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TV broadcaster receives top honour from University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/25-david-olusoga-obe-receives-honorary-degree
British-Nigerian historian, producer and presenter David Olusoga OBE receives honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
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AI risks leaving older people behind, warns Leicester expert heading to UN
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-elderly
As governments and businesses embrace AI and digital technology, University of Leicester expert Dr Sarah Jane Fox will take discussions on protecting older people’s rights in the digital age to the United Nations.
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Leicester combines expertise with NASA to power spacecraft into new frontiers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/rhu-stirling-1-770
University of Leicester signs International Space Act Agreement with NASA to support collaboration between Space Park Leicester and NASA’s Glenn Research Center on a novel Radioisotope Power System design and laboratory test campaign
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New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/nnl-partnership
University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign a Letter of Intent to strengthen and further an existing collaboration around areas of mutual interest, including space nuclear power systems.
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Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/antimicrobial-therapy-can-prevent-sepsis-in-pneumonia-patients
Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by Leicester has shown.
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Mercury probe unveiled at the Science Museum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/mercury-probe-unveiled-at-the-science-museum
The latest mission to the planet Mercury – or rather, a near-exact replica of the probe that will be sent there later this year - touched down at London’s Science Museum this week. And two Leicester space scientists were there to welcome it.
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How locust ears can help us understand hearing loss
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-how-locust-ears-can-help-us-understand-hearing-loss
Dr Ben Warren has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to understand the science behind how ears work and shed light on why hearing loss occurs in animals.
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University of Leicester deepens Smithsonian Institution partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-deepens-smithsonian-institution-partnership
The University of Leicester’s Institute for Digital Culture has renewed its long-standing partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.
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Former childrens laureate Michael Morpurgo to speak to packed audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/former-children2019s-laureate-michael-morpurgo-to-speak-to-packed-audience
The University is to welcome the popular and award-winning children’s writer Michael Morpurgo as he delivers its 2017 Annual Creative Writing Lecture this week to a packed house.
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Blown away One Show feature on the marvels of scientific glassblowing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/blown-away-one-show-feature-on-the-marvels-of-scientific-glassblowing
Tucked away in our Department of Chemistry is a workshop where Gayle Price, the University’s Scientific Glassblower, spends her time creating specialised glassware and apparatus for research and teaching purposes.