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Go Green Week 2015 setting the standard in student leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/go-green-week-2015-setting-the-standard-in-student-leadership
Main campus was an even bigger hub of buzzing activity than normal from 9-13 February as students working towards the Leicester Award pulled off a fantastic variety of engaging environmental activities for Go Green Week 2015.
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Life-changing results of world first blood cancer drug trial revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/life-changing-results-of-world-first-blood-cancer-drug-trial-revealed
Researchers from the University and Leicester’s Hospitals have announced a breakthrough advance in the results of the world-first clinical trial with actual patients of a new drug to treat particular blood cancers.
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Differences between larks and owls clocked by geneticists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/differences-between-larks-and-owls-clocked-by-geneticists
A new study by researchers from the Department of Genetics has for the first time identified the genetic clues behind what makes you a ‘lark’ or an ‘owl’.
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Real world link discovered between type 2 diabetes and low blood sugar risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/real-world2019-link-discovered-between-type-2-diabetes-and-low-blood-sugar-risk
A research team from the Leicester Diabetes Centre, led by postgraduate researcher Chloe Louise Edridge, has reviewed a series of studies into how often hypoglycaemia – or low blood sugar – occurs in people with type 2 diabetes and has discovered that the condition is...
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Mountain climbing space physicist scales new heights to advance science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/mountain-climbing-space-physicist-scales-new-heights-to-advance-science
Dr Suzie Imber from the Department of Physics and Astronomy is preparing to embark on a comprehensive study of South America's Andes mountain range in the hope of answering questions about everything from the hardiness of bacteria in extreme environments to climate...
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Plaque to mark Barwell Christmas Eve meteorite unveiled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/green-plaque-to-mark-barwell-meteorite-which-landed-in-1965-unveiled
A green plaque marking the surprise arrival of a large meteorite in the village of Barwell on Christmas Eve in 1965 has been unveiled at the junction of Chapel Street and Dawson's Lane - close to the site of the meteorite fall.
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Jupiters vivid auroras captured by Hubble
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiters-vivid-auroras-captured-by-hubble
Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter.
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American Studies at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies
American Studies at the University of Leicester is one of the UK's top providers of American Studies degrees, and is ranked in the top 10 by The Complete University Guide 2019.
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School of History, Politics and International Relations
https://le.ac.uk/hypir
The School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester houses the subject areas of History, Politics and International Relations and American Studies and is also home to world-leading research clusters and centres.
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Juno Mission
https://le.ac.uk/juno/juno-mission
Find out more about the Juno Mission at the University of Leicester.