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Leicester is named Daily Mail University of the Year 2025
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/daily-mail-award
The University of Leicester has been crowned the Daily Mail University of the Year 2025.
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/07/10/ten-facts-about-jupiters-great-red-spot/
University of Leicester, Staff Blogs
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Food
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/food
Find a range of interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages discussing food, such as Jean Morris talking about how Stilton cheese was made locally and how production was halted during the Second World War.
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Research offers reassurance over multiple artery procedures for heart attack victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-offers-reassurance-over-multiple-artery-procedures-for-heart-attack-victims
A new study led by Dr Gerry McCann, NIHR Career Development Fellow from the University and Leicester's Hospitals, has examined the effects on the heart of treating multiple narrowed arteries - rather than just one – at the time of a heart attack.
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How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions
A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.
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Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-suggests-hippocampal-neuron-responses-are-associated-with-memory-distinctions
The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation.
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Historic England to view work on preserving iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/historic-england-to-view-work-on-preserving-iconic-engineering-building
Painstaking work to replace the iconic roof of our historic Engineering Building is to be examined by heritage experts this week.
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Four nominations for Attenborough Arts in building awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/four-nominations-for-attenborough-arts-in-building-awards
The plaudits continue to come in for the Attenborough Arts Centre’s new gallery wing as the East Midlands Local Authority Building Control has shortlisted it for four Building Excellence Awards 2016.
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International Women's Day 2019 Best Practice Winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/06-international-womens-day-2019-best-practice-winners
International Women's Day iAu-ozWbX6s|The University has been recognised by the official International Women’s Day campaign for our Leicester’s Wall of Women activity during International Women’s Day 2019.
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Centre offers organisations a route to sustainable success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/centre-organisations-sustainable-success
The University of Leicester has assembled a team of experts devoted to helping organisations become more sustainable.