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Students solve spider mystery in BorneoThey sprayed with corn starch and made detailed drawings of the genitalia of spiders. In different ways students studied spiders in the dense tropical...
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The best exam tips from Leiden’s student psychologistsAre you a school or university student, and do you feel very anxious before and during exams? Take advantage of these tips by Leiden student psycholog...
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Relaunch MOOC: 'The Importance and Power of Music in our Society'On May 28, 2018 we relaunch our free online course The Importance and Power of Music in our Society.
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Fifty Shades of StressThe challenge: Building a tool to detect chemical compounds that individually cause non-lethal stress to bacteria, but that are lethal in combination....
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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and DyingThe Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial confer...
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A Sizzling Summer of SpaceFor the first time in the Netherlands this summer: the Space Studies Programme - an international summer university for those who aspire to a space ca...
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Putting the history of squatting in Leiden on the mapWhen you think of squatting, the picture that comes to mind is of young people occupying derelict buildings in big cities. Leiden also has a history o...
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Students learn about the work of the United NationsLeiden students organised a Model United Nations (MUN) from 3 to 6 May in The Hague. An MUN simulates the working of the United Nations and is intende...
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Archaeology students explore visual culture with artworksIn a creative assignment as a part of the bachelor's course Visual Culture, students explored the impact and complexity of visual culture by means of ...
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Cooperation is improving autism treatmentThere are effective treatments for people with autism, says Wouter Staal, professor of Autism Spectrum Disorders, in his inaugural lecture on 4 May. H...
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'Without empathy, you can't give good care'Patients who feel understood will recover faster. But how can doctors become more empathetic? By reading literary works, suggests emeritus Leiden Prof...
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden UniversityFrom Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is ...
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Martienke Baaij receives the “Kees Bakker Award”Leiden Biology student Martienke Baaij received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2017 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fo...
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Three students of the Institute of Immigration Law publish blog post on the refugee crisisThree MA students of the Institute of Immigration Law, Nick Perre, Myrthe De Vries and Hannah Richards have co-authored together with Mariana Gkliati,...
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How can we connect data science and law?At the Hague University of Applied Sciences, a stakeholder meeting took place on 4 April in the context of peace and justice in a digital world. The m...