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University strengthens ties with Indonesia02 July 2019The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Data Science certificates awarded to employees of Ministry IenW26 June 2019On Monday, June 24th, 24 employees of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) received their certificates for completing Data Scien...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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Student team hopes to heal skin with squid protein03 June 2019Eleven ambitious Leiden students hope to heal burns with a special substance from squid teeth. They are taking part in the international iGEM competit...
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Quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 2019 Lorentz Professor29 May 2019American physicist and quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 65th Lorentz professor. He will deliver the Ehrenfest lecture on 5 June, and severa...
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Photo reportage on Leiden lion research in national newspaper22 May 2019Photographer Taco van der Eb accompanied Kenyan and Leiden researchers and students on a trip to Lake Nakuru National Park to record their conservatio...
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizens13 May 2019What does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degree...
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturers23 April 2019Studying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of t...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-ups11 April 2019Four students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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The mission of Felienne Hermans04 April 2019‘A woman with a mission’. In this honourable way, Dean Geert de Snoo described computer scientist Felienne Hermans at the official opening of her new ...
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@ThroughOcular shows the beauty of plants, fungi and algae28 March 2019Beautiful microscopic specimens play the leading role in the course 'Biodiversity Plant' for first-year Biology students. Normally these are put back ...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal21 March 2019Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Prospective science students in vast numbers to Master's Open Day21 March 2019A screaming wind, a dark grey sky and unexpected rainfall. The visitors of the Master's Open Day of the Faculty of Science had a hard time, but nevert...
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’21 March 2019Tyron Offerman wants to get the most out of life. This 28-year-old computer scientist and business economics graduate has an impressive three jobs: IT...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’18 March 2019It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...