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Campus The Hague in the picture26 August 2019Leiden University turned 444 this year, and we are celebrating this milestone with the residents of the two cities in which we have a presence: Leiden...
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Summer school in China: extreme heat and the Chinese Silicon Valley15 August 2019Going to school during the summer holidays? Some of our students accepted the challenge. And they didn’t do that just around the corner. During their ...
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Sugarcoating the search for a new vaccine01 August 2019A vaccine based on sugar coats does have the potential to combat a multi-resistant staphylococcus. That is what Jeroen Codée and his colleagues from U...
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Leiden students help children from The Hague: 'Now I can read and understand what I've read.'30 July 2019There is an enormous disparity between children from low and high socio-economic backgrounds. In the Leiden Tutor Programme Leiden students and scient...
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Wall formula about Huygens' pendulum painted on Leiden fire brigade tower16 July 2019The seventh Leiden wall formula has been finished. Over the last few weeks, mural artists Ben Walenkamp and Jan Willem Bruins have painted Christiaan ...
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Six Computer Science master students excel and go to Oxford04 July 2019Six master students of the Computer Science programme will present their papers on future cities at the NetMob conference in Oxford. The six papers we...
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MBO Rijnland students animate Leiden physics02 July 2019There are miniaturisation beams, microrobots, and ice skaters who suddenly drop into a hole in the ice. Students of the local MBO Rijnland let their i...
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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...