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  • Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah

    Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.

  • Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 1946 (US)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/photographs-of-the-medical-survey-of-the-bituminous-coal-industry-1946-us/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 New from the USA National Archives thousands of photographs of mining industry and regions taken in USA in 1946 as part of a survey of conditions In 1946 the Department of Interior...

  • Ophthalmology researcher wins prestigious prize

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/08-ophthalmology-award

    Zhanhan Tu Zhanhan Tu|Best Talk prize for Dr Zhanhan Tu at the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society conference.

  • Study seeking to find first medication for Long COVID welcomes first participant

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/covid-medication

    Researchers in Leicester have welcomed the first patient living with inflammatory Long COVID onto a study testing the effectiveness of tocilizumab at relieving their symptoms.

  • University of Leicester marks anniversary of arrival of Ugandan Asians

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uganda-lecture

    University of Leicester will host a public lecture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians to the city. The lecture, Migration and the making of Leicester will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 6.

  • The White Boffin's Burden

    https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/white-boffin-burden

    Find out more about the Centre for New Writing's commissioned piece which looks into the perceptions of academics and research in ODA (official development assistance) countries vs academics and research in Britain.

  • Director appointed to lead new Institute for Policy

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/institute-policy

    The University of Leicester has appointed Professor Neil Chakraborti as the founding Director of the new Institute for Policy at Leicester which will officially launch in early 2024.

  • TEDxLeicester to take satellite technology one step beyond

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/tedxleicester-to-take-satellite-technology-2018one-step-beyond2019

    Some of the innovative and cutting-edge applications that satellite technology and its data are being put to will be explored in a TEDxLeicester event in partnership with the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre.

  • Olive Banks (1923-2006)

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/olive-banks

    “Any attempt to raise feminist arguments was met with indifference if not outright hostility, and the paucity of women academics in general increased my feeling of isolation.

  • New heart attack genes discovered

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

    Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

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