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Online hate speech undermines society 24 January 2024
International Day of Education 2024 is dedicated to the role of education in countering hate speech. Assistant Professor Michael Klos says, 'When peop...
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Improving nature’s antibiotic 24 January 2024
'What nature made isn’t necessarily an optimized medicine to use in the human body,’ says Professor of Biological Chemistry Nathaniel Martin. That’s w...
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Expand your digital knowledge at the LUCDH Digital Skills Winter Week 24 January 2024
The Winter Week of Digital Skills will take place in the PJ Veth building from 29 January to 2 February. There will be different workshops where you c...
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Buddy Programme seeks new mentors: 'There’s more to being a buddy than just helping others' 24 January 2024
Making friends in a new city can be difficult, which is why the Humanities PopCorner has created the Buddy Programme. The idea is to give internationa...
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Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time 24 January 2024
Immunologist Leender Trouw specialises in the complement system, which is part of the immune system. In some diseases drugs help activate or inhibit t...
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'There's nothing more we can do for you': new publication on harmful communication in oncology 23 January 2024
PhD student Janine Westendorp and her colleagues conducted literature research on what patients with cancer and their loved ones perceive as harmful c...
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Minor in Law, Literature and Society shows inextricable link between law and art 23 January 2024
The film Blade Runner as part of the law curriculum? It’s not that weird to Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, and Frans-Willem Kors...
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Call for Papers: "Voices of resistance in and against Dutch empire" 23 January 2024
For the upcoming conference "Voices of Resistance in and Against the Dutch Empire, 1600-2020s" on September 12 and 13, 2024, at Utrecht University, pr...
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Serious game helps people with acquired brain injury to relearn how to navigate 22 January 2024
When trying to find their way, some people pay attention to the surroundings while others remember where they need to turn left or right. People with ...
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper 22 January 2024
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabash...
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Neuroscientists on tour: 'Many people with MS do not link their cognitive symptoms to the disease' 22 January 2024
In the MS Cognitietour, psychologists and neuroscientists from Leiden University discuss the latest scientific knowledge with MS patients and their lo...
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The journey taken by our discarded clothes 22 January 2024
We take our worn, torn and unwanted clothes to the clothing bank, assuming they will get a second chance. But what exactly happens with all those text...
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Crammed with meaning: what museum collections tell us about our political system 19 January 2024
What does a 19th-century exhibition of traditional utensils from the province of Zeeland tell us about the current rise of populism? A lot, Ad Maas wi...
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Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration 18 January 2024
Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ sys...
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Students with a connection to Israel or Palestine together in a support group 18 January 2024
Psychology lecturer Sepideh Saadat is leading a support group for students affected by the Israel-Hamas war. In four sessions she brings together stud...