Newsletter

17 September 2018

     
Babyboomer versus millennial
The world around us is changing. What does that mean for the future of Europe? And what does it mean for our teaching, and for the expectations that Leiden University has of its students? These were the key questions during the opening of the 2018-2019 academic year on Monday 3 September.

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Ewine van Dishoeck receives prestigious Kavli Prize

Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics, was presented with the Kavli Prize by King Harald V of Norway on 4 September.

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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition

Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Men are not better than women at navigating, although they think they are

This is the finding from a public survey of more than 8,000 respondents in the Netherlands by neuroscientist Ineke van der Ham.

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‘More microplastics in the environment than stars in the Milky Way'

Microplastics are everywhere: in the ocean, in cooking salt and even in animals. Should that worry us? 'Yes!'

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Hortus botanicus first Dutch garden to receive accreditation from Botanic Garden Conservation International

Hortus botanicus Leiden is the first Dutch garden to receive an accreditation from Botanic Gardens International (BGCI).

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A step closer to sustainable energy from seawater
 
VOC and WIC were not above the law
 
Astronomers discover furthest radio galaxy ever
 
‘Too much empathy is bad for justice
 
Soil samples show impact of Columbus's arrival
 
Leiden Bio Science Park: connecting with the community
 
International Student finds human burial: “No regrets about staying in the Netherlands this summer”
 
Deep sea research with microphone
 
‘A politician doesn’t always have to hold the moral high ground’
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Leiden Classics
 
50 years of the Academic Language Centre
 
Leiden through the eyes of...
 
International students at the opening of the Orientation Week Leiden
 
International staff
 
New update LU-card

 
International students
 
Opening of Beehive Student Centre in The Hague
Bachelor's Open Day
Applications for Master’s Honours Classes now open
The Sustainable Business Battle is looking for the board of 2019!
New Student Wellbeing task force kicks off with mental health
Find your way around the student website
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Leiden University in the picture
 
 
During the Orientation Week Leiden, more than 1,300 international students had an introduction to the city, the university and .... the bicycle! How did it go?

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Coming events
 
19 September - Launch LGBT+ Network Leiden University
19 September - Studium Generale: Documentary Sonita
25 September - Lecture: Do Numbers Matter? Public Policy and the Problem of Dirty Hands
26 September - Lecture: European Values under Threat - the EU-Russia-US Triangle
5-6 October - Wavelength: Classical Music in Leiden BioScience Park
All coming events
 
This month in The Hague
 
18 September - Prinsjesdag Event
19 September - Beach Lecture: Joris Luyendijk and Amy Verdun
21 September - The Hague Peace Night Run
  All coming events
 
Laureates
 
LUS Teaching Prize for cell biologist Roland Dirks
K.J. Cath Prize: making a difference by communicating science
Royal honour for Erik-Jan Zürcher
MSCA (‘Marie Curie’) grant for Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Bart Custers
More awards
 
Books
 
Landscape Protection in International Law
Invisible but ever-present: female spies in the 17th century
From dissertation to children’s book
Guarding the guards: Pluralist accountability for human rights violations by international organisations
 
Leiden blogs
 
Leiden Arts in Society: A gold road paved with good intentions?
The Leidener: Leiden’s Museums
 
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