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Sense Jan van der Molen appointed as Professor Physics of Condensed MatterAs of 1 June, Leiden University has appointed Sense Jan van der Molen as Professor Physics of Condensed matter. He investigates the unique electronic ...
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LUBEC treatment centre: bridge between support and researchFrom anxiety disorders to an extremely unhealthy lifestyle. In the Leiden University Treatment and Expertise Centre (LUBEC) children and adults receiv...
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Geert de Snoo on lion conversation on radio Science071Together with colleagues and students, Professor of conservation biology Geert de Snoo studies the decline of the lion population in a national park ...
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Student Centre in The Hague opens this autumnFrom this autumn, students at Leiden University will be able to use the new student centre in The Hague. The building offers space for student organis...
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Serge Fehr appointed as Professor Quantum information theoryAs of 1 June, Serge Fehr has been appointed as Professor Quantum information theory at the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Fehr is employed by Cen...
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The underwater Hobbit – a new shrimp species‘In a hole under water there lived a hobbit’: a new species of shrimp named after Bilbo Baggings. Biology student Werner de Gier described this newly ...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed as Professor of Comparative Welfare State AnalysisAs of 1 June 2018 Olaf van Vliet has been appointed as Professor of Comparative Welfare State Analysis at Leiden University. The Endowed Chair in Comp...
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Broad media coverage for Kavli prize Ewine van DishoeckEwine van Dishoeck was broadly covered in national and international media with her prestigious Kavli prize for astrophysics. She won 1 million dollar...
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How can you rescue clay tablets from the war in Syria?On 7 June, the National Museum of Antiquities opened a mini exhibition 'Scanning for Syria'. The exhibition shows how Leiden archaeologists and Delft ...
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Willy de Heer in De Monitor about highly gifted children and educationWilly de Heer, who obtained a doctorate from Leiden University's Dual PhD Center, did her PhD research into giftedness and education for highly gifted...
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State visit of the Dutch Royal couple to Luxembourg
On Thursday 24 May 2018, Tanja Masson-Zwaan of Leiden University’s International Institute of Air and Space Law and Prof Mahulena Hofmann of the Unive...
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Space Law during the State visit of the Dutch Royal couple to LuxembourgOn Thursday 24 May 2018, Tanja Masson-Zwaan of Leiden University’s International Institute of Air and Space Law and Prof Mahulena Hofmann of the Unive...
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Recycling at microscalePlaying with tiny building blocks might sound like child’s play, but Vera Meester knows better. On June 7 she will defend her thesis on colloids: micr...
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Speed gun for moleculesDetecting molecules with temperature instead of chemical reactions: that’s what scientists from the Leiden Institute of Physics want to do. They are d...
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Jelle van Buuren in De Telegraaf about risky collection campaign for the Belgian-Moroccan imam Tarik Ibn AliOn 31 May, during a three-hour live broadcast on the Dutch online television channel Islaam.tv, 100,400 euros was pledged to the Belgian-Moroccan imam...