News
-
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...
-
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: ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Learning together about electron microscopy22 November 2018Chinese and Leiden scientists came together in Leiden to study the intricacies of modern visual techniques.
-
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...
-
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...
-
‘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...
-
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...
-
How can we make Leiden a really 'healthy university'?18 October 2018At the initiative of several of its professors, Leiden University has joined the international Healthy Universities network. Surrounded by space hoppe...
-
Open Day for international students: ‘I like the Leiden canals’16 October 2018On Saturday 13 October the historical city Leiden was crowded with prospective students visiting the Open Day. They all came to Leiden to orientate th...
-
Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers15 October 2018The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
-
Leiden Honorary Doctorates for Melissa Little and Robbert Dijkgraaf02 October 2018Australian cell biologist Melissa Little and Dutch physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf will each be awarded an Honorary doctorate at the Dies Natalis of Leide...
-
There could be surprises at the Healthy University workshops02 October 2018From exercises for working more healthily to practical tips about getting a good night's sleep. Students and staff who take part in the Healthy Univer...
-
What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?01 October 2018Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...