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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi 04 February 2021
Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the alg...
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Dr Mamadou Hébié appointed as Associate Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies 04 February 2021
Leiden Law School and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies are very pleased to announce that Dr Mamadou Hébié will be re-joining the Gro...
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‘Looking back, this past year will be a very important period in my life’ 01 February 2021
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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Podcast: Carel Stolker on coronavirus, vlogging and the void 26 January 2021
In a few weeks’ time Carel Stolker will be retiring as Rector Magnificus. In a double episode of the Science Shots podcast, we take stock: what were t...
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A podium for science 25 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defence 21 January 2021
The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus ch...
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in society 21 January 2021
Mathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...
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Felienne Hermans receives Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 21 January 2021
The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 goes to Felienne Hermans, associate professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science. She receives...
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Carel Stolker to retire: donate to the Leiden Empowerment Funds 19 January 2021
Carel Stolker will retire as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University on 8 February. As a retirement gift he is setting up a fund for first-generation s...
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Work in the time of coronavirus: Riding the corona-coaster with loud music and a child 19 January 2021
How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Rosalinde Spitters, for ...
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Introducing Antonio Missiroli, our new Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats 18 January 2021
Dr Antonio Missiroli has been appointed as Associate Senior Policy Fellow for Emerging Security Threats at the Institute of Security and Global Affair...
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Holger Hoos appointed ACM Fellow 18 January 2021
On 13 January 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 95 members ACM Fellows who have demonstrated excellence across many discip...
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Looking back: New Year’s Event 2021, a year of sustainability and perspective 14 January 2021
A live online New Year’s event on Tuesday 12 January marked the start of the New Year. Dean Joanne van der Leun toasted 2021 and as usual at this even...
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire 11 January 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Irma Mosquera Valderrama new PhD Dean 08 January 2021
On 1 January Irma Mosquera Valderrama succeeded Jean-Pierre van der Rest as PhD Dean, completing the changes to the team of PhD deans at Leiden Law Sc...