News
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Archaeology Hall of Fame 2023 14 December 2023
Special achievements, grants and a top 10 ranking, a great calendar year for the Faculty of Archaeology! See the overview of 2023 in the hall of fame...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta to study transnational Islamic charitable networks 13 December 2023
Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangle...
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Kohei Suzuki receives Kenneth J. Meier Award from the Midwest Political Science Association 13 December 2023
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has received the Kenneth J. Meier Award for his paper ‘Politicisation, Bu...
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts 13 December 2023
Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. Thi...
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NWO-XS grants for two innovative research projects 12 December 2023
Two Leiden Science researchers received an NWO-XS grant for their research. Both projects are highly promising, but also high-risk. Macrophages that t...
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Bachelor's research on ultra-thin nanochip nominated for Young Talent Award 12 December 2023
Using 2D materials, physics student Romme van der Kemp developed a nanochip that is extremely small ánd scalable. This is needed to make all kinds of ...
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Countering nerve pain caused by chemotherapy with new drug 12 December 2023
Nerve pain is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy. It is therefore one of the biggest reasons for cancer patients to stop treatment ea...
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer 12 December 2023
How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathem...
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population 12 December 2023
Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan con...
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Jason Rudall awarded Hsu Mo Prize by former President Ma of Taiwan 12 December 2023
Jason Rudall, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been awarded the Hsu Mo Prize...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Hadassah Drukarch win European Commission’s Product Safety Award 11 December 2023
The EU Product Safety Award encourages and honors innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumers. This year, the Go...
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Life Science & Technology among best studies by Elseviers Weekblad 11 December 2023
The MSc Life Science & Technology receives a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. Every year, Elsevier selects the top programmes in higher education...
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'We are only content when everything is taken care of' 07 December 2023
Two organisers at heart. In the background, facilities managers Nick van Asperen and Kees Schoonwater ensure that staff and students have everything t...
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‘The questions and ideas from students also make me a better researcher’ 07 December 2023
‘Yamila Miguel brings along immense enthusiasm that sparks over to the students in the lectures,’ her students say about her. ‘She inspires us as scie...
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‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’ 07 December 2023
'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make s...