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Getting people on board with the energy transition: ‘Times of crisis can help’ 29 August 2022The gas prices now exceed 300 euros per megawatt hour – a record. The transition from fossil (natural gas, coal, oil) to renewable energy is needed an...
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Beadles meet up on Beadle Day: ‘Move with the times without losing sight of tradition’ 24 August 2022It’ll be a sight to behold: 54 begowned beadles striding through the streets of Leiden. The beadles from 14 universities will gather in Leiden on 25 a...
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Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past 24 August 2022It is late June, and on a windy meadow north of Leiden known as the Vrouw Vennepolder a group of archaeology students just hit the last ice age. Consi...
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Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe 23 August 2022In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the...
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A quick call with Pauline Höhner-Regout about the Keyholders 23 August 2022Our Keyholders are a close network of over 500 committed donors who actively support Leiden University. Pauline Höhner-Regout, who started working at ...
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Students from all around the world discover The Hague 22 August 2022A day at the beach, games, a visit to an embassy and a pub crawl. The activities at HOPweek help new students get to know not just The Hague but each ...
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...
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In Memoriam: Katharine MacDonald (1976-2022) 18 August 2022Our dear colleague and friend Kathy MacDonald passed away unexpectedly on August 9th, 2022, a few days after her 46th birthday. Her sudden passing cam...
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution 17 August 2022We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the ...
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EUniWell Summer School on the impact of covid on health and well-being 16 August 2022Bachelor's and master's students and PhD candidates came together from 10 to 13 July at Campus The Hague for the EUniWell Summer School ‘COVID-19: Imp...
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Thousands of new students start an old-style EL CID 15 August 2022Smiling faces, a mass dance and a bit of awkwardness: after two ‘corona editions’ of EL CID, the Leiden introduction week is back with a vengeance thi...
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability 10 August 2022Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a ...
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EUniWell welcomes Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 09 August 2022Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU), a leading Ukrainian university, is now a member of the EUniWell Alliance. KNU and the EUniWell par...
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EUniWell Rectors meet in Leiden 26 July 2022The Rectors of the eight European EUniWell universities met in July in Leiden. During the meeting they discussed the future of this alliance that focu...
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Meet our new colleague Letty ten Harkel: ‘I am interested in what happens when different cultures come together’ 25 July 2022In August 2022 we welcome our new colleague Dr Letty ten Harkel as Assistant Professor in Roman and Post-Roman Archaeology. For the past ten years she...