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How do we experience music? Vocational students to explore this at a festival11 September 2025Many of us love music, but we don’t understand why exactly that is – or how our individual experiences of music can differ. Rebecca Schaefer will rese...
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‘Never stop trying’: Barz sees his polymers enter clinical trialsDrug discovery 11 September 2025A new class of polymers has been used in patients for the first time. The compound is the first new drug solubilising agent in decades. Introduced in...
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Arjan Louwen wins LUS Teaching Prize: 'He stands out for his passion and dedication'11 September 2025During the ceremony of the Opening of the Academic Year, University Lecturer Arjan Louwen has won Leiden University's prestigious LUS Teaching Award. ...
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Thriving together: How Ghana’s forest communities and ecosystems stay resilient10 September 2025At a time when the climate crisis demands global action, Leiden University College’s (LUC) research project REFloC (Resilient Ecosystems and Flourishi...
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Sustainability Challenge: students trace plastic pellet pollution in the Port of RotterdamLDE Sustainability Honours 08 September 2025In the Port of Rotterdam, tiny industrial pellets leak into the environment, causing a form of pollution that’s hard to trace but highly persistent. T...
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Remco Breuker makes documentary series about South Korea: 'The Netherlands and Korea are structurally related'08 September 2025Professor Remco Breuker plays the leading role in the new documentary ‘Big in Korea’. Over three Sunday evenings, viewers can follow his journey throu...
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Leiden archaeologists play a role in repatriating Central and South American heritage05 September 2025On 3 September 2025, more than 30 archaeological objects were returned to Peru, Panama and Costa Rica. The objects come from a private collection belo...
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Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore appointed new Cleveringa ProfessorCleveringa Lecture 04 September 2025The French political theorist Hélène Landemore, known for her critical perspective on modern democracies, has been appointed as the new Cleveringa Pro...
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From a child in the orchard to director of the botanical gardenInterview: A dream came true 03 September 2025At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an ol...
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Two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research on blood donation and colorectal cancerKrijn Rietveld Award 03 September 2025One used 3D cell models to study colorectal cancer, while the other used machine learning for more efficient blood donation. For these achievements, M...
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Professor by special appointment Jeroen van Zon joins the Institute of Biologyappointment 03 September 2025As of 1 September, Jeroen van Zon started as professor by special appointment in Quantitative Developmental Biology at the Institute of Biology Leiden...
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Everyone has the right to food security, in peacetime and during armed conflict03 September 2025Food security touches upon human rights, international law and sustainable development. These frameworks are not separate worlds but deeply interconne...
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'Childhood maltreatment can leave young people more sensitive to other people's anger signals later in life'Resilience 01 September 2025Bullying, abuse or a difficult divorce: many young people struggle with mental health problems after traumatic experiences. But why do some suffer muc...
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‘It’s quite something to be on that list of names’Gold medal for Koper 28 August 2025Marc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and surface chemistry, has been awarded the EuChemS Gold Medal 2026. The prize is awarded every two years and recog...
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Nominees for the 2025 Leiden Teaching PrizeLeiden University Student Platform 25 August 2025Which teacher knows best how to inspire their students? Carmen van den Bergh (Humanities), Egbert Koops (Law) and Arjan Louwen (Archaeology) have been...