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Newsletter     20 April 2020     Should I stay or should I go? Internationals in Leiden   The buildings are closed and all classes have moved online: these are strange times for students at our university. And for international students, it is even more complicated. They had to decide whether to stay here or return home. Three of them share their story.   Read more           Support the LUMC’s corona research   Scientists at the LUMC are working hard on prevention and a treatment for COVID-19. SteunLeiden.nl has started a crowdfunding campaign for this research, under the hashtag #wakeuptocorona. ›  Read more         Longevity gene discovered in plants   Harvesting rice from the same field, without planting new rice plants? A discovery by Leiden scientists may bring this scenario closer.  ›  Read more         Sara Polak: ‘Corona unveils great social inequality in the US’   Following China and Italy, it appears that the United States is becoming the next epicentre of the coronacrisis. Can the US handle this crisis? ›  Read more         Hora est through a computer speaker: Leiden’s first fully online PhD defence   Samineh Bagheri is the first PhD candidate to defend her thesis fully remotely. ›  Read more         ‘I'm really grateful to my fellow lecturers for their help’   As well as being Vice-Dean of Leiden Law School, Ton Liefaard is also a lecturer, converting his subjects into online formats. ‘I especially want to support our lecturers in the coming period and reiterate our confidence in their capabilities and their hard work.' ›  Read more           More news         › Help track coronavirus with the LUMC’s COVID Radar app       › Corona crisis: ‘People want analysis, not emotion’       › Plenty of online alternatives for prospective students with questions       › The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists       › USC online sports a big success       › Library staff aim to maintain services and collections           Coronavirus updates   For the latest updates on coronavirus and what this means for Leiden University, see our coronavirus dossier. ›  Read the updates         Leiden through the eyes of...intensivist Michael Frank    As head of intensive care at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Dordrecht,  Michael Frank (53) is steering his department through the corona crisis. ›  Read more         International students     › If you are a student and are worried, please know we’re here for you   › Do you want to help find solutions to the challenges raised by corona? Sign up for students against corona   › Studying in times of corona   › Online study skills training   › Take part in the worldwide student survey  and you could win 100 euro         International staff     › Please follow the coronavirus information   › Working from home   › Teaching and assessment in times of corona   › Research in times of corona         Coming online events     › Online live briefing: Right wing extremism in Europe   › Online presentations and Q&A session     › All coming events         Laureates     › Rubicon grant for pain researcher Aleksandrina Skvortsova   › Anne Meeussen wins Young Speakers' Contest   › More awards         Book   Elizabeth A. Cecil, Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape         Leiden blogs     › It’s time for your own book club! (The Leidener)   › Cameroon’s Anglophones between a rock and a hard place during COVID-19 (African Studies Centre Blog)   › Watch out for the Nocebo Corona Effect (Leiden Psychology Blog)       Website Leiden University •  More news •  Archive •  Colophon •  Contact         Discover the world at Leiden University