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Leicester academic heads judging panel to land robot on the moon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-academic-heads-judging-panel-to-land-robot-on-the-moon
An academic from our University has been elected to Chair a judging panel in a global $30 million prize competition to land a robot on the moon.
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Leicester researchers discover Charles Dickens artists lost sketches in school textbook
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-researchers-discover-charles-dickens-artists-secret-sketches-in-school-textbook
Schoolboy doodles by the Victorian artist John Leech, who first illustrated Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol', have been discovered by researchers from our University and will be on display in the David Wilson Library until 31 July.
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Aspiring medics encouraged to explore a career in psychiatry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/aspiring-medics-encouraged-to-explore-a-career-in-psychiatry
Young people considering a career in medicine are invited to a conference that will help them on the route to achieving their ambitions and introduce psychiatry as an exciting medical discipline. The second ‘Medicine Calling’ conference will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017.
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University lecture focuses on 1994 genocide against the Tutsi community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-lecture-focuses-on-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi-community
The long term effects of rape on women survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi community will be discussed at a lecture at our University.
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Professor features on Songs of Praise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/professor-features-on-songs-of-praise
Professor Martin Barstow (pictured), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Strategic Science Projects and Director, Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation features in this weekend’s Songs of Praise.
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Nobel Prize winner on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/nobel-prizewinner-on-campus
One of the winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was visiting the University of Leicester campus - on the day of the announcement of the winners was made.
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Researchers engage with the local community through Lunchtime Lecture Series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/researchers-to-engage-with-the-local-community-through-2018lunchtime-lecture-series2019
Researchers from our University are delivering a ‘Lunchtime Lecture Series’ at the Leicester Adult Education College from October to December.
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The Science of Reading to be explored in Professorial Inaugural Lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-science-of-reading-to-be-explored-in-professorial-inaugural-lecture
A free public lecture hosted by the University of Leicester will provide an insight into how the brain learns to read and how reading behaviour changes with age on Thursday 16 March.
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New project explores art and DNA at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-explores-art-and-dna-at-leicester
Leicester-based artists Ruth Singer and Gillian McFarland have begun working with Dr Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology, on a project which explores creative and visual responses to DNA research.
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From feeding the city to researching a country in turmoil PhD graduates return to share their research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/from-feeding-the-city-to-researching-a-country-in-turmoil-phd-graduates-return-to-share-their-research
The past is present in our next Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on Wednesday 24 May as PhD students from Archaeology and Museum Studies return to deliver presentations about their research.