News
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Student and staff representatives raring to go: ‘Connection is the key to success’ 26 September 2023
The new academic year also marks the start of a new term for our student and staff representatives. Dozens of them – some experienced, others new to t...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 26 September 2023
Hanne Cuyckens, Michiel Dam, Anja van der Voort, Daan Weggemans and Paul Gobée have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturers from the...
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Open Science Festival: a day focused on collective benefit, equity, fairness, and sustainability 26 September 2023
At the Netherlands National Open Science Festival in Rotterdam, 400 people with a heart for research and sharing knowledge came together — including m...
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Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’ 25 September 2023
The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with ...
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’ 25 September 2023
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List 22 September 2023
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do o...
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Why our faculty is the place to be 21 September 2023
Since the beginning of September, it is a fact: our faculty has a new strategic plan. The plan outlines what we will collectively commit to in the com...
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Jasper's day 21 September 2023
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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From forming embryo to cancer metastasis: the significance of collective cell movement 21 September 2023
Against all expectations, the most common tissue in our bodies behaves differently at different length scales. That’s what physicist Luca Giomi discov...
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International conference on animal welfare in Leiden 20 September 2023
Continuing to improve the welfare of laboratory animals is the focus of the international conference on 12 and 13 October in Leiden. The UK animal wel...
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Corrugated plastic unveils a new design principle for programmable materials 20 September 2023
Corrugated plastic turns out to be exemplary of a new class of ‘multistable’ metamaterials that can reversibly change shape. This insight can lead to ...
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Four questions about why we’re holding a debate on our ties to the fossil fuel industry 19 September 2023
On Wednesday 27 September we will be holding a debate for students and staff on our links with the fossil fuel industry in relation to the topic of su...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on Digital Sovereignty 19 September 2023
Our ever-increasing reliance on software and technologies, out of convenience, necessity or otherwise, binds us to supranational and commercial compan...
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Astonishing explorations at the Night of Discoveries 19 September 2023
It was the Night of Discoveries on Saturday 16 September: a summer encounter between art and science. Leiden researchers from various disciplines insp...
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Organ failure caused by viruses, how does it work? Now there are methods to find out 18 September 2023
Dying from viral infection due to organ failure and blood loss: we still know little about how it can happen. Among other things, Huaqi Tang developed...