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Attenborough Arts contributes to Leicester Art Week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/attenborough-arts-contributes-to-leicester-art-week
Attenborough Arts, the University's arts centre, is hosting a selection of free public events marking Leicester Art Week.
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Punk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/07/punk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2023 A major exhibition about punk, Rage and Revolution is now on at New Walk Museum.
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Launch of telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/launch-of-telescope-for-detecting-optical-signals-from-gravitational-waves
A state-of-the-art telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves - built and operated by an international research collaboration, led by the Universities of Warwick and Monash - has been officially launched.
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Transforming space exploration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/transforming-space-exploration
Our University is spearheading the development of new power generation technologies for space exploration as part of a European Space Agency funded programme.
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Major funding for Leicester will help find new cancer treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cancer-research-funding
The search for new cancer treatments in Leicester is to receive a major funding investment of up to £2 million, providing future hope for people diagnosed with the disease.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 5-6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/08/22/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-5-6/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 22, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu.
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Improving diagnosis of the causes of heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/improving-diagnosis-of-the-causes-of-heart-failure
A new study that could prevent missed or wrongful diagnosis of the underlying cause of heart failure has been funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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Research committed to moving away from toxic chemotherapy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/research-committed-to-moving-away-from-2018toxic2019-chemotherapy
As Leicester prepares to host its event on Thursday 24 September as part of cancer survivor Rik Basra’s ‘Pass It On’ campaign, academics will showcase their research and explain what they are doing to pave the way for new leukaemia treatments in the future.
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Geneticist roped into abseiling challenge for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/geneticist-roped-into-abseiling-challenge-for-charity
Many people climb new heights for charity, but one of our geneticists will be descending instead, very carefully, down a sheer drop to support his cause.
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Pioneering technique could unlock targeted treatments for cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/hdac-cancer
Leicester researchers have described application of a pioneering chemical technique which could unlock ground-breaking new treatments for cancer and other diseases.