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Local and climate neutral: Leiden Leadership Centre for a green The Hague20 March 2025Leiden Leadership Centre (LLC) takes part in the Enabling City Transformation Programme. Together with the municipality of The Hague and other local p...
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’20 March 2025University lecturer Laurie Cosmo came to The Hague from New York, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before...
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Leiden researchers discover oxygen in the most distant known galaxyGroundbreaking 20 March 2025Two teams of astronomers, including one from Leiden University, have discovered oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. This groundbr...
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Emissions from pharmaceutical consumption almost doubled in 24 years20 March 2025Greenhouse gas emissions related to pharmaceutical consumption increased by 77 percent over the past 24 years, according to a Leiden University study ...
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Farewell Mirjam de Baar: ‘Your interest was always genuine’20 March 2025For nine years, Mirjam de Baar was vice-dean at the Faculty of Humanities. On Monday 17 March, she took her leave in the Academy Building. ‘You have w...
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Leiden students develop AI tool for marking assignmentsEntrepreneurship 20 March 2025Jeroen van Gessel’s lecturers didn’t always have time for extensive feedback on his written assignments. So, together with tech-savvy friend Menno Hah...
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Simona Demková joins inaugural Czech-Slovak Symposium on the Challenges of AI for administrative law19 March 2025Simona Demková of the Europa Institute recently participated in the inaugural Czech-Slovak symposium on the challenges of artificial intelligence for ...
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Guinea-Bissau: Ecowas delegation leaves the country after threats from President Embalo19 March 2025A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on 23 February for five days. 'We need to d...
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Euclid helps to better understand the universe – first results are excitingCOSMOLOGY 19 March 2025For the first time, we’re seeing what Euclid sees. The telescope’s initial observations have provided a wealth of new information about our universe. ...
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New Report from Leiden University's International Institute of Air and Space LawResearch report 19 March 2025The International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) at Leiden University has released a report highlighting that the European Air Traffic Managem...
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Alumnus Marit Brun makes travel guides with a nod to anthropologyInterview 19 March 2025Anthropologist Marit Brun captured Leiden’s student life during her studies, which won her the ‘Best Leiden photo’ competition. She now wants to conti...
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'18 March 2025Deadline approaching: Applications are still open for the Summer School ‘The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance’ (16 - 20 June 2...
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Grants boring? ‘Not when it comes to achieving your dream’grant support 18 March 2025Applying for a research grant seems like a lot of work and a dull task, especially if you're relatively inexperienced in the field. Luckily, Tjeerd Ri...
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New edition 'Panoramic. The Leiden Art Review'18 March 2025Last year, the Art History program, led by lecturers Laura Bertens and Elizabeth den Hartog, started the course The Academic Art of Publishing, in whi...
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Lodewijk Govaerts to leave Board of Governors as of 1 April18 March 2025As of 1 April 2025, Lodewijk Govaerts will be standing down from the Board of Governors due to other commitments that will demand a significant part o...