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• Ian Bradley

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/ian-bradley

  It is with great regret that we have learned of the death of Ian Bradley, a member of the Economics Department for 40 years. Martin Hoskins with help from Deborah, Derek Deadman and Peter Jackson has written the tribute below.

• Library of Congress digitises more early Presidential Papers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/library-of-congress-digitises-more-early-presidential-papers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 Recently added are:  Papers of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) Papers of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) Papers of President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Papers...

• Was the Force behind Leicester's football success? Students explore the secrets of Yoda's Force power

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/was-the-force-behind-leicester2019s-football-success-students-explore-the-secrets-of-yoda2019s-force-power

  For many fans around the world May 4th is Star Wars Day, playing on the popular phrase ‘May the Force Be With You’ uttered by many characters in the films including Luke Skywalker’s mentor, Yoda.

• Welcome Postdoc Zedong Zheng – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2022/02/21/welcome-zedong-zheng/

  The Arch-I-Scan project welcomes Zedong Zheng as new Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mathematics).

• The right rubber for the job

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job

  Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.

• Parental monitoring of internet use

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/parental-monitoring-of-internet-use/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2014 The latest report from Ofcom presents findings on the use of new media by British children and the role of parents in...

• Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found in Caribbean

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/wine-caribbean

  Earliest evidence of wine drinking in the Americas found in Caribbean pottery vessels by team involving the University of Leicester

• Martin Halliwell

  https://le.ac.uk/people/martin-halliwell

  Information and contact details for Professor Martin Halliwell, Head of the School of Arts and Professor of American Studies.

• Stories of a Different Kind

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/stories-of-a-different-kind

  Stories of a Different Kind was developed to engage the public in a reassessment of widely held assumptions surrounding disability.

• Political TV Ad Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/political-tv-ad-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Political TV Ad Archive   Just launched by the Internet Archive to provide a resource for the 2016 US elections.