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Photo report: double golden goodbye for Dean Geert de Snoo 29 August 2019
After seven years, the Faculty of Science said goodbye to Geert de Snoo as dean During on 29 August. This happened with a pub quiz, a special edition...
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Playing Cluedo with speech sounds 15 August 2019
Using speech analysis to resolve crimes. That's what Meike de Boer (26) is aiming to do with her PhD research. 'By analysing how a person pronounces "...
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Two Leiden finalists for ECHO Loyens & Loeff Law & Tax Award 05 August 2019
Three students are still in the race for the ECHO Loyens & Loeff Law & Tax Award 2019, two of them are students at Leiden Law School.
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‘I'm in awe of these refugee students’ 01 July 2019
Proud family members, lecturers and, above all, students congregated in the Van Steenis building on 27 June to celebrate the students' having complete...
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Leiden University College to receive funding for diversity project 14 June 2019
The Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven revealed on Thursday 13 June 2019 which projects will receive funding from the ...
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POPcorner: helping make the University more inclusive 07 June 2019
One of the ambitions of the Learning@LeidenUniversity vision on teaching and learning is to foster an international and inclusive educational communit...
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Van Bergen Prize winner Archery Attack has growth potential 28 May 2019
Dutch and international students brandishing bows and arrows fire at each other on the fields of the University Sports Centre on 11 May. This is the a...
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Social Science Matters: Climate change 01 May 2019
Climate change is a hot topic and constantly in the news. Thousands of Dutch high school students protested at the Malieveld in The Hague. News websit...
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‘Brain scanners are bringing about a revolution in neurolinguistics’ 01 April 2019
Brain scanners have radically changed neurolinguistics. They are increasing our understanding of how the brain processes language. Professor Niels Sch...
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Female professors from the present and the future 08 March 2019
Role models are key to inspiring the next generation. Fifteen female professors therefore celebrated International Women's Day with girls aged between...
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Percentage of women professors: Leiden in third place 13 December 2018
Leiden University is in third place in the Netherlands for the percentage of women professors, behind the Open University and Radboud University in Ni...
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Diversity magazine with Barbara J. Love, Jan Terlouw and Domenica Ghidei 04 December 2018
What does diversity mean for you? And what can Leiden University do to create a more inclusive academic environment? Participants in the diversity sym...
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Programming for blind kids 15 November 2018
Programming is an excellent career option for blind children, and a way to have fun and express themselves. But the existing tools for programming are...
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Terra study association wins Van Bergen Prize 14 November 2018
Bringing Dutch and international students together. One way to do that is by playing Archery Attack, archaeology student Timothy Stikkelorum suggested...
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Jan Terlouw spreads hope at Diversity Symposium 13 November 2018
Physicist, former D66 party leader and author, mainly of children’s books, Jan Terlouw, gives three to four readings a week. Even at the age of 86 he ...