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• 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.

• New community counting materials for children launched

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-community-counting-materials-for-children-launched

  Maths materials featuring local schoolchildren, adults and celebrities will be launched at an event at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 4 July.

• Journeys festival makes a stop off at Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/journeys-festival-makes-a-stop-at-attenborough-arts-centre

  The Attenborough Arts Centre is hosting an event as part of the ArtReach's 'Journeys' festival, which celebrates the artistic talents of refugee and asylum seeker artists, sharing refugee stories through great art and culture.

• Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest

  Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.

• New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media

  A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.

• Introducing… the Leicester Grading System for Foveal Hypoplasia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/12-leicester-foveal-scale

  A team of eye researchers have published the first medical grading system named after the city of Leicester.

• Ground control arrives at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/ground-control-arrives-at-leicester

  Scientists at our University are a step closer to controlling their own satellite missions now that a new satellite ground station dish has been installed on campus.

• 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.

• Motor Cities

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities

  Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...