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Jan Reedijk receives honorary doctorate at Polish university 23 February 2023
He had been emeritus for 13 years when he suddenly received an email from Poland. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry Jan Reedijk was awarded an honorar...
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Introducing: Sarah Nelson 16 February 2023
Since 1 October 2022, Sarah Nelson is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for History. Below she introduces herself.
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Stories from women in physics: ‘I want to understand how the world works’ 10 February 2023
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, women students and researchers from physics talk about what inspires them about their work. F...
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‘Girls can be hackers too’ 09 February 2023
How safe are the dozens of apps on our phone? And how do we make sure organisations don’t get hacked? Cybersecurity expert Olga Gadyatskaya works on a...
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023) 01 February 2023
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Le...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri appointed as Associate Editor of Computer Law & Security Review 15 January 2023
Gianclaudio Malgieri, after having served as an Editorial Board Member of Computer Law & Security Review, Elsevier (CLSR) in the last three years, has...
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2023 Meijers Lecture and prize winners 12 January 2023
The 2023 Meijers Lecture was held on Tuesday 10 January 2023, delivered this year by Dr Tirza Cramwinckel. Following the lecture, the annual Meijers p...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Artificial intelligence project to accelerate MRI scans receives 2 million euros 09 January 2023
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...
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'This course is a simulation of your professional work as an astronomer' 03 January 2023
What if I completely changed everything? A subject without lectures or exams, where the right answer is not important and where students work with the...
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'I always consider: What would have worked best for me?' 03 January 2023
Starting with the ‘why’, putting herself in her students’ shoes and providing structure. These are three ways in which environmental scientist Ranran ...
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Corry Donner on her retirement: 'I’ll definitely miss the intellectual stimulation, but what I want most now is to get out of my head.' 22 December 2022
As Board Secretary, Corry Donner aims to be a ‘spider in the web’; someone who keeps a watchful eye on and brings together all the different perspecti...
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Photo report: Book launch 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas 20 December 2022
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, organised a book launch for his new book: 'Ruminatio...
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Claartje Levelt: ' Students sometimes ask questions I have to think hard about' 19 December 2022
Claartje Levelt is professor of First Language Acquisition. She researches how babies and toddlers learn their mother tongue. Besides her work, she en...
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Inventors with a nose for technology 15 December 2022
Amidst the lathes and welding machines of the Fine Mechanics Department, Emiel Wiegers is working concentratedly on a metal cylinder. He and his colle...