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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants 02 February 2023Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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ICT conference Our Digital Future: ‘This touches on everything we do here’ 31 January 2023What are the digital challenges facing us now and in the near future? This was the question discussed by over 250 ICT experts, functional application ...
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‘Radicalisation is the logical consequence of how we live together’ 31 January 2023With radicalisation, most people will think of individuals who carry out terrorist attacks as part of a certain ideology. Professor of Radicalisation ...
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A quick call with Joop van der Born about the ISSC’s refer-a-friend scheme 31 January 2023The University urgently needs IT talent. The ISSC has therefore started a pilot refer-a-friend scheme: if you recommend someone you know for a hard-to...
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Four reasons why you should make use of LLInC, the brand-new knowledge centre 31 January 2023Educational innovation provides both opportunities and challenges for lecturers. How do you put your innovative ideas into practice or how do you choo...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for three Leiden researchers 31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: three Leiden researc...
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance' 31 January 2023Applications are now open for the Summer School ‘The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance’ (12 - 23 June 2023) for Master-level an...
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Daniël Vredenberg: ‘You can really make a difference as intern’ 30 January 2023Daniël Vredenberg did his master’s internship at the communications department of the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf. In this interview, he talks about his inte...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023Auke-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 2023Conducting 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 2023Language 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 2023The 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 2023From 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 2023Starting February 6, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) will host a lunch seminar...