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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’ 18 March 2019It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...
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Seven Leiden researchers win €1.5m Vici grant 26 February 2019Seven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to f...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage 26 February 2019In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Record number of visitors to Bachelor's Open Day: ‘My mum misses me already’ 25 February 2019What can you expect from studying in Leiden or The Hague? Which programme should you choose? Should you join a student association and will you need t...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Health care is a social matter, not just a medical one’ 14 February 2019Why are we unable to address health-care inequality? This was the topic of the inaugural speech of Professor Jet Bussemaker on Friday 15 February 2019...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen science 11 February 2019How many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague 08 February 2019Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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LUMC-Campus The Hague aims for a healthier region 23 January 2019How can we use Population Health Management to help the citizens of The Hague get and stay healthier? This was the key question during the 5th Working...
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Pitch your research at Famelab 22 January 2019
Can you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...
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Live long and healthy 15 January 2019Leiden University will be 444 years old this year and is still very much alive and kicking. But how can we humans grow old healthily? Hanno Pijl at LU...
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National Think Tank: a think tank and a do tank 08 January 2019From learning modules for primary schools to a ‘Fixer-Upper Day’ and from a platform for returning broken electronic devices to a call to government: ...
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2018 Hall of Fame 21 December 2018Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Food insecurity affects a quarter of all families in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague 30 November 2018Research by Leiden University, LUMC and the Public Health Department (GGD Haaglanden) in The Hague has shown that over a quarter of the families in th...