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Two different approaches at the Diversity symposium 14 November 2017
One of the speakers at the Diversity symposium on 22 November is Estela Mara Bensimon, highly honoured professor of Higher Education in the US. A seco...
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Who are you without that cigarette? 10 November 2017
Do you want to be successful at stopping smoking? If so, the main thing is that you should see yourself as a non-smoker. Psychologist Eline Meijer has...
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‘Without Leiden University, I wouldn't now be living in Mexico’ 25 October 2017
When delegations from Leiden University visit foreign countries, they often arrange a meeting specially for alumni of the country. Mexico was no excep...
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico 25 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country...
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Delegation from Leiden University visits Mexico 20 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting Mexico from 21 to 25 October. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between Mexican universities ...
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Come to the award ceremony of the World Cultural Council 13 October 2017
Leiden University will be the stage of the annual award ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC) on 8 November. We answer the five key questions a...
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Joke Meijer on the Nobel Prize for the biological clock 10 October 2017
This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the three American researchers who have unravelled the mechanism behind the biological clock. Joke Meije...
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count! 06 October 2017
In a recent mega-analysis, researchers from Leiden University aimed to clarify the contradictory findings of research into social anxiety disorder. Th...
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Summer in Leiden and The Hague through student eyes 29 September 2017
Over the summer, students – and a few members of staff – at Leiden University sent in their best photos to the University’s ‘Summer in Leiden and The ...
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Relief of Leiden: University closed 26 September 2017
On Tuesday 3 October we will celebrate the Relief of Leiden, so all Leiden University premises will be closed that day. The University premises at our...
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2017 Peace Run huge success 25 September 2017
The Peace Run was held in The Hague on 14 September as part of the Just Peace festival. The event aimed to gather funds for UNICEF the Netherlands. A ...
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge 18 September 2017
Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...
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HoloLens-app brings mixed reality to teaching in Leiden 12 September 2017
From the start of the 2017 academic year, students at Leiden University Medical center (LUMC) can study the anatomy and movements of their own ankles ...
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Half a million euros to develop better and cheaper MRI scanners 07 September 2017
Professor Andrew Webb has been appointed Simon Stevin Master 2017 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, an award that carries a pri...
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Come to the Tour of Asia festival! 06 September 2017
From gay rights in Asia to water management in the Philippines and from the Silk Road to current tensions with North Korea. Come to the Tour of Asia o...