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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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A quick call with Jan Willem Erisman about the interdisciplinary research symposium 24 January 2023
Conducting research with academics from different disciplines is not easy. ‘But collaboration is vital to society,’ says Professor of Environmental Su...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023
Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...
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Jan Willem Erisman appointed chair of Scientific Climate Council 20 January 2023
The Council of Ministers has appointed Jan Willem Erisman, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at Leiden University, as chair of the new Scien...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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GTGC lunch seminar series: an international, interdisciplinary scope 19 January 2023
Starting February 6, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) will host a lunch seminar...
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Ten lecturers obtain Senior Teaching Qualification 17 January 2023
On 12 January ten driven lecturers obtained their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy...
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Executive Board column: Downtime as a source of new inspiration 16 January 2023
We asked a lot of everyone last year. The Personnel Monitor showed that the workload was high in 2022 and Covid took its toll. I therefore think every...
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors 12 January 2023
The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Artificial intelligence project to accelerate MRI scans receives 2 million euros 09 January 2023
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year 05 January 2023
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...
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Language both connects and divides 02 January 2023
Author and political scientist Mounir Samuel has spent recent years delving into the many ways that language can exclude people and bring them togethe...
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Leiden University 12th in global sustainability ranking 22 December 2022
Leiden University has taken 12th place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities. Over 1,000 universities from all arou...
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A quick call with Erick van Zuijlen about the Christmas Carol Concert 20 December 2022
We will mark the start of Christmas together in the Great Auditorium on 22 December, with the Sempre Crescendo student music company singing Christmas...