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  16 September 2020
 
 
Rising infections: how is the University responding?
 
The infection rate is rising in the Netherlands, which means it may also be rising among Leiden University’s students and staff. We spoke to our Rector Magnificus, Chief Security Officer and two other administrators about the University's response.
 
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Student team crowdfunding for fast epidemic test kit
 
Unfortunately, Covid-19 won’t be the last infectious disease to sweep across the world. A team of Leiden students is developing a test kit that will be able to detect infectious diseases at an early stage. 
 
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Low-key opening of the academic year symbolises new beginning
 
The 2020-2021 academic year has begun. The opening ceremony may have been pared down, but a ceremony it was, with around 150 guests in Pieterskerk and over 1,000 livestream viewers.
 
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Still the cat’s whiskers: De Kattekop nursery at 40
 
If there’s one place at the University where it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s De Kattekop. This, the University nursery, celebrates its 40th birthday in September.
 
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Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally
 
Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. The current corona epidemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics.
 
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‘I’ve only just got here and I love Leiden already!’
 
Distance, distance and distance again. That was the motto of this week’s Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) for international students. And the OWL might have been on a small scale, but fun was had nonetheless.
 
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