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June 2024

Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen

Professor of Psychiatry Anne Speckens studied medicine in Leiden and did her psychiatry training there too. She discovered mindfulness in England and later opened the Radboudumc Center for Mindfulness in Nijmegen. What does she do there and how does she look back on her time as a student?

Two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award 2024

One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For these achievements, Marie Depuydt and Jurren de Groot were awarded the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award on the evening of Tuesday 4 June.

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► 10 years of Humanities Lab celebrated in style at Capstone conference

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Events

► International Studies Alumni Drinks

12 July | Bleyenberg in The Hague | Alumni-event

► Conference on Counterclaims in International Law
27 June | Leiden | Conference

► SAILS Symposium - Heritage: From physical to digital
27 June | University Library | Symposium

► AI in Chemistry

27 June | Gorlaeus Building | Minisymposium

► Kloosterman lecture 2024

27 June | Gorlaeus Building | Lecture

► Open Science debate - STIBNITE: developing the next generation organic semiconductors

1 July | Gorlaeus Building | Conference

► International Conference on Social Dilemmas (ICSD)

2 July | Leiden University | Conference

► Challenges of Digital and Computational Archaeology

9 September | Academy Building | Inaugural lecture

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Life Long Learning

► Frontiers of Children's Rights Summer School

► Online Course De-Mystifying Mindfulness

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