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Live blog: Academy Building protest 17 May 2024
This page provides updates on the protest today at the Academy Building and Hortus botanicus in Leiden.
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How to address sensitive subjects in class? 17 May 2024
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly disc...
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Protest in Wijnhaven building has ended 16 May 2024
Everything is peaceful again in and around the Wijnhaven building at Campus The Hague. Earlier today, the location was the scene of a large pro-Palest...
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Brief summary of our approach to our ties with Israeli institutions 16 May 2024
During the last couple of months, Leiden University has conducted many constructive discussions with the University Council and many other experts and...
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AI Policy Leaders Award for Gianclaudio Malgieri 16 May 2024
Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law at eLaw, will receive the "AI Policy Leaders Academia Award" from CAIDP Europe (Center for AI and Dig...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 16 May 2024
On 13 May 2024, Carlotta Rigotti took the stage at WOROBET 2024, a workshop dedicated to robot ethics, which was part of the IEEE International Confer...
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eLaw publishes Self-assessment tool on age assurance for the European Commission 16 May 2024
Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, and Mohammed Raiz Shaffique, Researcher and PhD candidate at eLaw, have publish...
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Why the world is quantum 16 May 2024
During the Bachelor Honours Class ‘The world is quantum’, students from various disciplines learned about the rules of nature on the smallest scale: q...
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Design METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope finalised 16 May 2024
The design for the METIS instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is final. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has given the green ligh...
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Vanessa Mak and Herman Paul new KNAW members 16 May 2024
The KNAW has appointed 17 new members, including Leiden University's Vanessa Mak, Professor of Private Law, and Herman Paul, Professor of History. The...
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Czech Ambassador to The Netherlands visits Leiden to mark the 20 year anniversary of European Enlargement 16 May 2024
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, students, instructors, staff and other guests gathered at the Faculty Club for an exciting event: a discussion entitled “T...
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Stiffness and viscosity of cells differ in cancer and other diseases 16 May 2024
During illness, the stiffness or viscosity of cells can change. Tom Evers demonstrated this by measuring such properties of human immune cells for the...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri will give keynote speech on Fundamental Rights and Vulnerability at Maastricht University 16 May 2024
Dr. Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology at eLaw, and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, will deliver a keynote speech ...
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Ecocide in the Dutch criminal code: a good idea or justified concerns? 15 May 2024
Former Member of Parliament Lammert van Raan (PvdD) and alumna Eva Floris gave a guest lecture on the 13th of May on the Ecocide penalisation initiati...
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King of Sweden visits Leiden University 15 May 2024
Collaborating in drug discovery and health research was the goal of a visit to the Leiden Bio Science Park on 14 May by a Swedish delegation including...