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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings 13 May 2019
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. R...
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Experience one hundred years of astronomy at the Old Observatory 17 April 2019
How big is the universe? How do stars form and evolve? And does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? These main questions in astronomy are the themes...
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Residents and researchers explore plastic and psychology in the city 16 April 2019
This year will see the start of not one but two citizen science projects in Leiden and The Hague. This is the outcome of a large survey among residen...
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New section makes statistics understandable 15 April 2019
‘Statistics? I hated that hard subject in school’, statistician Sanne Willems is often told. And that is a pity, she thinks, because statistics doesn...
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Esther Philips elected as Chair of EARMA 11 April 2019
Esther Philips, grant advisor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, is the new Chair elect of the European Association for Research Managers and...
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Leiden researchers at hackathon data visualization in the House of Representatives 05 April 2019
On March 20, 2019, a special meeting took place in the House of Representatives: a hackathon. The aim was to find solutions for better accessibility o...
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Martina Vijver on nanoparticles at Paradiso's Science & Cocktails 04 April 2019
Professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver of the Institute of Environmental Sciences has given a public talk at Paradiso Amsterdam for Science & Cockt...
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Lizah van der Aart makes glossy about PhD research 04 April 2019
After four years of hard work, the time has finally come: your thesis is finished. But who of your family and friends will ever read it? Biologist Liz...
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These are the five Leiden highlights of ICT.OPEN 01 April 2019
The ICT.OPEN conference had no less than five Leiden highlights. PhD candidate Anna Louise Latour won the pitch prize of 500 euros and PhD candidate C...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019
Great 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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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heat 12 March 2019
Which young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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Data science and visualisation by the government 08 March 2019
On 20 February 2019, a special meeting on data science took place in the House of Representatives. The aim of the meeting was to start a dialogue with...
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Tackling local societal challenges through science 28 February 2019
Bringing science, technology and innovation to places that normally do not have access to these areas of knowledge. This is the goal of the first Open...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage 26 February 2019
In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...