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Dies Natalis 2012: Europe is
the future
Against
the background of a turbulent period for the EU, the Dies
celebration presented a positive image of the benefits of
Europe. President of the Executive Board Paul van der
Heijden mentioned in particular the benefits of Europe to
education. Both the address given by Dies lecturer
Professor Alex Geert Castermans and the Honorary Doctorate
awarded to Walter Van Gerven are motivated by European
law. And it can hardly be a coincidence that the winner
of the LSr Teaching Prize, Isabelle van de Calseyde, is
a lecturer in French.
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University to focus on study
success, thematic research and
valorisation
Leiden
University aims to take measures in the coming years to
improve the study success of its students and to offer
tailored education - linked to a strong research profile where
valorisation plays a key role. The University will present
these plans to the University Council and to the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science.
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Manon van der Heijden to
study female criminals
Criminals?
They are always men. At least, that’s what we tend to think.
Historian Manon van der Heijden wants to show, however, that
between 1600 and 1900 in Europe, women were responsible for a
substantial share of the criminal activity. She has been
granted a VICI award for her research.
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Stem cell therapy can be
used to treat Crohn's disease
It
is possible to inject the body with its own stem cells to
treat Crohn’s disease. This is the discovery made by LUMC PhD
candidate Marjolijn Duijvestein: ‘Stem cell therapy is only
used when all else has failed. This bowel disease may not be
fatal, but it also cannot be cured. Alternative therapy is
therefore very important.’
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‘They have great chocolate
milk here’
Leiden
University prepared a warm welcome for its international
students on 2 and 3 February 2012. The students started
in the second semester of the 2011-2012 academic year and were
given an introduction to Leiden and to Dutch customs and
habits. A report. with a film and photo
series.
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Seen in the scanner:
curiosity stimulates the memory
Curiosity
makes people stressed. Satisfying the curiosity works as a
reward and also stimulates the memory. Researchers at the
Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition have provided new
evidence for a classical theory about human curiosity using
functional MRI scans. The researchers have published an
article on the subject in 'Frontiers in Behavioral
Neuroscience'.
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