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                    More than 80 people from University of Leicester compete in the Leicester Half-Marathon challengehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/more-than-80-people-from-university-of-leicester-compete-in-the-leicester-half-marathon-challenge More than 80 members of staff from across our University took part in the Leicester Half-Marathon Relay Challenge on Sunday 23 October. 
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                    Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properlyhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly. 
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                    On the dayhttps://le.ac.uk/graduation/on-the-day Find out how graduation day at the University of Leicester works. 
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                    University urges others to support The Big Help Out volunteer drivehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/big-help-out A major Leicester institution with a proud history of supporting communities has thrown its weight behind a nationwide volunteering project which marks the Coronation of His Majesty the King. 
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                    Record-breaking artist and successful technology entrepreneur gives University of Leicester graduates advice for lifehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/sam-barnett A tech entrepreneur-turned-artist has returned to the University of Leicester to receive an honorary degree. 
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                    Leicester graduate launches space career with NASAhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/nasa-fellowship A University of Leicester graduate has described the ‘dream’ of finding out he’d landed a prestigious research position with NASA. 
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                    Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancerhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives. 
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                    Professor Alice Roberts digs University of Leicester’s fascinating findshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-alice-roberts One of Britain’s best-known broadcasters, Professor Alice Roberts, has endorsed the University of Leicester’s exemplary track record for unearthing some of the nation’s most treasured historical finds. 
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                    Leicester VC to reflect on Century of Change in Lit&Phil lecturehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/vc-litphil University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has spoken of the ‘tremendous honour’ at being invited to deliver a prestigious public lecture to the body which helped establish the University more than a Century ago. 
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                    Seminars and eventshttps://le.ac.uk/mcb/events Lectures take place in the Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre, Henry Wellcome Building. The series includes both internal and external speakers. See the full list of seminars