RISE congratulates Professor Hester Bijl for becoming the first female Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. We are looking forward to continuing the collaboration on gender diversity in her new role! “Professor Hester Bijl will be appointed Rector Magnificus of…
“Professor Hester Bijl will be appointed Rector Magnificus of the Executive Board of Leiden University on 8 February 2021. She will be the first female Rector Magnificus of Leiden University. Bijl has been Vice-Rector Magnificus of the University since 1…
Today, on International Women’s Day 2020, Feminist Evolution Leiden (FEL) presented the first edition of the Leiden Top 50 to Marleen Damen, member of the city council. The list is comprised of 50 women who made a difference in Leiden…
“There are quite a few women in astronomy, but there is really room for more women at the top.”, important words of Ewine van Dishoeck, professor of MolecularAastrophysics in an interview with the local broadcasting agency Omroep West in the…
The United Nations declared 11 February as the International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Although many efforts have been put in engaging women and girls in science, still many of them steer away from science-related fields. Biases and…
On January 31 2020, Elizabeth de Lange, Professor of Predictive Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Uppsala University. During the Uppsala Winter Conferment Ceremony, De Lange…
Research by group of Prof.dr. Martina Vijver, Professor of Ecotoxicology at the Center for Environmental Sciences leads to ban on the pesticide thiacloprid. The European Commission has introduced a European ban on the commonly used pesticide thiacloprid, Trouw reports on…
