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• Student from School of Business wins Presidents Prize

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/student-from-school-of-business-wins-president2019s-prize

  A University of Leicester student has won the President’s Prize in a national competition designed to show what it takes to be future business leaders.

• Visiting Professor awarded the prestigious Presidents Medal from the British Academy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/visiting-professor-awarded-the-prestigious-presidents-medal-from-the-british-academy

  A Visiting Professor at our University has been honoured with one of the highest awards for humanities and social sciences.

• New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

  The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

• New evidence traces herpes virus back almost 5,000 years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/herpes-genome

  Researchers have mapped the genetic structure of the herpes virus and, for the first time, traced its European origin back almost 5,000 years.

• University welcomes Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sri-lanka

  Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Manorie Mallikaratchy met students and colleagues from the University of Leicester.

• Relive Leicester space scientists journey on BBCs Astronauts series

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/relive-leicester-space-scientist2019s-journey-as-astronauts-returns

  From this weekend, you can relive the moments that led to a Leicester space scientist proving that she has what it takes to become an astronaut. The six-part BBC show ‘Astronauts: Have You Got What It Takes?’ will be re-run on BBC 2 at 10am every Saturday from 12 May.

• Space scientists look to face down climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/sprint-funding

  Two pioneering projects led by space scientists at the University of Leicester have been awarded a share of research funding by the UK Space Agency.

• Babies born at the limits of viability

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/research/babies-viability

  Only 1 in 500 babies are born before 24 weeks' of pregnancy however, they make up around a fifth of all baby deaths. This work aims to improve care for babies born at this extremely early stage of pregnancy particularly around consistent determination of signs of life

• Fellowship schemes

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias/fellowship-schemes

  Learn more about fellowship schemes within the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies.

• New portable DNA toolkit targets global illegal wildlife trade

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/illegal-wildlife-trade-toolkit-dna-test-leicester

  Scientists at the University of Leicester have developed a portable, rapid DNA test to identify illegal wildlife products on the spot.