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Diversity getting the
attention it deserves
Students,
administrators and staff members attended the Leiden symposium
on ‘Excellence through diversity’ on Thursday 7 November.
Lectures, speed-dating and workshops exemplified the essential
contribution of diversity and inclusivity to science. ‘We are
ready to meet the challenge of assessing individuals
objectively so that we don’t let talent go to
waste.’
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Rewriting Caribbean history
with local archaeologists
More
than fifty researchers are working together to describe the
colonisation of the Americas from the Amerindian perspective.
In November they will be meeting for the first time, in
Leiden. How is Corinne Hofman, Leiden Professor of Archaeology
managing the international megaproject Nexus
1492?
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Leiden methods speed up
search for extraterrestrial life
Astronomer
Ignas Snellen investigates the atmospheres of exoplanets, with
the final goal of finding signs of life. This is becoming
easier thanks to the ever more effective measuring methods of
his research group. ‘Within ten years it’s going to get really
exciting.’ Inaugural lecture on 8 November.
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Growing up with
autism
If
you don’t develop well as a child, that can have a big
influence on your life. For her PhD thesis Leiden researcher
Petra Barneveld studied children with autism spectrum
disorders, helping parents and children better cope with the
problems they face. PhD defence 5 November.
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