News
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Call for interns - Spring 2020The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is offering two internships on a full-time basis in spring 2020.
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2019 Hall of fameOver the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Jelle van Buuren on NOS.nl about the reduced threat level for terrorismJelle van Buuren, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, in conversation with the NOS, warns to remain alert despite the...
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New water jet cutter for Fine Mechanical DepartmentThe Fine Mechanical Department's (FMD) new Wardjet A0612 will cut anything using a 4000 bar water jet. This enables the FMD to work faster, more accur...
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Tracers that light up tumours help surgeonsHow do surgeons avoid causing nerve damage or leaving cancerous cells behind? An interdisciplinary research group at the LUMC hopes to improve operati...
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Recommendations from the Student Well-being TaskforceWe know from national and international research that many students struggle with psychological problems. How about students in Leiden? Leiden Univers...
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Hans-Martien ten Napel in national and international mediaFor the second time in six months, Hans-Martien ten Napel has been invited to write the opening essay for a series of international blog posts.
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Jeroen Touwen new Vice-Dean of HumanitiesJeroen Touwen has been appointed Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for bachelor’s programmes at the Faculty of Humanities with effect from 1 January 2020...
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From camel keeper to doctorTwo terrifying yellow eyes stared at eleven-year-old Francis Lesilau. In the evening light they changed colour: green, amber, back to yellow... The li...
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Amanda Foks receives ERA-CVD consortium grantAmanda Foks (Division of BioTherapeutics) has been awarded a Horizon 2020, ERA-CVD joint transnational cardiovascular research grant. She will lead a ...
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‘It will be much easier without the British’The year 2020 should finally be Brexit year. The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on 31 January, at midnight Dutch time. Legal schola...
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Arenas Catalán and Leijten on social rights at the StaatsrechtconferentieThis year’s Staatsrechtconferentie (Constitutional Law Conference) was held at the University of Amsterdam on 13 December 2019 and dedicated to the to...
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The FGGA decadeA lot has happened within our faculty over the past ten years.
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Ten million euros for unlocking novel technologies in structural biologyThe European Union has invested ten million euros in the so-called iNEXT-Discovery consortium. The goal of this new consortium is to enable European r...
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Ilze Bot receives prestigious grant from the Dutch Heart FoundationJust before Christmas, three talented scientists received good news: they are receiving a personal research grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. Ilz...