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What we are doing to ensure our students and staff can work and study safely 29 August 2024
In the last few days, reports have appeared in the media about security in our buildings. These have raised questions and caused concern. This is to i...
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Jasper's day 29 August 2024
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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Partner organisations in Leiden: ‘Leadership is responding to the needs of others’ 27 August 2024
An important part of the Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is the practical assignment that students are given by a partner organisation. How does thi...
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Smart data for sustainable agriculture: less hassle, more green 27 August 2024
In supermarkets, consumers are drowning in a sea of sustainability labels. Confusing for them, but also farmers can't see the forest for the trees. Ob...
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Sign up for the Opening of the Academic Year on 2 September 27 August 2024
The Opening of the Academic Year 2024 will be held in Pieterskerk on Monday 2 September. This year’s theme is ‘Science for Policy’. Students, staff an...
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Fourteen hundred international students explore Leiden during OWL 26 August 2024
With its FestivOWL theme, Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) promises to be one big festival for new international students in Leiden. During this introduc...
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RARE-NL: LUMC joins consortium to find treatments for rare diseases 26 August 2024
RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the L...
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Satellites reveal: these ecosystems are the most vulnerable to drought 26 August 2024
More severe droughts that will also last longer: this will primarily be a problem for irrigated croplands, as discovered by environmental scientist Qi...
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries 26 August 2024
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University...
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Maths + match = medals! Leiden students win five medals at international math competition 23 August 2024
Two Second Prizes, two First Prizes and even a Grand Grand First Prize. Five Leiden mathematics students and their team leader have performed exceptio...
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New SPARXS technique reveals DNA behaviour at unprecedented speed 23 August 2024
Studying how single DNA molecules behave helps us to better understand genetic disorders and design better drugs. Until now however, examining DNA mol...
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Investigating inflammation: new leads for treating atherosclerosis 22 August 2024
How do you detect people at high risk of heart attacks and strokes? And how can we improve the treatment of atherosclerosis? These are the questions t...
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Sun, sea, city and campus: 850 first-years get to know The Hague 19 August 2024
From chilling on the beach to a speech by the mayor. HOPweek is a speedy way for hundreds of ‘Leiden’ students who are going to be studying in The Hag...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor 19 August 2024
The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Three quantum-safe cryptography methods standardised for global use 19 August 2024
Three quantum-safe cryptography methods have been standardised for worldwide use since this week. Léo Ducas co-designed the two primary PQC methods se...