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Neolithic house goes up in flamesLeiden archaeologists have set fire to a reconstructed Neolithic house in Horsterwold: all in the name of science. Studying the remains will help them...
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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heatWhich young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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Michiel Luining about the Hungarian riot and European democracyThe conflict between the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán and his party Fidesz, on the one hand, the other parties within the European People's Party (E...
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Dutch Rectores Magnifici publish own work as Open AccessThe latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to...
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Female professors from the present and the futureRole 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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Data Science in Digital Health in UgandaOn 27 February, 2019, Kampala International University (KIU) was the venue of the conference ‘Digital Health and Development in Data Science in Uganda...
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Data science and visualisation by the governmentOn 20 February 2019, a special meeting on data science took place in the House of Representatives. The aim of the meeting was to start a dialogue with...
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FGGA honours studenten bezoeken de EU en NATOStudents of the second year of Tackling Global Challenges were in Brussels to pay the yearly visit to the European Parliament and the European Commiss...
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Vici for Sylvestre Bonnet: new light on cancer therapyChemotherapy that does nothing until you irradiate it with light. Sylvestre Bonnet receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros for the development of t...
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Common Market Law Review Prize for Young Academics 2019The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that in 2019 there will be a Common Market Law Review Prize for an article submitted by a young academic.
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Vici grant for Jeroen Codée: ‘I want to understand how sugars are formed’Although sugars are widely used in biological and medical research, their synthesis is still badly understood. Jeroen Codée has received a Vici grant ...
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Leiden University supports climate letterThe 14 universities, brought together in the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), have expressed their support for the open letter o...
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Ton Liefaard speaks about 30 Years UN CRC, in ItalyLast week, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard shone a fresh ...
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Women in scienceToday, 8 March, marks International Women's Day. Leiden University fosters her female, talented staff members, and continues to strive towards more wo...
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Erasmus+ grant for project on heritage as bridge between Academy and SocietyTogether with four European partner universities heritage specialist Dr Monique van den Dries has been granted an Erasmus+ project (EU-CUL) by the Eur...