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Major European subsidy for
research into Amerindian languages Willem
Adelaar, Professor of Amerindian Languages and Cultures, is to
receive European funding worth 2.6 million euro for
research into the relations between Central and South American
Amerindian languages. His aim is to structure the enormous
language diversity in the region and shed light on the history
of the American population. Read more |
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Astronomers map dark matter
An
international team of astronomers, including Prof. Koen
Kuijken and Dr Henk Hoekstra, has managed for the first time
to map the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the
universe. Read more |
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And the winners are
... Prizes,
scholarships, subsidies and honours of all kinds for
Leiden University for starting researchers to world
experts. A selection of the prizewinners from 2011 gives
an impression of the scope of scientific research at
Leiden University. Read more |
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Leiden through the eyes of
an international student What
is it like to just pack your suitcases, leave your friends and
family behind, and come to study in Leiden? You can find the
answer on The Leidener, a blog for and by international
students. Blogger Laurence McGivern: ‘We want to show people
that Leiden is more than a weird place full of Dutch
people.’ Read more |
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Research abroad with a
Rubicon grant Promising
young Leiden researchers Wouter van den Bos, Tim van Erven and
Wouter Halfwerk are going to conduct research at foreign
universities. A Rubicon grant from the Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research is making this possible.
Two academics who completed their PhD degrees abroad are
coming to Leiden. Read more |
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