Alumni Newsletter September 2026
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September 2026

From law student to director of Rituals in China

How does a tax law student become Managing Director of Rituals in China? For alumnus Boudewijn Feith, the path was less unlikely than it may seem. His studies in Leiden marked the beginning of an international career that ultimately brought him back to his second home: Asia.

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Help improve research into medicines

More than 90 per cent of medicines tested in clinical trials never reach patients. To reduce this number and better predict how medicines will work, the Leiden iGEM student team is developing improved organoids: small, artificial organs. Help make this possible.

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► New exhibition sheds light on Jerusalem’s rich history

► You remember exactly where you were on 9/11, but is that memory accurate?

► What would happen to human interaction if AI could read our emotions?

► First-ever Opening of the Academic Year in The Hague: ‘One academic community together’

► U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder appointed to the Kooijmans Chair

► What if you only see part of a network? And how do you spot meaningful connections?

► Arianna Canzi: ‘The Dutch openness and directness really appealed to me’

► New tool reveals why no two cities’ food emissions look the same

► A brand-new machine, a historic document or an essential tool: Leiden alumni give back to their alma mater

► Support for Heart Valve Centre: ‘They’ve got hearts of gold’

► Archaeologist Rachel Schats wins LUS Teaching Prize 2026

► Quentin Bourgeois appointed Professor of European Prehistory

► Decem Lustra: Kees van Raad celebrates almost 50 years of teaching international tax law

► Leiden Law School Revisited: sharing knowledge and reuniting alumni 

Events

► Falling victim to ransomware: On the unfolding of attacks, victim offender interactions         and decision-making

     7 October | PhD Defence | Leiden & online

► Lorentz Lecture - CRISPR: Rewriting DNA

     8 October | Public lecture | Leiden

► Payal Arora - Hans Franken Lecture

     16 October | Lecture | Leiden & online

► The Global Legal Framework on Forests: Seeing the Forest with the Trees

     22 October | PhD Defence | Leiden & online

► Alumni Meetings in Madrid and Barcelona - 20 & 21 October

► The Science of Breathing - Leiden Psychology Podcast

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