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• Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library

  A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to reflect on the legacy of the writer.

• Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate

  Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.

• Research shows women who feel more at risk of crime also prefer physically dominant partners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-women-who-feel-more-at-risk-of-crime-also-prefer-physically-dominant-partners

  Women who prefer physically formidable and dominant mates (PPFDM) tend to feel more at risk of crime regardless of the situation or risk factors present, according to researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.

• Student duo strike gold at British Universities and Colleges Sport events

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-duo-strike-gold-at-british-universities-and-colleges-sport-events

  Two final year undergraduate students, Ryan Hunt and Lucy Hatton, have secured gold medals in their respective disciplines at two recent British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) events.

• Alec Baldwin learned from Joe Orton for awardwinning performance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-playwright-joe-orton-lives-on-in-hollywood

  The influence of Joe Orton can be seen in an Emmy-winning performance, according to a recent interview by an academic expert of the Leicester playwright.

• Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism

  An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.

• Space Lates 2022: Get Into Astronomy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/16/space-lates-2022-backyard-astronomy/

  Learn how you can get into astronomy at the National Space Centre's first Space Lates of 2022, 18:00-21:00, 14 January 2022.

• School of Business Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 9

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/page/9/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Talk will explore the search for life beyond Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/talk-search-life-beyond-earth

  Professor Karen Olsson-Francis from the Open University will give her talk ‘Living Life at the Limits' at Space Park Leicester on 25 April

• University programme recognised for work helping Leicestershire businesses reach Net Zero

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/green-gowns

  A University of Leicester programme has been commended by the Higher Education sector’s most prestigious awards for sustainability in the UK.