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Alumnus Robert Ietswaart: ‘Machine learning is revolutionising drug discovery’ 15 June 2021Robert Ietswaart does research into gene regulation at the famous Harvard Medical School in Boston. He developed an algorithm to better predict whethe...
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‘We teach in the FC Emmen canteen’ 20 May 2021Alumna Louwien Eising is headteacher of Carmel College in Emmen. How have things been during the pandemic? And how has her degree in Education and Chi...
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Kamran Ullah: ‘I love working at De Telegraaf’ 15 April 2021‘People talk at the coffee machine about what’s on the front page of De Telegraaf.’ Kamran Ullah took office as deputy editor-in-chief of De Telegraaf...
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Which Leiden alumni are in the Dutch House of Representatives? 01 April 2021Of the 150 elected representatives, 24 studied or conducted their PhD research in Leiden. Who are they and which degrees are most popular among these ...
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines 18 February 2021The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help e...
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Alumnus (90) donates historic house to Leiden University 29 January 2021Alumnus Ruurt Hazewinkel (90) has presented Leiden University with a special gift: a historic house on Leiden’s Rapenburg canal. He handed over the ke...
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Law graduate Irina Ghazarian convinces international insurer to change tack 21 January 2021After her law degree, Irina Ghazarian (28) started working at Zurich Insurance PLC, an international insurance company. ‘Why do we outsource cases tha...
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‘Our pirate image scares people off, but that’s exactly what we want’ 16 December 2020Controversial environmental organisation Sea Shepherd fights illegal fishing all around the world and is not afraid to take direct action. Alumnus Gee...
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‘In those days you could learn as much as you wanted at university’ 19 November 2020Having flirted with Egyptology and Italian, Dieuwertje Kuijpers found her true calling in the Master’s in European Union Studies. She is now a freelan...
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Alumna Amber Brantsen: ‘Allow yourself to make mistakes’ 15 October 2020A glowing first-time mother-to-be with an impressive CV for someone of her age, newsreader Amber Brantsen would seem to lead a charmed life. ‘But I be...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands? 17 September 2020At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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From Leiden student to Australian Ambassador to the Holy See 15 September 2020Chiara Porro from Australia studied International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University and has been Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See sin...
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‘We add a bit of escape room to our lessons’ 17 June 2020Tommy Hopstaken and Jochem Haverhoek run an escape room in Kruithuisje, a medieval tower on what was once the perimeter canal in Leiden. They are also...
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‘Nature likes a mess’ 20 May 2020Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘W...
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’ 16 April 2020Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of...