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‘The Rooseveltian Century’: one of the best MOOCs according to New York MagazineAccording to New York Magazine, the massive open online course (MOOC) ‘The Rooseveltian Century’ by Professor by Special Appointment Giles Scott-Smith...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organismsAn interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Andrea Evers in Dutch media talking on the coronavirusHealth psychologist Andrea Evers has been invited by several Dutch media to talk about the coronavirus and the measures taken by the government for th...
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Arianna Pranger: ‘I pack as much creativity as possible into my teaching’Arianna Pranger has lost her heart to teaching. A senior lecturer on the master’s programme in Pharmacy, she is one of the three nominees for the LUS ...
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Mentor and tutor help first years get off to a flying startAll first-year bachelor’s students at Leiden will be assigned a student as a mentor and a lecturer as a tutor to help them find their way around their...
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A warm virtual welcome to Leiden first yearsNo decorated signs on an overfull Lammermarkt but instead a video meeting that gradually fills up and the inevitable question of ‘Can everyone hear me...
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Laura Steenbergen in the mediaPsychologist Laura Steenbergen appears in the media from time to time talking about the gut-brain ax.
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Funding for three new Humanities’ PhD candidatesThree new PhD candidates at the Faculty of Humanities will receive funding from the Programme Office Sustainable Humanities and NWO. The aim of the gr...
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Corona measures: is enforcement also possible in the home?The number of cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands is on the rise. Some mayors are now calling for measures that are more far-reaching than those a...
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Leiden student associations urge students to socially distanceIn a joint letter, the Leiden student associations have appeal to students to practise 1.5m distancing and to only meet others if they are fit and wel...
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow e...
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New KiDS result: Universe 10 per cent more homogeneous than assumedNew results from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) show that the Universe is almost 10 percent more homogeneous than previously thought. The new KiDS map ...
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How EL CID week can go ahead after allWhen the government introduced its corona measures, the future of EL CID suddenly looked uncertain. But this annual introduction week will start on 5 ...
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Jorrit Rijpma on BNR radio about the call for European travel guidelinesOn 30 July, Jorrit Rijpma spoke on Dutch BNR news radio programme Spitsuur about the call from ANVR, the Dutch travel sector organisation, for Europea...
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Paradigm-shifting theory highlights the importance of substrate flexibility in enzymatic reactionsLeiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...