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Specialising in quantum? New Leiden-Delft master's degree launched 24 March 2023Quantum technologies are in demand worldwide, but until now Leiden students could not specialise in them. The new master’s program QIST (Quantum Infor...
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University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’ 23 March 2023How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Bei...
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How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out 23 March 2023What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electrici...
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Jasper's Day 23 March 2023Jasper 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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How do we get the we-feeling on the faculty? This is how Joost Batenburg thinks 23 March 2023As professor of computer science at LIACS and programme director of incentive programme SAILS, Joost Batenburg knows better than anyone what is going ...
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What Darwin couldn’t see: Expedition to uncover invisible life in Galápagos 22 March 2023An international research team is to search for invisible life in the Galápagos Islands. The diversity of bacteria and other microscopic organisms may...
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Designing the quantum future on a regular computer 22 March 2023Computer scientist Tim Coopmans uses pen, paper and regular computers to simulate the best possible quantum computer. He tells about his research and ...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out 21 March 2023Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...
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Racism: a daily reality 21 March 2023March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We spoke to Leiden University’s Diversity Officer, Aya Ezawa, and asked h...
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How did trade networks arise in the third millennium BC? 17 March 2023Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, amber from the Baltic and tin from Tajikistan. In the third millennium BC objects and raw materials were transported ov...
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What do we define as urban green space? 17 March 2023When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature th...
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Monique Koemans likes a front-row seat to history in the making 16 March 2023She moved from Sydney to London to Washington, but Leiden was there throughout. ‘Leiden is a surprising constant in my life,’ says alumnus Monique Koe...
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A quick call with Manon Osseweijer about the Leiden Research Support Network 14 March 2023The rules of play for researchers are becoming increasingly complex. This makes it essential that they receive the best possible support with challeng...
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Executive Board column: interdisciplinary collaboration, from suspicion to snowball effect 14 March 2023How is interdisciplinary collaboration faring at Leiden University? And has disciplinarity been completely abandoned? I’d like to reflect on some conc...