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Farewell to Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa: Tireless advocate for D&I
Aya Ezawa bade farewell as Diversity Officer of Leiden University at a celebration in the Academy Building on 11 June. Since her appointment in 2019, she has been a tireless advocate for culture change and a champion for diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all.
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Why we are raising everyone’s awareness about cybersecurity: ‘Do things ever threaten to go horribly wrong here? Definitely.’
The university makes staff aware of the importance of cybersecurity at work. And that is essential, say our privacy and security officers. Because the number of cyberattacks is increasing, hackers are getting smarter all the time and by far the majority of problems are caused by human error. ‘Is that…
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhibition shined light on the famous physicist’s Dutch friends and his love for Leiden. A review featuring seven images can be found below.
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Children learn how medicines work: ‘Some pills go in your bottom!’
A pill can make you better, but how exactly does it work? Primary school children from The Hague found out during a visit to the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) as part of a new teaching module ‘The journey of a pill’.
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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’
A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS researcher Masha Medvedeva, an expert on the technical development of these systems, warns: ‘Users should know what’s under the hood.’
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‘Don’t assess academic CVs on autopilot’
Hiring academics is more than just tallying up publications, says academic director and history professor Jeroen Duindam. He and his colleagues have come up with tips and guidelines for interview committees that align with the new system of recognition and rewards.
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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International news platform seeks Leiden academics with a good story
Would you like to share your academic research with a diverse international audience? On the not-for-profit news platform The Conversation, academics and journalists team up to write research-based articles. Leiden University recently partnered with this platform, and two of our colleagues share their…
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700,000 euros for the fight against aggressive breast cancer
To inhibit proteins that contribute to the growth of aggressive cancer cells, that’s the plan of Professor Bob van de Water and his team. They will receive over 700,000 euros from the KWF Dutch Cancer Society for their research. Researcher Maaike Vreeswijk and pathologist Danielle Cohen are affiliated…
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Leiden university is a member of Una Europa: ‘We’re much stronger when we work together’
Many Leiden University staff members have already benefited from Una Europa, the alliance of eleven leading European universities: they have received funding to bring an idea to life or participated in an exchange with European colleagues. On 22 October there will be a meet-up for everyone at Leiden…
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus can play an important role in global challenges
Annetje Ottow, president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, has been the new chair of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) strategic alliance for just two months. What does she want to achieve during her two-year chairmanship?
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Should you leave academia to handle democracy?
The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Valérie Pattyn and Johan Christensen will discuss with a panel of experts during the academic conference EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).
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LUMC signs international agreement on developing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Skåne University Hospital, Lund University and Leiden University Medical Center will work together to expand their research, teaching and development relating to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products. That is the essence of a Memorandum of Understanding signed at SciLifeLab near Stockholm on Wednesday…
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A quick call with Looi van Kessel on the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture: ‘International Women’s Day is important for everyone’
Every year, Leiden University hosts the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture to mark International Women’s Day. This year, historian Nadia Bouras will speak about academic freedom, class and being a woman in academia. And that is just as relevant to men, says lecturer and organiser Looi van Kessel.
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Leiden University bids farewell to Mayor Lenferink
This week, Leiden University bade farewell to Henri Lenferink, who is retiring after 20 years as mayor of Leiden.
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A political attack on academic freedom in the US
Symposium
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School
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‘We died the day we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo
Lecture
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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[s]TATTOO studio at Van Steenis
Pop-up art studio
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[s]TATTOO studio at Kamerling Onnes Building
Pop-up art studio
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Striving for Equity in eHealth
PhD defence
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Pride Leiden
Festival
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Neurosurgical management of brain metastases in the era of modern oncology
PhD defence
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Brightspace gradebook (Science)
Didactics, Working effectively, ICT
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Sultan Hamid II van Pontianak en de federale staatsvorming van Indonesië
PhD defence
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Translation invariant Banach function spaces on groups
PhD defence
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Unveiling the electrolyte effects of CO2 electroreduction to CO and H2 Evolution from the interfacial pH perspective
PhD defence
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Boost your blended techniques: Creating podcasts and knowledge clips for education
Didactics
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Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors and Probes for Sulfoquinovosidases and Xylanases
PhD defence
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3 October University: Science Market
Festival
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Sunken History
PhD defence
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Bibliometrics in the Context of Research Evaluation and Research Policy
PhD defence
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Inclusive Classroom: Difficult Conversations and Situations
Didactics
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Balancing between pain relief and respiratory depression
PhD defence
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The activation and selection of lexico-syntactic features in speech production
PhD defence
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Common Grounds: Urban Spaces, Everyday Religious Encounters, and the Dynamics and Techniques of Coexistence in Madina-Accra (1959-–Present)
PhD defence
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Catching cereal killers: A multi-omics approach to disentangle yeast- Fusarium interactions in the phyllosphere
PhD defence
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OpenSesame Workshop FSW
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Workshop Weighing the Options: How to (responsibly) include GenAI in your teaching
Didactics
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High-throughput screening using fluorescent cell models for mechanistic evaluation of adverse drug reactions
PhD defence
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Webinar Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies
Study information
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Building academic freedom
Debate
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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NIA - Music, Movement, Magic
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Painting and Drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Silkscreening (every other week)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Copyright and Open Access for PhDs
Research