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16 October 2019

     
Over 130 join in the University procession at the Relief of Leiden
On 3 October, professors, staff members, students and children joined in the Grand Parade through the centre of Leiden.

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Celestial worlds and comet hysteria in Van Dishoeck exhibition

A moon rock, antique globes and Kandinsky: Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics is guest curator of an exhibition at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave.

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‘An inclusive university begins with which books you choose’

Sociologist Aya Ezawa is the new Diversity Officer at Leiden University. What is the University doing well and what could it do better?

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Archaeology Open Day: ‘Excavations are cool’

 The Open Day at the Faculty of Archaeology on 12 October was a field day for archaeology fans: workshops, lectures and activities for children.

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These animal species are dear to us, but can we protect them?

Popular animals in the Netherlands often spend most or all of their lives elsewhere. How do we protect them?

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In pictures: the Night of Discoveries
 
Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament
 
‘Governments must provide fundamental rights to certain animals’
 
It takes two (or more) to build a telescope
 
New bridge at Arsenaalplein
 
The Hague: a city full of linguistic idiosyncrasies
All news articles of Leiden University
 
Leiden Classics
 
Jan Hendrik Oort: world-famous yet unassuming astronomer
 
View from abroad
 
Leiden alumni meet prime minister Rutte in Jakarta
 
International students
 
LeidenMUN is looking for the next Harvard delegation
What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?
Bachelor’s Open Day
 
International staff
 
University Council: making the University a better place
Vegetarian catering during Healthy University Week
 
Coming events
 
17 October: Debate This transnational paradise (Leiden)
18 October: Lecture Intelligence steering in contemporary democracies (The Hague)
19 October: Wavelength culture festival (Leiden)
4-11 November: Science & Cinema (Leiden and The Hague)
5 November: Cyber norms conference (The Hague)
All coming events
 
Laureates
 
Ewine van Dishoeck receives honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof
Two Bio-Pharmaceutical Scientists win KNMP Student Award
More laureates
 
Books
 
Islamophobia and Radicalisation
Plant Galls of Europe
More books
 
Leiden blogs
 
Leiden Psychology Blog: What breakfast makes you live longer?
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