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• Expert opinions cover countering terrorism the race to develop AI weapons Turkeys upcoming election and public toilets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/expert-opinions-cover-countering-terrorism-the-race-to-develop-ai-weapon-and-turkeys-upcoming-election

  Dr Rob Dover from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has discussed the Government's new 'CONTEST' Strategy for Countering Terrorism announced earlier this month.

• Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh

  Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.

• Study reveals new associations with lung disease and smoking behaviour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-reveals-new-associations-with-lung-disease-and-smoking-behaviour

  Smokers who survive their habit into old age may hold the key to better lung health for all, according to a study involving co-led by Professor Martin Tobin (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

• Leicester part of partnership bringing world-class expertise to benefit patients and populations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-part-of-partnership-bringing-world-class-expertise-to-benefit-patients-and-populations

  Health Data Research UK is awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK - including our University - to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science.

• Mohammed Azeem

  https://le.ac.uk/people/mohammed-azeem

  The academic profile of Dr Mohammed Abdul Azeem, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at University of Leicester. Advanced characterization techniques.

• Leicester scientist reaches the final of BBC Astronauts competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-reaches-the-final-of-bbc-astronaut-competition

  Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing in the sixth and final episode of ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ this Sunday on BBC Two at 8pm. Reaching the final of the televised competition has been a long and gruelling process.

• Support for Leicester Symphony Orchestra’s spectacular return

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/leicester-symphony-orchestra

  The University of Leicester is delighted to support the Leicester Symphony Orchestra (LSO) as it prepares its 100th season of music in the same year the University celebrates its own Centenary.

• Satellite data reveals source of increased global atmospheric methane between 2020-2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/satellite-data-methane

  New research into the causes of the unprecedented increase in global atmospheric methane in 2020 and 2021 uses data from the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) based at the University of Leicester.

• Leicester rehabilitation programmes highlighted by national charity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-leicester-rehabilitation-programmes-highlighted-national-charity

  Two initiatives developed at Leicester’s Hospitals have been cited in the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) new five-point plan to achieve the biggest impact for people with, or at risk of, heart and circulatory diseases.

• University of Leicester celebrates Black History Month

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/bhm

  The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.