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• Untold stories of the Holocaust South Russias largest city to be explored at exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/untold-stories-of-the-holocaust-south-russias-largest-city-to-be-explored-at-exhibition

  A new exhibition organised by the University of Leicester will shed light on the untold wartime events in occupied Russia’s largest Holocaust site, Rostov-on-Don – including the discovery of a previously unknown Nazi prisoner of war camp.

• COVID-19: study into long-term health impacts launched

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/covid-19-study-long-term-health-impacts

  A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched.

• Global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/global-study-reveals-new-hypertension-and-blood-pressure-genes

  Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date, involving over 347,000 people, and jointly led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Cambridge, with...

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

• Ethnic minority groups underrepresented in long COVID research, study demonstrates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/covid-minorities

  Leicester academics have highlighted that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in long COVID research.

• Cities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014  Cities of Opportunity   Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper.  Covers 30 major cities worldwide.

• Easter for social scientists

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista  has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.

• Florence Rich and Granville School for Girls

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/05/22/florence-rich-and-granville-school-for-girls/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 22, 2018 11 Granville Road, Leicester, formerly Granville School for Girls On 14 November 1917 The Leicester Daily Post , edited by W. G.

• Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons

  The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.

• World Food Day (16th October)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/world-food-day-16th-october/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 See the  FAO official website  for details of this year’s theme on healthy diet.