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Record number of visitors to Bachelor's Open Day: ‘My mum misses me already’25 February 2019What can you expect from studying in Leiden or The Hague? Which programme should you choose? Should you join a student association and will you need t...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Health care is a social matter, not just a medical one’14 February 2019Why are we unable to address health-care inequality? This was the topic of the inaugural speech of Professor Jet Bussemaker on Friday 15 February 2019...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen science11 February 2019How many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague08 February 2019Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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LUMC-Campus The Hague aims for a healthier region23 January 2019How can we use Population Health Management to help the citizens of The Hague get and stay healthier? This was the key question during the 5th Working...
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Pitch your research at Famelab22 January 2019Can you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...
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Live long and healthy15 January 2019Leiden University will be 444 years old this year and is still very much alive and kicking. But how can we humans grow old healthily? Hanno Pijl at LU...
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National Think Tank: a think tank and a do tank08 January 2019From learning modules for primary schools to a ‘Fixer-Upper Day’ and from a platform for returning broken electronic devices to a call to government: ...
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2018 Hall of Fame21 December 2018Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Food insecurity affects a quarter of all families in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague30 November 2018Research by Leiden University, LUMC and the Public Health Department (GGD Haaglanden) in The Hague has shown that over a quarter of the families in th...
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Learning together about electron microscopy22 November 2018Chinese and Leiden scientists came together in Leiden to study the intricacies of modern visual techniques.
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Student team iGEM Leiden wins gold in Boston05 November 2018The adventure of iGEM Leiden has come to an end. The result: prizes for Best Therapeutic Project and Best Model, a gold medal, a successful crowdfundi...
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Young thinkers pit their brains on the circular economy05 November 2018How can we speed up the transition from large cities to a circular metropolis? This is the question that Leiden students and former students Elsemieke...
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‘First determine goals, then make healthcare choices’31 October 2018What are the goals of healthcare? That very question must be asked more frequently before healthcare-related choices are made. This is what Martine de...
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Deciphering the biological clock23 October 2018Researchers at LUMC are trying to decipher the biological clock. This knowledge can help deal with luxury problems, such as jetlag, but can also count...