To do your job well, it is important to have essential facilities at your disposal. Various facilities are available in and around the Sylvius building for you to use.

The student elections for the student representatives of the Faculty Council will take place from 22 to 25 April. Prominent members of four student parties engaged in a debate last Thursday on topics close to students’ hearts.

All persons making use of Leiden University buildings and grounds must comply with the general University house rules. These are listed in the Regulations on the Use of University Buildings, Grounds and Other Facilities, and are intended to guarantee order and safety for guests and staff alike.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

On 21 June, our beloved colleague Joan van der Waals passed away after a long and rewarding life.

Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that will improve the production of quantum computer chips. ‘It turns out that what I need for my fundamental physics research is also very useful for the…

Not only dark matter, but also ordinary matter and dark energy are tracked in the largest ever cosmological computer simulation ever. In the FLAMINGO simulations, you can see virtual galaxies and clusters of galaxies emerging over the course of billions of years. This is no easy task: with more than…

On March 17, our dear colleague Jan Schmidt passed away after a fruitful and valuable life.

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