News
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Huge interest from prospective students (and their parents) on Bachelor’s Open Day 04 March 2024
Presentations, city tours, themed cafés and information fairs − there was plenty to discover on the Bachelor’s Open Day last Saturday. Around 6,000 pr...
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LUMC first hospital with AI admissions predictor for Acute Admissions Unit 04 March 2024
High demand at emergency departments is not a reliable indicator of the number of patients that will be sent to the Acute Admissions Unit. The LUMC ha...
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Students help make Maldives more fertile 04 March 2024
Its idyllic setting and white sandy beaches have made the Maldives a hotspot for tourists. This provides an income but is a problem for the fragile na...
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‘Language is part of your identity; we need to teach children this from an early age’ 04 March 2024
Language is omnipresent: when you talk, app or meet in Teams. Understanding how we communicate with one another and what communication does to us is e...
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Dean and vice-chair of LUMC Board steps down 04 March 2024
Prof. dr. Pancras Hogendoorn is stepping down as dean of the Faculty of Medicine and vice-chair of the Executive Board of Leiden University Medical Ce...
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Re-occurring moments to reflect on our values: ‘It’s about commitment to culture change' 04 March 2024
How do we navigate the continuously developing landscape in research integrity, ethics, and open science? Anna van 't Veer and Eiko Fried discuss the ...
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Will this discovery help us develop better catalysts? 04 March 2024
Where exactly on the surface of a catalyst do the chemical reactions occur? Until now, it has always been a challenge to identify the exact locations ...
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Teaching assistants create space in packed schedules: ‘Finally, I have time to review the course content’ 04 March 2024
In this 'Educatips' column, psychology teachers share their key insights about work. This time: course coordinator Evelien Broekhof received support f...
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Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope 04 March 2024
Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasi...
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And the winner is… Results of the annual physics image competition 04 March 2024
Salt crystals, a nano-sized golf stick and molten glass. The LION Image Award competition of 2023 yielded a lot of beautiful images once again. But in...
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DSM-firmenich award now for best MSc graduate, best doctorate, and most promising start-up 01 March 2024
Since 2020, the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Award has been annually presented by dsm-firmenich for the best master's or doctoral research at the Faculty o...
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‘Formation issues mainly due to judgment culture in Dutch politics’ 01 March 2024
It was an unusual morning for Arco Timmermans, when the public affairs and politics expert was invited to advise informer Kim Putters early last week....
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The skate-friendly city 01 March 2024
In cities like Leeds, Seoul and Malmö, a museum park is a place for unintentional creativity, unsolicited interventions and unorganised sport. Dutch c...
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At LUC, the Hague Forest is a classroom: ‘Students develop themselves as local nature guides’ 01 March 2024
Rain or shine: in the course ‘The Ecology Project’ students of Leiden University College visit the nature of The Hague each week. A welcome break from...
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UV radiation from massive stars prevents formation of Jupiter-like planet 01 March 2024
An international team of scientists, including Xander Tielens of Leiden Observatory, has used space telescope Hubble and the ALMA observatory to show ...