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• Glittering literati at Literary Leicester Festival 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/glittering-literati-at-literary-leicester-festival-2016

  The city's diverse celebration of the written and spoken word is returning next month with a prestigious line-up of speakers and contributors who have shaped the landscape of modern literature.

• Upcoming conference to celebrate 30 year anniversary of DNA fingerprinting discovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/upcoming-conference-to-celebrate-30-year-anniversary-of-dna-fingerprinting-discovery

  In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery and application of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the University is hosting a conference to share new innovations in forensic science on Wednesday 15 April.

• Generous donation to enhance pioneering kidney research at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/kidney-research

  Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received another major boost thanks to a £1 million donation

• Cutting edge Nottingham company welcomes University of Leicester chemistry alumnus to its R&D team

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/promethean-chemistry-alumnus

  University of Leicester chemistry graduate Kale Cooke has joined a spin-out company tackling global issues associated with climate change with sustainable chemistry

• University of Leicester inspires new HeForShe video by Barclays

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-of-leicester-inspires-barclayss-heforshe-video

  Our fellow 10x10x10 IMPACT Champion, Barclays has replicated our film concept for their own HeForShe campaign video. The video shows Barclays CEOs pledging their commitment to HeForShe - the U.N.

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd

  The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...

• Glynis Wright MBE

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/glynnis-wright

  Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.

• Sami Zubaida

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.

• News and publications

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/news-and-publications

  A selection of publications and recent press releases on microbiology or microbiology-related subjects that highlight the impact of the LeMID (Leicester microbial sciences and infectious diseases) Centre, as part of the University of Leicester.