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• New space missions to explore suns’ influence on habitable worlds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/sirius-elfen

  Two proposals for missions led by the University of Leicester receive £500,000 funding from UK Space Agency

• New Year Honours for University of Leicester Chancellor and Professor both leading the way in space science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/new-years-honours-emma-bunce-maggie-aderin-pocock

  A space scientist, whose influence has reached throughout the solar system, and the University’s Chancellor, who encourages students to ‘reach for the stars’, are among this year’s recipients of New Year’s Honours.

• Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-science-of-assassins-creed

  The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on the ground or in a cart, by diving head first then executing a half-summersault to land on their back.

• 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.

• New project to identify Jack the Rippers last known victim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-to-identify-jack-the-ripper2019s-last-victim

  Members of the team who undertook genealogical and demographic research in relation to the discovery of the mortal remains of King Richard III have now been involved in a new project to identify the last known victim of Jack the Ripper – Mary Jane Kelly.

• Zeeko Ltd takes up cutting-edge research lab at Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/zeeko-research-lab-space-park-leicester

  Leader in ultra-precision polishing technology joins University of Leicester’s prestigious £100 million space research and innovation facility

• Space Park Leicester to play central part in shaping regional prosperity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/space-park-leicester-shaping-regional-prosperity

  Chief Executive Officer at Space Park Leicester William Wells has been appointed to the Innovation Advisory Group (IAG), a sub-group of the Leicester and Leicestershire Business Board

• University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue

  joe orton statute the joe orton statue appeal|The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement of a crowdfunding appeal to raise money for a statute.

• Leicester Law School hosts distinguished African lawyer and diplomat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/namira-negm-visit

  Ambassador Dr Namira Negm, the current Director of the African Migration Observatory, recently visited the University of Leicester and learned about the impact that law researchers and students are making