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• City son honoured by University of Leicester for public health leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/ivan

  The University of Leicester has honoured one of the city’s own for his exceptional track record in public health leadership.

• Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more

  The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...

• Worlds collide: University of Leicester experts to help upgrade Large Hadron Collider experiment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-experts-upgrade-large-hadron-collider-experiment

  Expertise from Leicester in particle detectors to contribute to next upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, thought to be the first time Leicester scientists are working directly on instrumentation for the world’s largest particle accelerator

• A Week in the World of Waugh

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/07/18/a-week-in-the-world-of-waugh/

  Posted by isabellacaldwell in Waugh and Words on July 18, 2014 David Wilson Library When journeying to Leicester on Monday morning, I was somewhat daunted by the prospect of the future week, a week where I would be experiencing the working life of the research associates...

• Solar System samples touch down in Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/25/solar-system-samples-touch-down-in-leicester/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2021 Samples from other worlds will be examined by space scientists at the University of Leicester as we continue to study the building blocks of the Solar System.

• Astronomers look ahead to first light from JWST

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/jwst-time-allocation

  • Professor Nial Tanvir and Dr Rhaana Starling are co-investigators (co-Is) of a programme which will use spectroscopy to map the distribution of elements formed by gamma-ray bursts.

• Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientist-proves-she-has-what-it-takes-to-become-an-astronaut

  Dr Suzie Imber, from the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a step closer to becoming an astronaut after being crowned the winner of the six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ Suzie fought off tough competition from 11 other...

• Engineering Building listed as one of the worlds best unsung buildings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/engineering-building-listed-as-one-of-the-worlds-best-unsung-buildings

  Our University's internationally famous Grade II* listed Engineering Building has been included in The Guardian's 'Castles in the sky' list, highlighting some of the world's best unsung buildings.

• President and Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/president-and-vice-chancellor

  The President and Vice-Chancellor works with all colleagues to build on the University’s world class reputation in research and teaching to make a positive change in the world.

• NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research

  NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.