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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Star Flaws the Skywalker twins drift apart
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/the-skywalker-twins-drift-apart
In the original Star Wars trilogy, one of the big revelations is that main characters Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are actually twins separated at birth.
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Scientists model impact of green infrastructure on City Centre traffic pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/scientists-model-impact-of-green-infrastructure-on-city-centre-traffic-pollution
Scientists from EarthSense Systems and our University have published the results of a study into the effect of urban trees on air pollution.
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Art and sociology help to reveal lives of British South Asian Women
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/art-and-sociology-help-to-reveal-lives-of-british-south-asian-women
Leicester sociologists will collaborate with a local artist to bring new insights to their research into the experiences of migrant communities in the UK.
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Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/research-finds-no-association-between-the-2018weekend-effect2019-and-patient-mortality
New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.
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Why tens of thousands of people are being forced out of their homes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/why-tens-of-thousands-of-people-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes
A new study into the effects of gentrification is to be investigated by a University of Leicester social scientist.
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President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, to leave the University of Leicester to become Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/05-vc-announcement
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle CBE|Professor Paul Boyle CBE joined the University in October 2014 and is recognised for delivering many new achievements for the University.
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Sabrina Tirvengadum explores their Mauritian heritage in new exhibition at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/sabrina-tirvengadum
Tirvengadum delves into her connection to the Marrier d’Unienville family, wealthy plantation owners in Mauritius.
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About and aims
https://le.ac.uk/preparde/about-and-aims
The PREPARDE project captured the processes and procedures required to publish a research dataset including developing workflows for a new open access Geoscience Data Journal published by project partners Wiley and the Royal Meteorological Society.
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Public engagement
https://le.ac.uk/cssp/engagement
Learn more about public engagement within the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy.