look in the University’s new Spui Building 21 May 2024 You might be wondering what the reconstruction of the former V&D store at Spui in The Hague looks like now. If so, you can come and find out for yours... ‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’ 21 May 2024 In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja ... ‘Put payment transactions for private clients under one new state-owned bank’ 21 May 2024 From receiving our salary to doing our shopping: we are completely dependent on commercial banks for all our payment transactions. But what happens i... Alumnus Sam van Raalte: From psychology to podcast 21 May 2024 How does a psychology graduate end up with a podcast? Alumnus Sam van Raalte followed his passion into freelance journalism. ‘I studied psychology to ... Protest at Academy Building and Hortus botanicus ended 17 May 2024 Today’s protest at the University’s Academy Building and the Hortus botanicus ended at around 16.30. The dozens of demonstrators left the grounds volu... 'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks' 17 May 2024 Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently,... All news items