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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Discussing the Personnel Monitor with your team: ‘Grab some post-its and go for it!’ 21 February 2023It will be on the agenda of many a team meeting these coming weeks: how can we act on the results of the Personnel Monitor? We asked two managers how ...
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Is there oxygen on exoplanets? New telescope finds out 20 February 2023To what extent does exoplanet Proxima b resemble our Earth? And is there some form of life present? Astronomers hope to find answers to these question...
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Finding the origin of giant black holes 20 February 2023‘Space Antenna LISA will open an unprecedented window on the Universe,’ says astronomer Elena Maria Rossi. The mission will be the first one to detect...
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New network ‘Young Liveable Planet’ looking for young Leiden researchers 20 February 2023The interdisciplinary research programme ‘Liveable Planet’ has created a new network, aimed at all young Leiden researchers working on sustainability ...
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A future based on Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability, rather than economic growth 20 February 2023How can society let go of its obsession with economic growth and focus on goals as wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability? This is one of the core qu...
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Grants to build large-scale research facilities 20 February 2023Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...
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Connection central during first brainstorming session faculty strategy 16 February 2023What is the mission of our Faculty? How do we view diversity and inclusion? And how do we think about the growth of our Faculty in the broadest sense ...
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How cool is LEGO®? Leiden physicists use it for ice cold research 16 February 2023Tjerk Oosterkamp's group is conducting what is perhaps the coldest research in the world. The researchers have cooled a sensor to below 2 millikelvin ...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier 15 February 2023Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner 15 February 2023No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for i...
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Robo-bird teaches young zebra finches to sing 15 February 2023How do young zebra finches learn to sing? A research team led by researcher Katharina Riebel has developed a ‘RoboFinch’ to study just that. She and c...
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Proposed decision by Minister Kuipers: Children’s heart surgery to end in Leiden 14 February 2023Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, announced on 13 February that he plans to remove children’s heart surgery from the Centre for Co...
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Valentina Carraro offers recommendations on strengthening the UN system 14 February 2023At an international high-level conference, Valentina Carraro, Deputy Coordinator of the interdisciplinary programme Global Transformations and Governa...
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again 14 February 2023The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipme...