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  • Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy

    New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...

  • 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.

  • The Clink restaurant at HMP Brixton: fine dining and prison education

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/07/21/the-clink-restaurant-at-hmp-brixton-fine-dining-and-prison-education/

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 21, 2014 By Sarah Longair, Carceral Archipelago Project Researcher.

  • Call to avoid type 2 diabetes made during national campaign to prevent condition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/call-to-avoid-type-2-made-during-national-campaign-to-prevent-condition

    A Leicester man with type 2 diabetes is urging people to do all they can to prevent being diagnosed with the condition which could potentially have “ruined his life”. Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with the condition that is usually associated with poor lifestyle in 2014.

  • Research initiative to explore how media can help romance blossom in post-disaster environments

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/research-initiative-to-explore-how-media-can-help-romance-blossom-in-post-disaster-environments

    Media Cultures, a new research initiative that explores the role of the media in our shared cultural lives, will hold its official launch at a free public event on Thursday 16 June between 4.00-6.30pm at Bankfield House.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • BBC commissions Leicester artist to mark ‘Culture in Quarantine’

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/spectrum-sounds-bbc-commission

    Professor Hugill directs the Creative Computing programme at the University of Leicester and is an Honorary Creative Fellow at the Attenborough Arts Centre, as well as sitting on its Advisory Board. He also leads the AHRC-funded ‘Aural Diversity’ project.

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