The Leiden University Thesis Prizes were awarded on Alumni Day on 15 February. The nominees came with their family and friends to the Kamerlingh Onnes Building for the award ceremony for these annual prizes for the best theses.

Science thrives on freedom, safety, and stability. But what if these prerequisites are lacking? What if academics beyond our borders are threatened, persecuted or forced to flee? For dr. Nadia Sonneveld, the driving force behind Scholars for Scholars Leiden, these are not merely theoretical questions, but a call for action.

Having lectures on sustainability when you're a first-year student of Law, or a course on climate change when you're studying Public Administration may sound odd, but that is just what Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences Thijs Bosker wants to see happening. Together with his colleague Paul Behrens, he has been awarded a subsidy by the Leiden University Fund (LUF) to develop lesson plans that introduce environmental and climate issues into other disciplines. Thijs Bosker answers five questions.

More than eighty years ago, professor Cleveringa read aloud his now famous protest speech in the Great Auditorium. He denounced the measure taken by the German occupiers of removing all Jewish professors from their posts.