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How 'Big Tech' Undermines Our DemocracyCurrent affairs lecture 'recap' 25 March 2025Tech giants such as Google, Apple, and Microsoft are increasingly shaping the digital world we live in. Reijer Passchier cautions: 'Urgent measures ar...
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Four hundred and fifty trees for Leiden University’s 450th anniversary24 March 2025Leiden and The Hague have an extra 450 trees thanks to a special campaign to mark the 450th anniversary of the Relief of Leiden and Leiden University’...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 4th in QS World University Ranking24 March 2025It is the ninth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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AI in the workgroup: ‘The moment I give students an assignent, they browse to ChatGPT’AI 24 March 2025In the ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Ambra Brizi uses AI to encourage stude...
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Legal Tech Challenge: Students harness technology to improve access to justice21 March 2025On 20 March, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2025 took place at Leiden University. After weeks of collaboration, brainstorming sessions and work...
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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, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ...
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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...