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Prestigious Fellowship awarded to Leicester Mathematician

https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/prestigious-fellowship-awarded-to-leicester-mathematician

Dr Sibylle Schroll from our Department of Mathematics has been awarded a prestigious £1 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Early Career Fellowship to realise her ambitious research program on 'Graphs in Representation Theory'.

Research suggests bowel cancer medication could help combat earlyonset Parkinsons disease

https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-suggests-bowel-cancer-medication-could-help-combat-early-onset-parkinson2019s-disease

People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease could potentially benefit from taking a medication used to treat certain forms of cancer, according to new research by Leicester scientists and funded by the Medical Research Council.

New research blows the lid on volcanic activity

https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-research-blows-the-lid-on-volcanic-activity

Geologists from our University have been unravelling an age-old geological story. Their research, relating to ancient volcanic activity in Mongolia and China, challenges existing knowledge about the processes involved.

Leicester students contribute to tourism development in city

https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-students-contribute-to-tourism-development-in-city

A new programme developed by our University will help students contribute to tourism development in the city.

New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan

https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan

Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of people using dating applications such as Grindr and Tinder, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, according to research co-led...

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...