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X-ray mirrors: useful in space, but also for radiation therapy
A special type of mirror to reflect X-rays has more possible applications than space research. Targeted radiation therapy for cancer, for example. Next to his full-time job, physicist David Girou mapped out the possibilities. He will receive his PhD on 14 June.
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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Eric Storm: ‘Nationalist politicians have a more international orientation than traditional parties’
Nationalism is so prevalent in our society that we hardly realise it once didn’t exist. In his new book, senior university lecturer Eric Storm reveals the global history of the phenomenon. ‘Nationalist movements have always influenced each other.’
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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Astronomers Discover Ancient Solitary Quasars with Mysterious Origins
An international team of astronomers, including Leiden PhD student Elia Pizzati, has observed several ancient quasars that, surprisingly, appear to be floating alone in the early universe (less than a billion years after the Big Bang). Until now, astronomers, based on models, assumed that quasars are…
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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New University Sports Centre reaches highest point
In a topping out ceremony on Thursday 30 January, the new sports centre celebrated reaching its highest point and looked ahead to the future. The university will have a spacious and sustainable sports building by the start of 2026.
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Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus
The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.
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PhD research: Welfare benefits reduce criminal behaviour substantially
Receiving welfare benefits has a major impact on criminal behaviour. This has been demonstrated by Marco Stam, who defended his thesis on 20 January 2022.
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In memoriam - Prof. Herman Schaper 1949-2021
It is with sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague professor Herman Schaper on Tuesday 30 November this year. Herman held the Pieter Kooijmans Chair in Peace, Law and Security at Leiden University from 2014 to 2017.
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What the campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will look like
The university campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will change rapidly over the next few years. A short film shows the transformation to a full campus. See what this mix of new university buildings, student accommodation and restaurants and cafés will look like. And sustainability and biodiversity won’t…
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers
Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applications are from researchers at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden Observatory, the LUMC and the Faculty of Archaeology.
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LUC education team nominated for Dutch Higher Education Award
The Leiden University College team behind the Learning Mindset project has been nominated for the Dutch Higher Education Award, an award for innovative teaching in higher education. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science announced this on 15 March.
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Call for Papers symposium on experimentation and innovation in human-environmental links across the Americas
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Leiden mayor visits Humanities: ‘The diversity of subjects is fantastic’
Mayor Peter Heijkoop is busy getting to know his city better. On Monday 7 July, he visited the Faculty of Humanities. ‘A few hours and you can see how important this is.’
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Ingrid MeulenbeltFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Martin TaphoornFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thijs van OschFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Olaf DekkersFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Francesco BudaFaculty of Science
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Ludo JuurlinkLeiden Learning and Innovation Centre
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Peter DevileeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Saskia le CessieFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacques van DongenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Rob TollenaarFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Rudolf PoolmanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Christi van AsperenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Carien CreutzbergFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jelle GoemanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Judith BovéeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Luc AmkreutzFaculty of Archaeology
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Rob NelissenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Sjoerd van der BurgFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Arie BoomertFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander KrosFaculty of Science
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Hanum AtikasariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Frederic LensFaculty of Science
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Jeroen CodeeFaculty of Science
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Syeda ShawkatSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ewine van DishoeckFaculty of Science
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Annemieke VerbaasFaculty of Archaeology
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Huub RottgeringFaculty of Science
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Marcel TijstermanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Anjali PanditFaculty of Science
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Tycho de GraafFaculty of Law
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Nikki MulderSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Lasse van den DikkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Maarten LubbersFaculty of Science
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Simon Portegies ZwartFaculty of Science