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436th Dies Natalis of Leiden
University
The
436th Foundation Day (Dies Natalis) celebrations of
Leiden University centred around three academics and a
cartoonist. The keynote speaker, Henk te Velde, spoke about
parliamentary debate and Bart van Horck, lecturer in
Public Administration, was pronounced the winner of the
LSr Teaching Prize. Honorary Doctorates were conferred on
archaeologist Ian Hodder and cartoonist Peter van
Straaten.
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Hubble telescope observes
the farthest space
Using
the Hubble telescope Leiden astronomer Rychard Bouwens has
been able to observe deeper into space than ever before. A
recording of no less than 87 hours has shown the universe
when it was just 480 million years old. An article on the
observations will appear in Nature on 27
January.
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The changing blue in
etymology
For
twenty years now, Leiden has been involved in the
Indo-European Etymological Dictionary research project .
Project leader and Professor of Comparative Indo-European
Linguistics, Alexander Lubotsky, recently signed a new
contract with the financier: publishing house Brill. This
means that the completion and maintenance of the project are
now guaranteed.
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A
selection of the prize winners
in 2010
With
three Spinoza prize winners in one year, Leiden is clearly
among the front runners in the race for top quality
research. But there were also awards for Leiden
researchers from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research (NWO). Students made names for themselves in
different fields. International prizes and subsidies were
won. Not to mention a public prize, a multimedia prize,
the x-factor in teaching, and much more....
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