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• What is graduation?

  https://le.ac.uk/graduation/what-is-graduation

  Your Graduation Ceremony is an opportunity to mark your achievements and acknowledge your hard work after your studies with the University of Leicester.

• Centre for Hate Studies Commissioned to Evaluate Victim Support Services

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/centre-for-hate-studies-commissioned-to-evaluate-victim-support-services

  Leicester criminologists have been commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire to lead a project designed to inform the development of a new hate crime strategy and victims’ support service.

• Leicester geneticist involved in internet for DNA

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-geneticist-involved-in-internet-for-dna

  Scientists at the University of Leicester are playing a central role in the development of what is being described as ‘an internet for DNA’.

• New hope for gay communities following Typhoon Haiyan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/new-hope-for-gay-communities-following-typhoon-haiyan

  Many LGBT people in Tacloban, Philippines have achieved new-found acceptance in their communities, including a dramatic rise in the number of people using dating applications such as Grindr and Tinder, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, according to research co-led...

• Critical gaps in antenatal care identified in cases of term stillbirths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/critical-gaps-in-antenatal-care-identified-in-cases-of-term-stillbirths

  A new study launched today has revealed key steps for hospitals to improve care for pregnant mums and babies.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics 16 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has contributed an article to The Conversation looking into research by NSPCC Childline suggesting that in a poll of nearly 700 12 to 13-year-olds in the UK, one in five had viewed pornographic images...

• Neptunes weather studied by Leicester scientist

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/neptunes-weather-studied-by-leicester-scientist

  Dr Sarah Casewell (pictured) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been involved in a study to examine the weather on Neptune.

• How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/how-maths-drives-formula-one-and-launches-angry-birds

  Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of modern life, and mathematics is working behind the scenes on all of them.

• Chemical in red grapes may help prevent bowel cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/chemical-in-red-grapes-may-help-prevent-bowel-cancer

  Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to new research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

• How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions

  A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.