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• Earth history opens a new chapter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/earth-history-opens-a-new-chapter

  An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history – the Anthropocene.

• Focus on Medicine event to inspire tomorrows doctors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/2018focus-on-medicine2019-event-to-inspire-tomorrow2019s-doctors

  Students interested in studying medicine, and their families, are invited to the University's ‘Focus on Medicine Day’ on Saturday 20 June, which will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University’s unique medical facilities – including its new...

• Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/microbiologist-has-bug-named-after-him

  Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades - he has a bug named after him.

• Sociology student awarded UN internship in Indonesia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sociology-student-awarded-un-internship-in-indonesia

  Student Cindy Colondam, who is due to start her second year studying Sociology, has been working as an intern for the United Nations (UN) as part of their UN Global Pulse initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia over the summer.

• How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions

  A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.

• Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see

  New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.

• Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash

  An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.

• Giant rhinos and letters home historical Freshers Weeks at our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/giant-rhinos-and-letters-home-historical-freshers2019-weeks-at-our-university

  This year our University has launched its Fabulous First Year initiative, including the MyUoL app which allows students to access daily university information in one place including timetables, library search and university news.

• University remembers fallen soldier who played a part in its founding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-remembers-fallen-soldier-who-played-a-part-in-its-founding

  The story of a brave Leicester officer during the First World War is being retold by our University on the anniversary of his death on 15 October.

• University researchers contribute to new announcement aiming to improve person-centred care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-researchers-contribute-to-new-announcement-aiming-to-improve-person-centred-care

  NHS England has today announced a deal seeking to improve access to more person-centred care as part of its developing Self Care programme.