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Daniël Vredenberg: ‘You can really make a difference as intern’ 30 January 2023Daniël Vredenburg did his master’s internship at the communications department of the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf. In this interview, he talks about his inte...
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Students take on the role of world leaders 27 January 2023An event where students came together to discuss the impact of AI on healthcare. Jurren de Groot and Yuxuan Zhu, master's students in Artificial Intel...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Physics in the picture: cancer cells as an explosion of fireworks 25 January 2023When you think of physics, do you think only of complicated formulas? You’re not the only one. Therefore, every year, the Leiden Insitute of Physics o...
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Healthy living? People often want to solve problems like debt or mouldy walls first 25 January 2023Doctors can repair a lot, but preventing or delaying illness is better. This often requires lifestyle change and that turns out to be difficult. Dr. V...
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Conference on final evaluation of Dutch Child Protection Act: 'Give children a voice’ 24 January 2023‘The system is failing’, ‘the goals are only being achieved to a limited extent’, ‘we’re letting children down’. These are some of the newspaper headl...
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition 24 January 2023As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to ...
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Citizen scientists discover more than 1,000 new burial mounds 24 January 2023Over the past few years, citizen scientists from the Heritage Quest project have scoured the entire Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug areas for unknown a...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...
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Dutch cabinet not adopting Boot Committee's main recommendation on ZZP plans 23 January 2023According to Gerrard Boot, Professor of Labour Law, the recommendations of the Committee he chaired on model agreements (Boot Committee) are only part...
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How Russia uses language as a weapon of war 23 January 2023According to Russian propaganda Ukrainians are Nazis and people from the West are Satanists. Egbert Fortuin thinks we should take Russia’s words and m...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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Valerie Frissen on NPO Radio 1 about Microsoft's new VALL-E software 19 January 2023Microsoft’s new software VALL-E only has to hear a voice for three seconds to be able to imitate it almost perfectly. You can choose which emotion the...
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How to create a balanced lobby register? Researchers develop assessment framework on behalf of Ministry 17 January 2023How to represent and assess legitimate interests? On behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, Caelesta Braun and Bert Fraussen ...
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Presentation second part of 'A History of Russian Law' 17 January 2023Five years after the presentation of 'A History of Russian Law', emeritus professor Ferdinand Feldbrugge presented the second volume of his unique ref...