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Upcoming conference to celebrate 30 year anniversary of DNA fingerprinting discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/upcoming-conference-to-celebrate-30-year-anniversary-of-dna-fingerprinting-discovery
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery and application of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the...
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Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death
Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 714 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-7-14-april
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has written an article for The Conversation exploring how it could be a good...
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April Fools No we are not changing our name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/april-fools-no-we-are-not-changing-our-name
Today’s brilliant April Fool story in the Independent has generated a lot of discussion on social media, with many people citing it as their...
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics 16 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week
Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has contributed an article to The Conversation looking into research by NSPCC...
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Hidden Stories book launch celebrates Leicesters and Glossops Deindustrial Past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/2018hidden-stories2019-book-launch-celebrates-leicester2019s-and-glossop2019s-de-industrial-past
The AHRC-funded ‘Affective Digital Histories: Recreating De-industrial Places, 1970s to the Present’ project team will present an evening of...
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University features in Service of Reveal for King Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/university-features-in-service-of-reveal-for-king-richard-iii
The Service of Reveal of the tomb and Celebration for King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral has paid homage to the work of the University of...
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Figures from University feature on King Richard III Pall
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/figures-from-university-feature-on-king-richard-iii-pall
Figures from the University of Leicester feature on the pall that covered the coffin of King Richard III.
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A eulogy for Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/a-eulogy-for-richard-iii
During the reinterment of Richard III ceremony on Thursday 26 March Professor Gordon Campbell (pictured) from the School of English gave a...
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Bishop of Leicester praises Richard III discovery for becoming a nations story
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/bishop-of-leicester-praises-looking-for-richard-project
The Right Reverend Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester has praised the discovery of Richard III as being a story that has gripped the nation in the...