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• Leicester scientist helps fine-tune space telescope 1.5million km from home

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/miri-commissioning

  A first image from MIRI was released by NASA in April, giving space scientists a glimpse of the instrument’s capabilities. The first science observations using JWST are expected to commence in July.

• The future of medical education built on a history of philanthropy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/the-future-of-medical-education-built-on-a-history-of-philanthropy

  Fashion retailer and philanthropist George Davies found his name in lights as a new £42 million building was named in his honour and officially opened by Sir David Attenborough OM and Michael Attenborough CBE.

• First glimpse into the core of a planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/exoplanet-core

  The surviving core of a planet has been discovered orbiting a distant star by a team of academics, including University of Leicester astronomers, offering the first ever glimpse inside of a planet.

• The glass of wine: what makes wine 'authentic'?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/glass-of-wine

  Read the article "The glass of wine: what makes wine 'authentic'?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Neaverson legacy

  https://le.ac.uk/giving/legacy-gifts/neaversonlegacy

  Janet Leaverson's legacy gift, supporting our Library archives work on Richard III

• Leicester PhD student to discuss science diplomacy at World Science Forum

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-phd-student-to-discuss-science-diplomacy-at-world-science-forum

  As part of her RCUK policy fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Emmeline Ledgerwood (pictured), a postgraduate research student at the School of History, Politics and International Relations,  is representing POST at the World Science...

• Who were the first students of the University of Leicester?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/10/13/who-were-our-first-students/

  A blog post discussing the early students of the University of Leicester.

• Renie Lewis

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/renie-lewis

  We have learned with great sadness of the death of Renie Lewis, a former colleague in the Politics Department, who passed away after a short illness on 27 March 2023.

• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.

• Romance to Ritual: Literary Transformations Of The Holy Grail

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7247

  Module code: EN7247 Perhaps no aspect of the Arthurian legend has been so doggedly investigated as the origin and development of the Holy Grail. This is due in part to a certain uneasiness with the shifting nature of the symbol itself.