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‘Ties with Leiden University important for prospective prime minister Dick Schoof’ 30 May 2024
Dick Schoof can also be called the neighbour of the faculty in The Hague. Especially from his role at the NCTV, he worked together a lot with Leiden U...
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Jasper's Day 30 May 2024
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Citizen Science Netherlands network officially launched 29 May 2024
The Citizen Science Netherlands (CS-NL) network was officially launched this month with the aid of an Open Science NL grant. The new vision for this n...
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Bingo, barista and drinks: a successful We are Science Week 28 May 2024
For three days, our faculty was all about We are Science Week: the community event full of fun activities for our staff and students. Besides the famo...
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Dura Vermeer to deliver new housing development in Oegstgeest part of LBSP 28 May 2024
After an intensive tender procedure, Leiden University and the Municipality of Oegstgeest have chosen Dura Vermeer for a new housing development with ...
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery 28 May 2024
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. In their own wa...
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Playing cards? It’s a good way to learn about your own leadership skills 28 May 2024
If we want to solve the complex issues now facing us as people and as an organisation, leadership is an absolute necessity: and then not only from sup...
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart 28 May 2024
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos...
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Programming problem patched: Leiden PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security 27 May 2024
By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) discovered a ‘gaping...
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Need inspiration for a Kiem application? ‘Go big!’ 27 May 2024
Are you thinking of applying for a Kiem grant but still tinkering with your idea for an interdisciplinary project? Let your Leiden colleagues inspire ...
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism 24 May 2024
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Du...
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike 24 May 2024
Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Searc...
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NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024
A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years....
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Ministry of BZK establishes two new professor chairs for the Kingdom 23 May 2024
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/...
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations 23 May 2024
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astron...