News
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Which Leiden alumni are in the Dutch House of Representatives? 01 April 2021
Of 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 2021
The 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 2021
Alumnus 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 2021
After 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 2020
Controversial 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 2020
Having 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 2020
A 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 2020
At 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 2020
Chiara 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 2020
Tommy 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 2020
Wouter 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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Leiden graduate starts petition for visa extension because of Covid-19 07 May 2020
Yuven Muniandy (36) from Malaysia recently obtained a PhD from Leiden University. His ‘orientation year’ visa gives him a year to find work in the Net...
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’ 16 April 2020
Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of...
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Lucia Langerak: ‘I'm not one to sit on the sidelines’ 19 March 2020
Lucia Langerak was awarded a Master’s degree in Egyptology with cum laude honours in 2018. Her bachelor’s degree was also with cum laude honours. ‘I’m...
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’ 20 February 2020
It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a t...