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• Unique event with special guests celebrates 35th anniversary of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/07-dna35

  Please note: this event is now sold out. A video recording of the event will be available online, via the University homepage, next week.

• Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies

  Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...

• Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon

  Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought

• Unsung Leicester craft visionary's legacy showcased by student exhibition 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/harry-peach-museum-studies-exhibition

  The family of Leicester craft and furniture pioneer, Harry Hardy Peach (1874-1936), attended an exhibition curated by University of Leicester students showcasing his vast collection of craft objects. Harry Hardy Peach founded Dryad Handicrafts in 1907.

• Leicester partners with Midlands universities to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-policing-academic-centre-excellence

  A consortium from the University of Leicester, University of Birmingham and Aston University has been selected as one of nine new Policing Academic Centres of Excellence.

• AI risks leaving older people behind, warns Leicester expert heading to UN 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-elderly

  As governments and businesses embrace AI and digital technology, University of Leicester expert Dr Sarah Jane Fox will take discussions on protecting older people’s rights in the digital age to the United Nations.

• ispace and University of Leicester sign Payload Service Agreement for lunar Raman spectrometer mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/ispace-university-leicester-payload-service-agreement-lunar-mission

  A University of Leicester team will deliver the instrument, to be transported to the moon on an ispace lunar lander

• Immersive exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’ arriving in Leicester 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/jason-wellcome-exhibition-attenborough-arts

  Jason and the Adventure of 254 brings Jason Wilsher-Mills’ immersive, joyful and deeply personal exhibition on disability, memory and creativity to Leicester this summer.

• Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester

  A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.

• New Roman Leicester children’s book and art competition launch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-roman-childrens-book-and-art-competition

  New Roman Leicester children’s book and art competition launch Roman soldier|University of Leicester book and competition to teach children about Roman Britain A new book, Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester, has been developed by the University of Leicester to educate...