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• Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree

  One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.

• Academics celebrate Leicesters Premier League victory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academics-celebrate-leicesters-premier-league-victory

  Academics from across the University have been celebrating Leicester City Football Club's sensational victory in the Premier League - the first time in history and making Leicester one of only six teams to win the Premier League.

• Student research helps to settle who the victor of a superhero showdown would likely be

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/student-research-helps-to-settle-who-the-victor-of-a-superhero-showdown-would-likely-be

  Natural Sciences and Physics and Astronomy students have been using simple calculations to explain the feasibility of the powers behind of some of the most prominent comic book superheroes known around the world.

• Festive stories from Leicesters past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-stories-from-leicesters-past

  Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.

• ‘Permissible Beauty’ – New immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will explore changing notions of beauty through history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/permissible-beauty

  Why are some forms of beauty more permissible, more highly valued, than others? A new immersive installation at Hampton Court Palace will bring past and present together to explore this question and to celebrate a new chapter of British Beauty for the 21st century.

• Population genetics

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/population-genetics

  Genetic variation is what makes everyone look differently. Here at The University of Leicester's genetic department, we offer a variety of information and resources for various levels of education.

• Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-novel-new-pump-to-help-people-with-heart-failure

  SZ92jwoXe1k|Dr David Adlam, Associate Professor and Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Piyal Samara-Ratna, Mechanical Engineer in the Space Research Centre, have joined forces to combine medical and space research to develop a pump...

• Preventative meningitis vaccination programme run on campus for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/preventative-meningitis-vaccination-programme-run-on-campus-for-first-time

  A preventative meningitis vaccine programme for new students is being offered at our University for the first time.

• Donation will advance ground-breaking work taking place to help those at risk of sudden cardiac death

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lifemap

  Heart experts at the University of Leicester have been awarded £400,000 to advance their work on a technique to assess a patient’s risk of sudden cardiac death

• Leicester research is cover story of science journal

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-research-is-cover-story-of-science-journal

  A study led by scientists at our University is featured on the cover of an online science journal.