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Arrival of cryostat marks milestone on the road to the world’s largest telescope 25 November 2025After years of development, the moment has finally arrived: a massive cryostat, a highly advanced freezer that keeps the sensitive components extremel...
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’ 25 November 2025Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa ...
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Academia in Motion: ‘Don’t be afraid to say what you can’t do’ 25 November 2025Setting a good example by showing that it’s good to make choices. That it’s okay say ‘no’. And as a manager, using a range of tools for Recognition & ...
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Consensus, bias and polarisation: How mathematicians study opinions 25 November 2025How do opinions form and change in large groups of people? That's not just a sociological question, it's a mathematical one. PhD candidate Federico Ca...
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HEAR ME NOW: exhibition on the impact of sexual misconduct 25 November 2025Portraits that gaze at you and have moving stories to tell: HEAR ME NOW says what usually remains unsaid. The exhibition in our Wijnhaven building bre...
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Three Leiden researchers receive NWO Open Competition grant for innovative science 24 November 2025Sustainable biotechnology, new insights into genome evolution and combining forces in mathematics. The NWO has awarded grants to these three innovativ...
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Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University 24 November 2025Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Profe...
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‘Training the pharmacists of tomorrow is something we do together’ 24 November 2025Martijn Manson became programme director for the Master’s in Pharmacy this month. He is a pharmacist as well as a lecturer and researcher at the LACDR...
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One step closer to understanding planet-formation: Julia Santos refutes a 20 year standing paradigm 24 November 2025How do atoms and molecules end up forming planets? That's what astrochemist Julia Santos studied during her PhD. She discovered the dominant process b...
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Which algorithm solves which problem? Diederick Vermetten developed methods to find out 19 November 2025Algorithms solve problems. But which algorithm is best suited to which problem? During his doctoral research, Diederick Vermetten developed methods to...
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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march 19 November 2025‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November. ...
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A place to belong: ESN Leiden wins the Student Well-being Award 18 November 2025At the annual reversed constitution reception (omgekeerde constitutieborrel), the Executive Board presents an award to a student organization that has...
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Get started with a new teacher's guide for transdisciplinary education 18 November 2025Transdisciplinary education, in which students work with external parties, is getting more popular. How do you start such a programme as a teacher? Th...
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Is there room to challenge the status quo at universities? 18 November 2025How is academic freedom restricted by the academic community itself? This was the central question at a debate at Leiden University on 14 November. To...
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Hester Bijl on academic freedom, LERU and the General Assembly in Leiden 18 November 2025Last week, Leiden University welcomed the rectors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to the autumn edition of the Rector’s Assembl...