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A podium for science 25 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defence 21 January 2021
The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus ch...
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in society 21 January 2021
Mathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...
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Felienne Hermans receives Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 21 January 2021
The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 goes to Felienne Hermans, associate professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science. She receives...
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Carel Stolker to retire: donate to the Leiden Empowerment Funds 19 January 2021
Carel Stolker will retire as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University on 8 February. As a retirement gift he is setting up a fund for first-generation s...
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Work in the time of coronavirus: Riding the corona-coaster with loud music and a child 19 January 2021
How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Rosalinde Spitters, for ...
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Introducing Antonio Missiroli, our new Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats 18 January 2021
Dr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affair...
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Holger Hoos appointed ACM Fellow 18 January 2021
On 13 January 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 95 members ACM Fellows who have demonstrated excellence across many discip...
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Looking back: New Year’s Event 2021, a year of sustainability and perspective 14 January 2021
A live online New Year’s event on Tuesday 12 January marked the start of the New Year. Dean Joanne van der Leun toasted 2021 and as usual at this even...
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire 11 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Irma Mosquera Valderrama new PhD Dean 08 January 2021
On 1 January Irma Mosquera Valderrama succeeded Jean-Pierre van der Rest as PhD Dean, completing the changes to the team of PhD deans at Leiden Law Sc...
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Ymre Schuurmans Academic Director Institute of Public Law 05 January 2021
The Faculty Board has appointed Professor Ymre Schuurmans as Academic Director of the Institute of Public Law. Schuurmans is Professor of Constitution...
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Work in the time of the coronavirus: ‘I miss the processions' 04 January 2021
How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? This is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series of articles. This time we...
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‘My mother couldn’t attend my wedding due to corona measures’ 18 December 2020
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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2020 in pictures: How coronavirus kept us apart, but somehow brought us together 17 December 2020
2020 will go down in the history books as an eventful year. The traces left by the coronavirus this year will remain, for students as well as staff at...