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• ISS Commander shows support for University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-iss-commander-shows-support-for-university-of-leicester

  ISS UoL image Image of astronaut with University of Leicester sign|The Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), Alexei Ovchinin who took over command in July 2019 has thrilled students and academics at the University of Leicester by taking a picture of himself...

• Postgraduate researchers win prestigious policy internships

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/postgraduate-researchers-win-prestigious-policy-internships

  Two Leicester postgraduate researchers have been selected for prestigious internships that will see them assist with briefings to Parliament on science policy issues.

• Leicester delegation to COP30 includes experts covering climate from every angle

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cop30-attendees

  |A delegation of experts from the University of Leicester is heading to the Conference of the Parties, or COP30, to bring the latest insights into climate change to policymakers and officials.

• Outside and beyond: Girl. Boy. Child: a poignant queer tale for our times

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/case-studies/girl-boy-child

  Museum Studies PhD student Armand De Filippo discusses his research into sensory responses to Medieval manuscripts.

• New research project to improve early recognition and treatment of perinatal complications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-perinatal-complications-pregnancy-birth

  University of Leicester-led study to explore women’s use of websites and apps to diagnose problems during later stages of pregnancy.

• Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysic

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/07/nobel-prize-how-penrose-genzel-and-ghez-helped-put-black-holes-at-the-centre-of-modern-astrophysics/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide.

• 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.

• Its written in the stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/its-written-in-the-stars

  Astronomers today opened one of the last remaining windows on the Universe, publishing the first full 3D census of over one billion stars in our Milky Way.

• Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence

  Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.

• Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

  A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.