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• Discovery of King Richard III’s remains named as one of the decade’s ‘extraordinary discoveries’

  Date: 30/12/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/king-richard-iii-remains-named-extraordinary-discoveries

  The discovery and identification of King Richard III’s remains by leading academics at the University of Leicester have been named as one of the...

• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  Date: 08/09/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

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• Leicester’s cutting-edge research and innovation delights Minister

  Date: 08/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-research-and-innovation-minister-visit

  Minister Chris Skidmore MP was in Leicester today (Friday 8 March) at the start of British Science Week, visiting the University of Leicester to...

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  Date: 23/11/2018 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• Richard III exhibition to appear for first time in Ireland

  Date: 22/11/2017 09:04:39

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/richard-iii-exhibition-to-appear-for-first-time-in-ireland

  The ‘Richard III Discovered’ exhibition, led by Professor Turi King from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, is arriving next week for...

• Leicester geneticist to deliver Richard III talk at international conference

  Date: 20/06/2017 13:34:40

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-geneticist-to-deliver-richard-iii-talk-at-international-conference

  Professor Turi King (pictured) from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will be giving a Special Plenary...

• How forensic statistics nailed the identity of the Last Plantagenet

  Date: 21/03/2017 16:07:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/how-forensic-statistics-nailed-the-identity-of-the-2018last-plantagenet2019

  A Leicester historian who carried out a genealogical study of King Richard III will give a talk on Tuesday 28 March at the University’s Centre for...

• Free online course offers unique insights into the time of Richard III

  Date: 06/02/2017 11:56:02

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/free-online-course-offers-unique-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii

  As the second anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course...

• University up for two national archaeology awards

  Date: 26/01/2017 16:48:33

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-up-for-two-national-archaeology-awards

  The University has been nominated for two Current Archaeology Awards for its work on the DNA analysis of the remains of King Richard III and a...

• Funny bones Richard III genealogist crowned winner of comedy challenge

  Date: 04/11/2016 10:26:02

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/funny-bones-richard-iii-genealogist-crowned-winner-of-comedy-challenge

  Our very own Professor Kevin Schürer (pictured) has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Stand Up Challenge, held at Leicester Racecourse on...