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Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University 06 May 2025Around 1:00 p.m., a group of more than one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the The Hague campus. Participants chanted slogans and put u...
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Lianas are taking over the rainforests – and it’s visible from space 06 May 2025A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in mitigating climate change...
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Liveable Planet looks at German university as inspiration for a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’ 06 May 2025The Leiden University interdisciplinary program Liveable Planet is working on a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’ as a follow-up to its activities. The coordi...
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Man-made antibodies may change the future of drug development – here’s why 01 May 2025Sometimes an idea seems so logical and elegant at first glance, that you later wonder why no one thought of it before. Two researchers from LACDR have...
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Funding boost for the Living Lab and other outdoor laboratories 29 April 2025A consortium of research infrastructures focused on water quality has received €4.18 million in funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This gr...
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Kiem project develops hyper-realistic 3D environment for research purposes 28 April 2025Leiden University's Kiem grant is designed to give new interdisciplinary ideas from staff a boost. Thanks to the grant, Jelle Brands and Nathan Saucie...
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How successful are interest groups in court? A Kiem project finds out 28 April 2025Interest groups seem to be going to court more often to force politicians to act. How often do they do so? And how successful are they? The Kiem proje...
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War 28 April 2025In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britai...
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In Memoriam: Professor Alexander Ollongren 25 April 2025
Professor Alexander Ollongren passed away on March 25 at the age of 96.
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Update Executive Board: Parliament debates education cuts and self-governance 25 April 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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King talks with students about sexual harassment 25 April 2025At the invitation of government commissioner Mariëtte Hamer the king spoke with the university community on Thursday in the Herta Mohr building about ...
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Temporary committee on collaborations publishes advice 24 April 2025How can the university decide which partners to work with and why? This is a question many of us have, both within and outside our community. The advi...
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Uni-visions: what is your vision of studying in 2075? 24 April 2025What is your vision of the future? What will it be like to study at Leiden University in 2075? We invite you to enter Uni-visions. Bring your vision o...
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Curious, not guided by role models: Kim Bonger appointed professor 24 April 2025As of this month, Kim Bonger has been appointed Professor of Chemical Biology. As a first-generation academic, she’s especially grateful. ‘I wasn’t ex...
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Professorship marks the ticking off of an important milestone for Silvestri 24 April 2025Alessandra Silvestri has been appointed professor in Theoretical Physics in the area of Cosmology. For her this promotion in Leiden is the icing on th...