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Keeping our community safe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/keeping-our-community-safe
University of Leicester has set out the plans it has put in place to protect students, staff and the community against the risks of COVID-19 infection.
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University marks World Prematurity Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/world-prematurity-day-leicester-preterm
The University of Leicester will mark World Prematurity Day (17 November) by lighting up the Attenborough Tower in purple to reflect solidarity
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Early-risers may catch “Father Christmas” on his way back to the North Pole via the skies above the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/father-christmas-skies-space-park-leicester
The International Space Station is due to make a 'high pass' at 06:18 local time and, weather permitting, visible until around 06:23
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Pride
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/pride/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 Pride in London – why it still matters. This week we celebrated Pride in London.
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First, wonderful, glimpse of Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/09/05/first-wonderful-glimpse-of-jupiter/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on September 5, 2016 Wow! The Juno spacecraft did not disappoint! The images released after Juno’s first science perijove are absolutely stunning.
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SMILE SXI Passes Critical Milestone
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/05/11/smile-sxi-passes-critical-milestone/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 11 May 2023 The SMILE SXI Instrument has recently passed the Instrument-level Critical Design Review (CDR), gaining approval from ESA technical experts to proceed with the build, test and...
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ekrockow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/emk12/
First ever SAPPHIRE-run Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School is huge success Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on August 29, 2019 SAPPHIRE ran the first Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School.
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How air pollution affects our respiratory system and Quality Improvement reporting in health care services could be improved
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/how-air-pollution-affects-our-respiratory-system-and-quality-improvement-reporting-in-health-care-services-could-be-improved
At the University's final Doctoral Inaugural lectures for this academic year, two research graduates from the College of Life Sciences will be discussing their research on issues pertaining to public health on Thursday 14 June.
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Andrew Fry
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/andrew-fry
Obituary notice for Professor Andrew Fry, Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester.
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New DNA origami technique promises breakthroughs in medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/dna-origami
Scientists have developed an innovative method to customise and strengthen DNA origami structures, which could lead to advances in medicine, biotechnology, and beyond