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Major win for CLAIRE in 50 million euro round of “seed funding”The European Commission has released 50 million euro to strengthen artificial intelligence in Europe. Five consortia were selected to spend this 50 mi...
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th AnalectaCorrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleague...
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Rachel Schats is preparing an archaeology course from home: ‘Do what you can and don’t make it yourself too difficult’As a lecturer of a block 4 course, osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats is preparing to give her education remotely. For this she uses Kaltura, Leiden ...
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Videoconferencing with the Rural Riches group: ‘The most important thing is to develop some discipline’The Rural Riches research group convenes for coffee on a daily basis. Remotely, that is, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It is the perfect way t...
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‘I always thought I was immune to stress, but now I’m not so sure’Lecturers had a week to move their courses online. An enormous challenge because remote teaching definitely wasn’t commonplace at Leiden University. S...
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Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem in ‘Politie en Wetenschap’ with their new research
Commissioned by ‘Politie en Wetenscahp’, Pauline Aarten, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, and Marieke Liem, Associate Professor at Leiden Uni...
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‘In South Korea, life goes on’Aron is a second-year student of Korean Studies. He was in Seoul as part of the stay-abroad portion of the program when Leiden University took measure...
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App helps doctors find the right dose of Corona medicationLeiden researchers have developed an app that doctors can use to more easily determine the right dosage of medication for corona patients. At the mome...
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Looking to distract the kids while you work from home? Get them programming!Many of us are working from home at the moment, but our children are at home too. While this can be fun, parents sometimes need a bit of peace and qui...
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A PhD defence in the time of corona: 'I had to ask friends not to come'As of 17 March all PhD defences have been cancelled for the time being in response to measures to control the corona outbreak. Four PhD candidates, ho...
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Leiden Anthropologists Reflect on the COVID-19 PandemicThe coronavirus outbreak raises fundamental questions about the politics and narratives of crisis, as well as about our “ordinary” everyday lives and ...
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How can families weather the corona crisis?Suddenly everyone is at home, but this is not a holiday – far from it. Because work and school are ‘simply’ carrying on remotely. How can parents and ...
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Central Crisis Team: ‘It sometimes comes down to the last second’It’s the middle of the academic year, but most of the University buildings are closed – something that hasn’t happened since the Second World War. For...
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Support the LUMC’s corona researchScientists at the LUMC are working hard on potential virus inhibitors, antiviral screening and a treatment for COVID-19. SteunLeiden.nl has started a ...
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Even stockpiling can be social behaviourThe Netherlands has also announced special measures to fight SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. These measures have at times caused questionable behaviour, such ...