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Leicester alumnus Andy Byford set to save New Yorks neglected subways
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/leicester-alumnus-andy-byford-set-to-save-new-yorks-neglected-subways
Leicester alumnus Andy Byford, who studied German and French at Leicester, has recently taken up the monumental task of turning around New York's ageing, failing subway system.
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University lights up medical building in support of Baby Loss Awareness Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/baby-loss-awareness
As part of the national campaign to highlight the importance of Baby Loss Awareness Week, the University of Leicester’s George Davies Centre, home to many of Leicester’s world-changing health researchers and teaching spaces, will join other national UK landmarks in being lit...
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George Harrison
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.
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Event kickstarts drive to bring multi-million pound funding to East Midlands’ creative and cultural industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kickstart-multi-million-pound-funding-east-midlands-creative-cultural-industries
Companies such as Google, IBM and Adobe were represented alongside the region’s business leaders, academics, funders and policymakers at The Future of the Creative and Cultural Industries event on 18 June.
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Obamas nuclear policy wishlist appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018obama2019s-nuclear-policy-wish-list-appears-neither-politically-viable-nor-diplomatically-wise2019
Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise in the longer term, according to Dr Andrew Futter and PhD student James Johnson from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Student support campaign raises £1,000 for local homeless charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-bridge
The University of Leicester’s work alongside The Bridge Homelessness to Hope has had a huge impact on students this autumn, and helped raise more than £1,000 for local rough sleepers.
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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Artistic PhD student pens animated message for World Diabetes Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/artistic-phd-student-pens-video-message-for-world-diabetes-day
A diabetes researcher at our University has combined science with art to produce a powerful awareness-raising message for World Diabetes Day.
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Geologists reveal omnipresent effects of human impact on Englands landscape
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/geologists-reveal-2018omnipresent2019-effects-of-human-impact-on-england2019s-landscape
‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from our Department of Geology.
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Solar eclipse echoes astronomical events during Richard IIIs time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/solar-eclipse-echoes-astronomical-events-during-richard-iiis-time
This Friday’s solar eclipse has as much relevance to Ricardians as it does for countless astronomers and stargazers across the globe.